Design of an innovative magnetostrictive patch actuator

S. Cinquemani; H. Giberti

doi:10.1117/12.2082887

2 April 2015 Design of an innovative magnetostrictive patch actuator

S. Cinquemani, H. Giberti

Proceedings Volume 9431, Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems 2015; 94312W (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2082887
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Magnetostrictive actuators can be profitably used to reduce vibration in structures. However, this technology has been exploited only to develop inertial actuators, while patches actuators have not been ever used in practice. Patches actuators consist on a layer of magnetostrictive material, which has to be stuck to the surface of the vibrating structure, and on a coil surrounding the layer itself. However, the presence of the winding severely limits the use of such devices. As a matter of fact, the scientific literature reports only theoretical uses of such actuators, but, in practice it does not seem they were ever used. This paper presents an innovative solution to improve the structure of the actuator patches, allowing their use in several practical applications. The principle of operation of these devices is rather simple. The actuator patch is able to generate a local deformation of the surface of the vibrating structure so as to introduce an equivalent damping that dissipates the kinetic energy associated to the vibration. This deformation is related to the behavior of the magnetostrictive material immersed in a variable magnetic field generated by the a variable current flowing in the winding. Contrary to what suggested in the theoretical literature, the designed device has the advantage of generating the variable magnetic field no longer in close proximity of the material, but in a different area, thus allowing a better coupling. The magnetic field is then conveyed through a suitable ferromagnetic structure to the magnetostrictive material. The device has been designed and simulated through FEA. Results confirm that the new configuration can easily overcome all the limits of traditional devices.

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S. Cinquemani and H. Giberti "Design of an innovative magnetostrictive patch actuator", Proc. SPIE 9431, Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems 2015, 94312W (2 April 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2082887

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Magnetism

Actuators

Magnetostrictive materials

Ferromagnetics

Chemical elements

Finite element methods

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