Semi-active vibration control using piezoelectric actuators in smart structures

Abstract

The piezoelectric materials, as the most widely used functional materials in smart structures, have many outstanding advantages for sensors and actuators, especially in vibration control, because of their excellent mechanical-electrical coupling characteristics and frequency response characteristics. Semi-active vibration control based on state switching and pulse switching has been receiving much attention over the past decade because of several advantages. Compared with standard passive piezoelectric damping, these new semi-passive techniques offer higher robustness. Compared with active damping systems, their implementation does not require any sophisticated signal processing systems or any bulky power amplifier. In this review article, the principles of the semi-active control methods based on switched shunt circuit, including state-switched method, synchronized switch damping techniques, and active control theory-based switching techniques, and their recent developments are introduced. Moreover, the future directions of research in semi-active control are also summarized.

Key words： smart structure; semi-active method; vibration control; piezoelectric actuator

Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50775110), NUAA Fund for Graduates Innovation BCXJ08-04 and Jiangsu Province Fund for Graduates Innovation CX08B_048Z.

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