Positive Position Feedback Control of a Galloping Structure

Abstract

In this study, the suppression of wind-induced oscillations of a D-shaped prism mounted on a cantilever beam by means of a positive position feedback (PPF) controller is investigated. The assumed mode method is applied to determine the stiffness, mass and non-linear force matrixes of a second order ordinary differential equation system. The positive position feedback control by use of a sensor-actuator piezoelectric is implemented on the galloping system to suppress the mechanical oscillations. The results show that the PPF controller is a powerful method to decrease the galloping amplitude of the D-shaped prism. The numerical results are in a good agreement with experimental results.