Optimal Control of Nonlinear Parametrically Excited Beam Vibrations by Spatially Distributed Sensors and Actors

Abstract

Abstract This contribution is focused on a straight composite beam with multiple piezoelectric layers under the action of an axial support motion. In the sense of v. Karman a nonlinear formulation for the axial strain is used and the equations of motion are derived by means of the Hamilton formalism. This system turns out to be a special class of infinite dimensional systems, the so called Hamilton AI-systems with external inputs. In order to suppress the excited vibrations two infinite control laws are proposed. The first one is an infinite PD-feedback law and the second one is based on the nonlinear H∞-design, where an exact solution of the corresponding Hamilton Jacobi Isaacs equation is presented. The necessary quantities for the control laws can be measured by appropriate space-wise shaped sensors and the asymptotic stability of the equilibrium point can be proved.