Observer-based Distributed Controllers Design for A Cantilever Beam

Advancement of piezoelectric transducer technology enables distributed actuation and sensing along flexible structures for vibration suppression. This study addresses the controller design under the paradigm of cooperative control and optimisation. A finite element model of a cantilever beam, coupled with piezoelectric actuators and accelerometers is constructed and then validated with a physical setup. Based on the finite element model, distributed controllers are designed. Considering the existence of feed-through terms in the system, each controller applies its control action based not only on its local measurement and state estimations from a few neighboring agents, but also on the exact control actions of all the other controllers as well, to realize global vibration suppression. The control design problem is reformulated as optimising a scalar subject to a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The vibration suppression performance of the cooperative control scheme is examined in both time domain and frequency domain via simulations.

ISBN:9783319298580

Jaar van publicatie:2016

Toegankelijkheid:Closed