Active deflection control of multisegment traversing beams

Amr M. Baz; Jeng-Jong Ro

doi:10.1117/12.152756

8 September 1993 Active deflection control of multisegment traversing beams

Amr M. Baz, Jeng-Jong Ro

Proceedings Volume 1917, Smart Structures and Materials 1993: Smart Structures and Intelligent Systems; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.152756
Event: 1993 North American Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, 1993, Albuquerque, NM, United States

Abstract

Multisegment SMART traversing beams with built-in sensing and actuation capabilities have been considered in various critical applications where weight and deflection are of utmost importance, such as in long support bridges. With such capabilities, light weight SMART segments can be added one at a time to extend the traversing beam over long gaps with minimal deflections and stresses. Each segment of the SMART beam has a set of distributed wire sensors, embedded in its bottom fibers, to sense the beam deflection and another set of wire actuators, embedded in the top fibers, to compensate for the encountered deflections. The theory governing the operation of this class of SMART beams is developed and validated experimentally on a two-segment prototype of the traversing beam whose sides are made of a photoelastic material.

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Amr M. Baz and Jeng-Jong Ro "Active deflection control of multisegment traversing beams", Proc. SPIE 1917, Smart Structures and Materials 1993: Smart Structures and Intelligent Systems, (8 September 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.152756

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