Vibration control via stiffness switching of magnetostrictive transducers

Justin J. Scheidler; Vivake M. Asnani; Marcelo J. Dapino

doi:10.1117/12.2219738

15 April 2016 Vibration control via stiffness switching of magnetostrictive transducers

Justin J. Scheidler, Vivake M. Asnani, Marcelo J. Dapino

Proceedings Volume 9799, Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems 2016; 979909 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2219738
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Abstract

In this paper, a computational study is presented of structural vibration control that is realized by switching a magneto-strictive transducer between high and low stiffness states. Switching is accomplished by either changing the applied magnetic field with a voltage excitation or changing the shunt impedance on the transducer's coil (i.e., the magneto-strictive material's magnetic boundary condition). Switched-stiffness vibration control is simulated using a lumped mass supported by a damper and the magneto-strictive transducer (mount), which is represented by a nonlinear, electromechanical model. Free vibration of the mass is calculated while varying the mount's stiffness according to a reference switched-stiffness vibration control law. The results reveal that switching the magnetic field produces the desired change in stiffness, but also an undesired actuation force that can significantly degrade the vibration control. Hence, a modified switched-stiffness control law that accounts for the actuation force is proposed and implemented for voltage-controlled stiffness switching. The influence of the magneto-mechanical bias condition is also discussed. Voltage-controlled stiffness switching is found to introduce damping equivalent to a viscous damping factor up to about 0.13; this is shown to primarily result from active vibration reduction caused by the actuation force. The merit of magneto-strictive switched-stiffness vibration control is then quantified by comparing the results of voltage- and shunt-controlled stiffness switching to the performance of optimal magneto-strictive shunt damping. For the cases considered, optimal resistive shunt damping performed considerably better than both voltage- and shunt-controlled stiffness switching.

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Justin J. Scheidler, Vivake M. Asnani, and Marcelo J. Dapino "Vibration control via stiffness switching of magnetostrictive transducers", Proc. SPIE 9799, Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems 2016, 979909 (15 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2219738

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