Optimization of energy dissipation characteristics of active constrained layer damping

Amr M. Baz

doi:10.1117/12.305603

16 April 1998 Optimization of energy dissipation characteristics of active constrained layer damping

Amr M. Baz

Proceedings Volume 3321, 1996 Symposium on Smart Materials, Structures, and MEMS; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.305603
Event: Smart Materials, Structures and MEMS, 1996, Bangalore, India

Abstract

The energy dissipation characteristics of Active Constrained Layer Damping (ACLD) treatments, consisting of visco-elastic cores constrained by active piezo-electric layers, is optimized using rational design procedures. The optimal lengths and control gains of these ACLD treatments are determined when a globally stable boundary control strategy is utilized to control the longitudinal strain of the active piezo-electric layers in response to the structural vibrations. The optimal parameters are obtained such that the sum of the passive and active loss coefficients of the ACLD treatments is maximized. The effect of the visco- elastic loss factor on the performance and the optimal parameters of the ACLD treatments is determined. Comparisons with optimal ACLD is more effective in dissipating vibrational energy particularly for visco-elastic cores with low loss factors.

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Amr M. Baz "Optimization of energy dissipation characteristics of active constrained layer damping", Proc. SPIE 3321, 1996 Symposium on Smart Materials, Structures, and MEMS, (16 April 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.305603

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