Previous studies by the authors show that energy regenerative vibration control systems can be realized by using piezoelectric elements as actuators and class D amplifiers as drivers of the piezoelectric elements. This paper shows a novel control method suitable for the energy regenerative vibration control systems. The control method is a kind of modal control and adapts modal feedback gains to maximize control performance under the following two constraints. One constraint is the condition for the balance of the regenerated energy and the energy losses in the systems. The condition is satisfied passively by using capacitors as the power sources of the amplifiers. The other is the input constraint of the class D amplifiers and satisfied by using gain adaptation mechanisms of controllers. The mechanisms need an index of the vibration amplitude of each mode and the modal energy is used as the index. The validity of the proposed method is shown by numerical simulations of a cantilever beam with piezoelectric elements.
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Adaptive Gain Modal Control for Energy Regenerative Vibration Control Systems Using Piezoelectric Actuators and Class D Amplifiers
Nakahara, T, Chesné, S, Gaudiller, L, & Fujimoto, T. "Adaptive Gain Modal Control for Energy Regenerative Vibration Control Systems Using Piezoelectric Actuators and Class D Amplifiers." Proceedings of the ASME 2012 5th Annual Dynamic Systems and Control Conference joint with the JSME 2012 11th Motion and Vibration Conference. Volume 3: Renewable Energy Systems; Robotics; Robust Control; Single Track Vehicle Dynamics and Control; Stochastic Models, Control and Algorithms in Robotics; Structure Dynamics and Smart Structures; Surgical Robotics; Tire and Suspension Systems Modeling; Vehicle Dynamics and Control; Vibration and Energy; Vibration Control. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. October 17–19, 2012. pp. 767-776. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DSCC2012-MOVIC2012-8594
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