Active vibration control analysis in smart composite structures using ANSYS

Abstract

Piezoelectric Macro-Fiber Composite (MFC) utilization is increasing in engineering fields due to its strong actuation forces and high flexibility. In this paper, piezoelectric ( ) type (M8528-P1) patches are applied for active control of a cantilever composite beam. A linear coupled finite element model for piezoelectric MFC actuation of the composite beam was developed based on the APDL-ANSYS codes by using linear piezoelectric constitutive equations to study smart composite beam behavior in open and closed-loop cases. Active vibration control response of laminated composite beams with various stacking sequence configurations was examined, and the results were compared. In this, the proportional type (kp) of control algorithms is utilized, and in the summary of work refined two sets of finite element models. The first set their laminates to have an orientation (0 with 90), and others have an orientation (0 with 45). When the control signal applied with the gain (kp) to a system increases, the rise time generally decreases, the actuator voltages for different control gain for all cases are observed with the increase in the proportional constant. The findings of this study indicate that the composite beams composed from (0/90) stacking sequence sets had reached stability state faster than the composite beams composed from (0/45) stacking sequence sets.