Abstract

Vibration control of rotating composite blade beam with piezoelectric patch embedded is investigated. Stall flutter of piezo-composite blade driven by nonlinear aerodynamic forces is analyzed based on anisotropic circumferentially uniform stiffness (CUS) configuration. The blade is modeled as single-cell thin-walled beam structure, exhibiting the couplings among three displacements of vertical bending, lateral bending and transverse shear deformation, with structural tailoring implemented. The transversely piezoelectric actuating element is embedded in a manner such that its surface is parallel to the mid-surface of the blade beam. Piezoelectric damping ratios of rotating piezo-composite blade are described, with influences of different ply angles and rotating speeds illustrated. The flutter suppression for stall aeroelastic behavior based on an optimal LQG controller (OLC) with a dynamic regulator is highlighted with obvious effects demonstrated. In contrast with conventional LQG controller, the superiority of OLC controller is apparently demonstrated by time response and piezoelectric feedback voltage. Analytical proof of the structural modeling and feasibility analysis of the physical realization of the OLC algorithm are also investigated by comparisons of different modeling theories, and demonstrated by experimental platform.

Highlights

  • Thin-walled composite beam is widely used in the construction of rotating rotor blade

  • 0.015 a) The controlled time responses and phase planes of vertical bending ( ) motion based on both linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG) controller and optimal LQG controller (OLC) control process x 104

  • Stall nonlinear flutter behavior and flutter suppression by conventional LQG controller and OLC control process for piezo-composite rotor blade are investigated by numerical simulation

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Summary

Introduction

Thin-walled composite beam is widely used in the construction of rotating rotor blade. Phung et al [14] presented an effective formulation based on isogeometric analysis and higher order shear deformation theory to investigate free vibration and dynamic control of piezoelectric composite plates integrated with sensors and actuators. All these beam structures are not of the blade sectional shapes, and are not integrated with stall nonlinear aerodynamic model. Vibration characteristics and aeroelastic control of wind turbine blade are investigated for composite single-cell thin-walled structure embedded with piezoelectric patches. Stall nonlinear flutter suppression and an OLC control for piezo-composite blade beam are analyzed here by analysis of vibration characteristics and time responses. Analytical proof of the structural modeling and feasibility analysis of the physical realization of the OLC control algorithm are discussed at the end of the study

Equations of motions
Piezoelectric feedback scheme and reduced aerodynamic model
Discretization and strip decomposition
Control principle
Damping ratio and stability
Effects of conventional LQG controller and OLC control under stall situation
Fluter suppression under condition of different tip speed ratio
The influence of OLC control on external pitch motion
Validation of modeling
Real-time OLC process
Experimental platform
Conclusions

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