Vibration suppression of a rotating functionally graded beam with enhanced active constrained layer damping treatment in temperature field

Abstract

This paper investigates the vibration control of a rotating functionally gradient material (FGM) beam under thermal environment by using an enhanced active constrained layer damping (EACLD) treatment. The present model is extended from a newly developed dynamic model for composite EACLD beams. The difference is that the base beam is composed of temperature-dependent FGM that was widely used in the aerospace industry as advanced heat-resisting composite and the temperature dependence of viscoelastic material in the constrained layer is also considered. The active piezoelectric layer has edge elements at both ends, which are modeled as equivalent springs and mass points. The Lagrange’s equation is used to derive the dynamic equations of the system and the deformation of the beam is described by the assumed-mode method. Based on the rigid-flexible coupling dynamic theory, the dynamic responses of the rotating FGM beam with various temperature differences are investigated. Simulation results show that the vibration suppression performance of the EACLD beam is better than the ACLD beam. The equivalent springs have more significant influences on the structural vibration suppression effect than the mass points. The larger the temperature difference is, the larger the thermal induced flutter of the structure is. The influences of VEM damping layer thickness, rotating speed, and control gain on the vibration of the structure with EACLD treatment are also discussed.