Smart Structures and Systems
Volume 7, Number 2, 2011, pages 103-116
DOI: 10.12989/sss.2011.7.2.103
Trajectory tracking and active vibration suppression of a smart Single-Link flexible arm using a composite control design.
E. Mirzaee, M. Eghtesad and S.A. Fazelzadeh
Abstract
This paper is concerned with the trajectory tracking and vibration suppression of a single-link flexible arm by using piezoelectric materials. The dynamics of a single flexible arm with PZT patches as sensor and actuator is derived using extended Hamilton
Key Words
flexible arm; piezoelectric material; variable structure control; singular perturbation theory; vibration suppression.
Address
E. Mirzaee, M. Eghtesad and S.A. Fazelzadeh : Mechanical Engineering Department, Shiraz University, Shiraz, 71348-51154, I.R. Iran.