Experimental validation of a vibration absorber using a simplified fuzzy controller of a laminated beam

This study develops a new resonant fuzzy controller that can be used to minimize structural vibration using collocated piezoelectric actuator/sensor pairs. The proposed fuzzy controller increases the damping of the structures so as to minimize a chosen number of resonant responses. The vibration absorber is first experimentally investigated using a cantilever beam test stand for impulse and near-resonant excitation cases. Moreover, the effectiveness of the new fuzzy control design to some state-of-the-art control method is compared through the experimental studies