Active noise control of flexible linkage mechanism with piezoelectric actuators

An active noise control method for flexible linkage mechanism systems with piezoelectric actuators and strain gauge sensors is studied. By employing a set of wave number transformations on the original equations of motion of the flexible linkage mechanisms, a new set of equations of motion is obtained, in which the unknown variables can describe the structural acoustic radiation level of the mechanism system directly. On the basis of the new equations, the active noise control of the flexible linkage mechanism system with piezoelectric actuators is discussed. Firstly, the optimal control forces are determined based on the optimal control theory. Secondly, the controller of the system that consists of the output feedback and the disturbance feed-forward control laws is presented. Simulations show that the method presented in this paper is valid.