Title :
Vibration confinement and suppression in flexible structures by distributed feedback and time delay
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Ind. Eng., Kuwait Univ., Safat, Kuwait
Abstract :
A strategy for confining the vibrations in parts of a flexible structure is proposed. Distributed feedback forces are used to convert the mode shapes to exponentially decaying functions. It is shown that incorporating a suitable time delay results in feasible control efforts
Keywords :
distributed parameter systems; feedback; flexible structures; vibration control; distributed feedback; exponentially decaying functions; flexible structures; time delay; vibration confinement; vibration suppression; Antennas and propagation; Delay effects; Distributed feedback devices; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Flexible structures; Force feedback; Industrial engineering; Shape; Space stations; Vibrations;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 1994., Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1968-0
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.1994.411156
