VIBRATION CONTROL OF PZT ACTUATED MILDSTEEL AND

ALUMINIUM CANTILEVER BEAMS

SIBASISH SAHU(214ME1291)
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ABSTRACT Vibration control using ANSYS EXPERIMENT

In this poster it show the dynamic
stability of a smart beam . The smart The setup consists of mainly four parts:
beam made up with Aluminum and mild 1) A beam which is to be tested 2)the
steel. The beam treated as a cantilever beam bonded with piezoelectric
setup means its one end is fixed and actuators and a fixture ii)a actuation
other end is free with piezoelectric circuit is connected with this set up iii) a
(lead- Zirconium-Titanate-PZT) patches. shake system with controller iii)a
The natural frequency of smart beam computer installed with a software
was found by ANSYS WORKBEANCH. which measured the signal and control
the signal.
The first four modes were found from
ANSYS by varying the area of actuator
from the end of the beam. The free CONCLUSION
vibration was found from initial
displacement and giving voltage to PZT. In this study, it can be found out the
Experimental vibration control
vibrational stability of cantilever smart
beam. The results show that
INTRODUCTION aluminum beams have more damping
effect than the mild steel. So
The beam is made of flexible material. It aluminum have less setting time than
has low flexible rigidity and low Mild steel. Maximum effectiveness can
damping ratio. When the beam is on be found when the actuators in high
vibration with large amplitude vibration strain zone
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