Model identification and smart structural vibration control using H∞controller

Abstract

A smart structure plays a vital role in aerospace applications and robotics and other applications. It presents many challenging control problems due to their non-linear dynamic behavior. The Objective of this work is to design a controller that minimizes the structural vibration using H∞ controller. Vibration as a measured parameter has been used to evaluate model of a non-linear process (piezoelectric actuator and sensor) at different modes. The model was generated using an ARMAX technique. By selecting appropriate weighting functionsH∞ controller were designed based on mixed sensitivity approach using singular loop shaping method. The performance of H∞ controller was compared with LQG controller based on vibration reduction. From the results it is observed that the H∞ controller is the best suited for smart structural process.