Energy conversion/transfer forms the basis of all aeroelastic phenomena. Future aircraft are likely to depend on active control using multiple integrated actuators and sensors. The practical implementation of active control strategies will require new approaches to control design that consider the energetics of the system. The present work takes a step in that direction by proposing controller ...

Studies have already demonstrated the successful use of linear semiactive damping devices, such as variable orifice (VO) dampers, for semiactive TMD systems. More recently, nonlinear semiactive damping devices, such as magnetorheological (MR) dampers, have also been shown to be effective for semiactive control of TMDs. Though semiactive dampers differ widely, with responses ranging from linear ...

In this paper we consider a plate equation with internal feedback and viscoelastic damping localized on a part of the boundary. Without imposing restrictive assumptions on the time-dependent frictional damping, we establish an explicit and general decay rate result that allows a wider class of relaxation functions and generalizes previous results existing in the literature.

A BSTRACT : Stay cables, such as are used in cable-stayed bridges, are prone to vibration due to their low inherent damping characteristics. Transversely-attached passive viscous dampers have been implemented in many bridges to dampen such vibration. Several studies have investigated optimal passive linear viscous dampers; however, even the optimal passive device can only add a small amount of ...

We consider a mechanical system excited by an external force. Model of such a system is described by the system of ordinary differential equations: Mẍ(t) + D(v)ẋ(t) + Kx(t) = f̂(t), where matrices M,K (mass and stiffness) are positive definite and the vector f̂ corresponds to an external force. The damping matrix D(v) is a positive semidefinite matrix which depends on damping positions and parame...

Non-linear vibration of the CRT shadow mask with impact damping wires is analyzed in consideration of the mask tension distribution and the effect of wire impact damping. A reduced order FEM model of the shadow mask is obtained from dynamic condensation of the mass and stiffness matrices, and damping wire is modelled using the lumped parameter method to effectively describe its contact interact...

Abstract—This paper presents a numerical investigation on the seismic performance of a benchmark bridge with different optimal isolation systems under near fault ground motion. Usually, very large displacements make seismic isolation an unfeasible solution due to boundary conditions, especially in case of existing bridges or high risk seismic regions. Hence, near-fault ground motions are most l...

The aim of this short note is twofold. First, we give a sketch of the proof of a recent result proved by the authors in the paper [7] concerning existence and uniqueness of renormalized solutions of continuity equations with unbounded damping coe cient. Second, we show how the ideas in [7] can be used to provide an alternative proof of the result in [6, 9, 12], where the usual requirement of bo...

Broadband structural vibration can be suppressed through the connection of an electrical impedance to the terminals of a bonded piezoelectric transducer. This is referred to as piezoelectric shunt damping. Good nominal damping performance has been obtained with resonant shunts, but these shunts are highly sensitive to variations in structural resonance frequencies. In this paper, we present an ...