Analysis of Active Controller Effects on Flexible Structures Using Computer Algebra
Abstract
The combined system consisting of the baseline flexible structure modified by the system of active controllers is considered as a unified dynamical system. Techniques based on computer algebra (MACSYMA) are used to derive expressions for the transfer functions of the modified system, using the known transfer functions of the baseline flexible structure and the feedback gains of the active controller. The roots of the characteristics polynomial of this transfer function give the system resonant frequencies and damping parameters. Using the computer algebraic system MACSYMA, expressions for these parameters which are explicitly dependent on the output feedback gains of the active controller, are presented. For lightly coupled modes, simple relations are obtained between the modal parameters and the coordinates of the sensor/ actuator pairs as well as the displacement and velocity feedback gains. These results permit the parametric study of the placement of the resonant frequencies and damping parameters of the combined system, as functions of the feedback gains. Numerical examples are used to illustrate the application of these results to the calculation of active controller feedback gains based on the requirement that certain modes have specified modal damping while the closed- loop frequencies remain unchanged.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 23, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA241847
Entities
People
- Kwabena Bota
Organizations
- Clark Atlanta University