Adaptive Multi-Layer LMS Controller Design and Application to Active Vibration Suppression on a Truss and Proposed Impact Analysis Technique

Abstract

This research develops an adaptive controller that actively suppresses a single frequency disturbance source at a remote position and tests the system on the NPS Space Truss. The experimental results are then compared to those predicted by an ANSYS finite element model. The NPS space truss is a 3.7-meter long truss that simulates a space-borne appendage with sensitive equipment mounted at its extremities. One of two installed piezoelectric actuators and an Adaptive Multi-Layer LMS control law were used to effectively eliminate an axial component of the vibrations induced by a linear proof mass actuator mounted at one end of the truss. Experimental and analytical results both demonstrate reductions to the level of system noise. Vibration reductions in excess of 50dB were obtained through experimentation and over 100dB using ANSYS, demonstrating the ability to model this system with a finite element model. This report also proposes a method to use distributed quartz accelerometers to evaluate the location, direction, and energy of impacts on the NPS space truss using the dSPACE data acquisition and processing system to capture the structural response and compare it to known reference Signals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA390082

Entities

People

  • B. N. Agrawal
  • Timothy A. Barney
  • Y. S. Shin

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Acquisition
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Modal Analysis
  • Physical Properties
  • Piezoelectric Crystals
  • Piezoelectric Materials
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Signal Generators
  • Signal Processing
  • Spacecraft
  • Structural Response

Readers

  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers