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SUPPLEMENTARY NOTESThe views, opinions and/or findings contained in this report are those of the authors) and should not be construed as an official Department of the Army position, policy or decision, unless so designated by the documentation. The objective of this research is to develop, validate and evaluate novel active-passive hybrid adaptive structures for real-time vibration suppressions. These structures could have the advantages of both the passive (stable, low power requirement, fail-safe) and active (high performance, feedback actions) systems. Two types of smart structure configurations have been investigated and advanced: structures with enhanced active constrained layer (EACL) treatment, and structures with active-passive piezoelectric networks (APPN). Accomplishments include: (a) Robust control laws have been synthesized for APPN to compensate for uncertainties, (b) Nonlinear analysis and control methods have been developed to utilize the high authority actions of APPN. (c) The integrated EACL-APPN configuration has been analyzed, it is shown that both the narrowband and broadband controls can be achieved with such configurations, (d) A detailed non-dimensional analysis on EACL performance has been developed to provide design guidelines, (e) A new hybrid constrained layer (HCL) configuration has been developed by mixing both active and passive materials to form hybrid coversheets -such a design can outperform systems with pure active PZT coversheets.
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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM STUDIEDThe objective of this research is to develop and evaluate novel active-passive hybrid smart structures for real-time vibration controls. This investigation is to advance the current activepassive hybrid technology (the active-passive piezoelectric network (APPN) and the active constrained layer (ACL) approaches) and to eventually achieve an optimally control-configured, high performance vibration rejection system with low power requirements and high reliability and robustness. Being an optimized hybrid structure, it will have the benefits of both the passive (stability, fail-safe, lower power consumption) and active (high performance, feedback and feedforward actions) systems.
SUMMARY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RESULTSThe major achievements are described in the following paragraphs.