Suppression of the dynamic response of cracked beams with active control

Abstract

Abstract.Recently, studies on the dynamic responses of cracked beams are quite worthy of being conferred. The theoretical dynamic properties of cracked beams previously obtained by La-DQM method were utilized to evaluate the maximum amplitudes of cracked beams. A comparatively new concept which utilized the controller gain to suppress the transverse vibration response of cracked beams in the perspective of proportional control scheme was proposed. A simulation study which applied an active control strategy to suppress the amplitude of vibration on the cracked beams with MATLAB SIMULINK software has been successfully accomplished. The maximum dynamic response of cracked beams is found to be inversely proportional to controller gain. Increasing the controller gain properly to control the vibration of the cracked beams is suggested in this study.