Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Experimental Aeroelastic Control Using a Receptance-Based Method



Mokrani, B, Palazzo, Francesco, Mottershead, JE ORCID: 0000-0003-1279-2562 and Fichera, S ORCID: 0000-0003-1006-4959
(2019) Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Experimental Aeroelastic Control Using a Receptance-Based Method. AIAA Journal: devoted to aerospace research and development, 57 (7). pp. 3066-3077.

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Abstract

This paper presents the first experimental study of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) active vibration suppression by pole placement using the receptance method. The research is based on a purpose-built modular flexible wing equipped with leading- and trailing-edge control surfaces and two displacement sensors for measuring its position. The MIMO controller has the advantage of being designed entirely on frequency response functions, which are measured between the control surface position (control inputs) and the structural displacements (outputs), and include the actuator dynamics. There is no requirement to evaluate or to know the structural M, C, and K matrices or the aerodynamic loads; and the formulation eliminates the need for a state observer. The controller is first implemented numerically and then experimentally on the aeroelastic system. Both frequencies and damping are assigned (together or independently) for the first two vibration modes. The research includes a procedure for assessing the control effort required and demonstrates an effective means of increasing the flutter margin while the effort is minimized.

Item Type: Article
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 21 May 2019 15:31
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 00:44
DOI: 10.2514/1.J057855
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3041912