Eigenstrain controlled deformation- and stress-states. (Q1430698)

The main goal is an applications to proper structural actuation and vibration supression. To achieve exact solution of static and dynamic shape control, the shaped actuators must produce the load strain in form of an eigenstrain with reversed sign. In such an ideal setting, no additional stresses are producted. For the dynamic problems of vibration supression, the solution of quasistatic problems suffices for time and space separable driving forces. Thus, the definition of parametrically time-dependent eigenstrain field is greatly simplified. Linear elasticity and linearized geometric conditions are assumed to hold within the scope of this paper. However, an extension of the shape control to nonlinear structures is possible based on an incremental application of the generalized Maysel's formula. Open or closed loop controls are not discussed in the paper.