Bending vibrations of adaptive cantilevers with external stores (Q1911073)

The vibrational behavior of cantilevers carrying externally mounted stores and featuring adaptive capabilities is investigated. The structure is modeled as a thin-walled beam, and the adaptive capabilities are provided by a system of piezoactuators bonded or embedded into the structure. Based on the converse piezoelectric effect, the piezoactuators produce a localized strain field in response to an applied electric field and, as a result, an adaptive change in the dynamic response characteristics is achieved. Implementation of a control law relating the applied electrical field to one of the mechanical quantities characterizing the motion of the beam enables one to obtain the free vibration characteristics as a function of the applied voltage (or in other terms, of the feedback gain).