On the Active Vibration Control of Nonlinear Uncertain Structures

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Authors

1 Institute of Structural Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich,‎ Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5, Zurich, 8093, Switzerland

2 Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, 3620 South Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA‎

Abstract

This study proposes an active nonlinear control strategy for effective vibration mitigation in nonlinear dynamical systems characterized by uncertainty. The proposed scheme relies on the coupling of a Bayesian nonlinear observer, namely the Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) with a two-stage control process. The UKF is implemented for adaptive joint state and parameter estimation, with the estimated states and parameters passed onto the controller. The controller comprises a first task of feedback linearization, allowing for subsequent integration of any linear control strategy, such as addition of damping, LQR control, or other, which then operates on the linearized state equations. The proposed framework is validated on a Duffing oscillator characterized by light damping and an uncertain nonlinear parameter under harmonic and stochastic disturbance. The demonstrated performance suggests that the proposed Bayesian approach offers a competitive approach for active vibration suppression in nonlinear uncertain systems.

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