Modeling of shape memory alloy hybrid composites for structural acoustic control

Experimental demonstration of active vibration and structural acoustic control using shape memory alloy (SMA) hybrid composites [C. A. Rogers, in Proceedings of the International Congress on Recent Developments in Air and Structure Borne Sound and Vibration (to be published)] has provided the motivation for investigating new control schemes and developing more accurate models. This paper will briefly describe newly developed constitutive models for shape memory alloy actuators and the hybrid material system. A general dynamical model for laminated SMA hybrid composite beams and plates will be presented with several theoretical results. A new structural acoustic model for laminated composite plates [Liang et al., J. Sound Vib. (to be published)] will be briefly described and the potential for active structural acoustic control using SMA hybrid composites demonstrated by numerical simulation.