Vibration control of smart piezoelectric composite plates

This study on the vibration control of smart piezoelectric composite plates investigates the effect of the stretching-bending coupling of the piezoelectric sensor/actuator pairs on the system stability of smart composite plates. Based on first-order shear theory and consistent methodology, a smart isoparametric finite element is formulated and the classical negative velocity feedback control method is adopted for the active vibration control analysis of smart composite plates with bonded or embedded distributed piezoelectric sensors and actuators. It is shown mathematically and demonstrated numerically that generally the coupling effect tends to result in system instability unless the sensor/actuator pairs are collocated or the plate simply supported. The result of this study can be used to aid the placement of piezoelectric sensor/actuator pairs of smart composite plates as well as for robust controller design.