A novel design strategy for iterative learning and repetitive controllers of systems with a high modal density: Application to active noise control

This paper describes the application of a novel design strategy for iterative learning and repetitive controllers for systems with a high modal density, presented in the companion paper, on two experimental case studies. Both case studies are examples of active structural acoustic control, where the goal is to reduce the radiated noise using structural actuators. In the first case study, ILC is used to control punching noise. An electrodynamic actuator on the frame of the punching machine is driven by the ILC algorithm which takes advantage of the repetitiveness of the consecutive impacts to reduce noise radiation. In the second case study, an RC algorithm is used to control the noise radiated by rotating machinery, which is often mainly periodic. A piezoelectric actuator incorporated in the bearing is driven by the RC algorithm which is capable of reducing harmonics of the rotational frequency of the shaft. Both applications show the practical usefulness of the novel design strategy.