Vibration control of pre-twisted rotating composite thin-walled beams with piezoelectric fiber composites

Rotating composite beam structures like blades are applied in many fields of aerospace and mechanical engineering. In this research, bending vibration control of the pre-twisted rotating composite thin-walled beam is studied. The formulation is based on single cell composite beam including a warping function, centrifugal force, Coriolis acceleration, pre-twist angle and piezoelectric effect. A negative velocity feedback control algorithm is applied to realize the adaptive capability of the beam. Using a finite-element method, numerical simulations show that macro-fiber composite (MFC) actuators which are piezoelectric fiber composites and PVDF sensors can generate active vibration control effect. Relations between active vibration control effect and design parameters of beams such as rotating speeds, pre-twist angles and fiber orientations in a host structure are investigated in detail. Besides, a case study conformed that the effective damping performance can be obtained by suitable arrangement and distribution of the sensor and actuator pairs.