Piezoelectric Actuator Models for Active Sound and Vibration Control of Cylinders

Abstract

Analytical models for piezoelectric actuators, adapted from flat plate concepts, are developed for noise and vibration control applications associated with vibrating circular cylinders. The loadings applied to the cylinder by the piezoelectric actuators for the bending and in-plane force models are approximated by line moment and line force distributions, respectively, acting on the pe rimeter of the actuator patch area. Coupling between the cylinder and interior acoustic cavity is ex amined by studying the modal spectra, particularly for the low-order cylinder modes that couple effi ciently with the cavity at low frequencies. Within the scope of this study, the in-plane force model produced a more favorable distribution of low-order modes, necessary for efficient interior noise control, than did the bending model.

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