In this article, a mixed robust/optimal control approach is proposed to treat the active vibration control (or active vibration suppression) problems of flexible structural systems under the effects of mode truncation, linear time-varying parameter perturbations and nonlinear actuators. A new robust stability condition is derived for the flexible structural system which is controlled by an observer-based controller and is subject to mode truncation, nonlinear actuators and linear structured time-varying parameter perturbations simultaneously. Based on the robust stability constraint and the minimization of a defined H2 performance, a hybrid Taguchi-genetic algorithm (HTGA) is employed to find the optimal state feedback gain matrix and observer gain matrix for uncertain flexible structural systems. A design example of the optimal observer-based controller for a simply supported beam is given to demonstrate the combined application of the presented sufficient condition and the HTGA.
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