The paper presents simulations and research results of testing of the aluminium plate with active vibration control. The aim of this paper is to analyze and compare two ways of excitation of the test plate, various influence on its vibrations and active damping control. Vibration control of the smart structure is realized through four piezoceramic PZT actuators and one PZT sensor bonded to the plate. Simulations and numerical computations of the structure are performed in ANSYS environment. Measurements are executed on specialized sound insulation suite for small elements in reverberation chamber. At the beginning white noise sound source is used in purpose to measure basic vibration modes. After numerical computations and measurements three particular frequencies has been chosen and for them active damping is applied. There are two ways of exciting the test plate; first method is sound wave, second is mechanical vibrations via one of piezoceramics. The test results indicate that PZTs can decrease vibrations by approximately 15 dB for a pure sound input with acoustic excitation method, for mechanical excitation method 18 dB for a sinus vibration signal is achieved.
The paper presents a comparison of central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) performance in sound synthesis based on physical modeling. The goal was to achieve real-time performance with two- and three-dimensional finite difference (FD) instrument models. Two abstract instruments, a membrane and a block, were modeled and tested using a CPU and a GPU in the OpenCL framework to find a threshold of real-time model size. Two different algorithms were compared. With a parallelized algorithm, a middle-class GPU outperformed a top-class CPU by factor of 2.5 in 2D and by factor of 7.5 in 3D model. Synchronization issues in parallel GPU calculations were discussed and addressed. The results show that GPUs can significantly speed up real-time musical instrument simulations, allowing for developing more complex and realistic models.
The aim of this work is reduction of structural noise generated by plate and its impact on plates vibrations. For this purpose a one-side clamped aluminum plate with 5 piezo elements attached is used. One of the elements is used for plate excitation, two as vibration sensors, and two as actuators. Structural noise is measured by a microphone connected with SVAN 912 E. Study was divided into three parts: measurements of vibrations and noise generated by excited plate, active vibration control, and structural noise reduction. A significant noise local noise reduction is obtained, although with increase in plate vibrations.
The vibro-acoustic response of mechanical structures can in general be well approximated in terms of linear wave equations. Standard numerical solution methods comprise the finite or boundary element method in the low frequency regime and statistical energy analysis in the high-frequency limit. Major computational challenges are posed by the so-called mid-frequency problem - that is, composite structures where the local wavelength may vary by orders of magnitude across the components. Recently, a new approach towards determining the distribution of mechanical and acoustic wave energy in complex built-up structures improving on standard statistical energy analysis has been proposed. The technique interpolates between statistical energy analysis and ray tracing containing both these methods as limiting cases. The method has its origin in studying solutions of wave equation with an underlying chaotic ray-dynamics - often referred to as wave chaos. Within the new theory - dynamical energy analysis - statistical energy analysis is identified as a low resolution ray tracing algorithm and typical statistical energy analysis assumptions can be quantified in terms of the properties of the ray dynamics. We have furthermore developed a hybrid statistical energy analysis/finite element method based on random wave model assumptions for the short-wavelength components. This makes it possible to tackle mid-frequency problems under certain constraints on the geometry of the structure. Dynamical energy analysis and statistical energy analysis/finite element method calculations for a range of multi-component model systems will be presented. The results are compared with both statistical energy analysis results and finite element method as well as boundary element method calculations. Dynamical energy analysis emerges as a numerically efficient method for calculating mean wave intensities with a high degree of spatial resolution and capturing long range correlations in the ray dynamics.
The paper is an analytical and experimental study of a smart structure consisting of steel plate with bonded piezoelectric transducers and porous elastomer layer. Active control of sound radiation from a plate clamped at the edge square is examined. Simulations and numerical computation of the experiment are performed in Ansys environment. Calculations of plate vibration and sound radiation under stepped harmonic force are performed. The experimental setup consists of two rooms with the test opening in between. A variety of test cases were studied for three different configurations: steel plate + piezoelectric transducer, steel plate + elastomer layer, steel plate + piezoelectric transducer + elastomer layer. The aim of the paper is to illustrate the possibilities of using piezoelectric materials as an active control with elastomer layers as passive methods in one structure to improve the transmission loss.
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