Vector control method applied to a traveling wave in a finite beam

Frédéric Giraud (1) , Christophe Giraud-Audine (2) , Michel Amberg (1) , Betty Lemaire-Semail (1)

1 IRCICA - Institut de Recherche sur les Composants logiciels et matériels pour l'Information et la Communication Avancé - UAR 3380
2 L2EP - Laboratoire d’Électrotechnique et d’Électronique de Puissance - ULR 2697

This paper presents the closed-loop control of exciters to produce a traveling wave in a finite beam. This control is based on a dynamical modeling of the system established in a rotating reference frame. This method allows dynamic and independent control of the phase and amplitude of two vibration modes. The condition to obtain the traveling wave is written in this rotating frame, and requires having two vibration modes with the same amplitude, and imposing a phase shift of 90° between them. The advantage of the method is that it allows easy implementation of a closed loop control that can handle parameter drift of the system, after a temperature rise, for example. The modeling is compared with measurement on an experimental test bench which also implements real-time control. We managed to experimentally obtain a settling time of 250 ms for the traveling wave, and a standing wave ratio (SWR) of 1.3.

Mots clés: Vector Control; Piezoelectric actuator; Travelling wave

Domaines: Automatique / Robotique; Vibrations [physics.class-ph]

Frédéric Giraud, Christophe Giraud-Audine, Michel Amberg, Betty Lemaire-Semail. Vector control method applied to a traveling wave in a finite beam. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 2014, 61 (1), pp.147-158. ⟨10.1109/TUFFC.2014.6689782⟩. ⟨hal-01064859⟩