Active vibration control of flexible two-link manipulator

dc.contributor.advisorR. Dubay
dc.contributor.advisorM. Hassan
dc.contributor.advisorA. Mohany
dc.contributor.authorElliott, Jason R.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:16:02Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:16:02Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2023-03-01T15:01:02Z
dc.description.abstractA finite element based model predictive controller (FEMPC) is implemented for attenuating vibrations of a two flexible link planar manipulator. This manipulator consists of two revolute joints driven by DC motors. Due to the flexibility of the links, both links are susceptible to vibrations, hence, reducing the accuracy in tracking of the end effector. As such piezoelectric plates are use as actuators to apply corrective action to suppress vibrations. The FEMPC control structure, determining these actions, is based on the structure used in dynamic matrix control (DMC), with the exception that a finite element (FE) model replaces how the predictions are formulated. This FE model is developed from and utilized to described the dynamics of each individual link. The FE predictor uses the measured strain and control actions sent to the setup to simulate the response of each link. Results show that using model predictive control has advantages in vibration control over simple conventional control, in particular proportional control. Furthermore, improvements on the model used in predicting the vibrational response will further improve on the attenuation of vibrations.
dc.description.copyright© Jason R. Elliott, 2014
dc.formattext/xml
dc.format.extentxxv, 166 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/13147
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineMechanical Engineering
dc.titleActive vibration control of flexible two-link manipulator
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineering
thesis.degree.fullnameMaster of Science in Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.Sc.E.

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