A Study on Possibility to Apply Piezoelectric Actuators for Active Reduction of Torsional Beams Vibrations

In this paper, the results of several tests concerning possible application of piezoelectric elements to reduce torsional vibrations of a beam are presented and discussed. The proposed method of application is a novel one. The piezoelectric elements are positioned in two pairs and glued to the beam at the chosen cross-section. These elements are activated using a harmonically varying voltage of the same amplitude and opposite in phase. Simulations are performed regarding the active reduction of the lowest natural frequencies of vibration of the fixed-free beam with the use of piezoelectric actuators. The results of these simulations are obtained by means of the finite element method (ANSYS).