Exploiting the Internal Resonance for the Vibration Suppression of Beams via Piezoelectric Shunt Circuits

This paper investigates the vibration suppression of cantilevered beams using nonlinear shunted piezoelectric circuits. The beam’s inertia and geometric nonlinearities are considered. A quadratic nonlinear piezoelectric capacitance is used such that there exists a two-to-one internal resonance betwe...

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Main Authors: Khaled Al-Souqi, Samir Emam, Khaled Kadri
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-07-01
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description This paper investigates the vibration suppression of cantilevered beams using nonlinear shunted piezoelectric circuits. The beam’s inertia and geometric nonlinearities are considered. A quadratic nonlinear piezoelectric capacitance is used such that there exists a two-to-one internal resonance between the mechanical and electrical modes. The internal resonance coupling is exploited to trigger the saturation phenomenon such that the beam’s vibration reaches a limit beyond an excitation amplitude threshold. The equations governing the nonlinear vibration of the beam coupled with the shunt circuit are derived, and modal analysis is used to obtain a system of two nonlinearly coupled modal equations. The equations are then numerically integrated to obtain the results. A parametric study is performed to assess the significance of system parameters, such as the location of the piezoelectric patch, its size, circuit resistance, and nonlinear gain, on the effectiveness of vibration suppression. The results show that the proposed design effectively suppresses the linear and nonlinear vibrations of the beam. The proposed absorber is space-efficient and does not add mass to the primary system, and hence, it has the potential in systems where the weight matters, such as aerospace applications.
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spelling doaj-art-18fd23e530f1443898b26766591e02df2025-08-20T03:36:38ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-07-011515837810.3390/app15158378Exploiting the Internal Resonance for the Vibration Suppression of Beams via Piezoelectric Shunt CircuitsKhaled Al-Souqi0Samir Emam1Khaled Kadri2Department of Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 26666, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 26666, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 26666, United Arab EmiratesThis paper investigates the vibration suppression of cantilevered beams using nonlinear shunted piezoelectric circuits. The beam’s inertia and geometric nonlinearities are considered. A quadratic nonlinear piezoelectric capacitance is used such that there exists a two-to-one internal resonance between the mechanical and electrical modes. The internal resonance coupling is exploited to trigger the saturation phenomenon such that the beam’s vibration reaches a limit beyond an excitation amplitude threshold. The equations governing the nonlinear vibration of the beam coupled with the shunt circuit are derived, and modal analysis is used to obtain a system of two nonlinearly coupled modal equations. The equations are then numerically integrated to obtain the results. A parametric study is performed to assess the significance of system parameters, such as the location of the piezoelectric patch, its size, circuit resistance, and nonlinear gain, on the effectiveness of vibration suppression. The results show that the proposed design effectively suppresses the linear and nonlinear vibrations of the beam. The proposed absorber is space-efficient and does not add mass to the primary system, and hence, it has the potential in systems where the weight matters, such as aerospace applications.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/15/8378vibration suppressioninternal resonancepiezoelectric shunt circuitnonlinearity
spellingShingle Khaled Al-Souqi
Samir Emam
Khaled Kadri
Exploiting the Internal Resonance for the Vibration Suppression of Beams via Piezoelectric Shunt Circuits
Applied Sciences
vibration suppression
internal resonance
piezoelectric shunt circuit
nonlinearity
title Exploiting the Internal Resonance for the Vibration Suppression of Beams via Piezoelectric Shunt Circuits
title_full Exploiting the Internal Resonance for the Vibration Suppression of Beams via Piezoelectric Shunt Circuits
title_fullStr Exploiting the Internal Resonance for the Vibration Suppression of Beams via Piezoelectric Shunt Circuits
title_full_unstemmed Exploiting the Internal Resonance for the Vibration Suppression of Beams via Piezoelectric Shunt Circuits
title_short Exploiting the Internal Resonance for the Vibration Suppression of Beams via Piezoelectric Shunt Circuits
title_sort exploiting the internal resonance for the vibration suppression of beams via piezoelectric shunt circuits
topic vibration suppression
internal resonance
piezoelectric shunt circuit
nonlinearity
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/15/8378
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