Adaptive Feedforward Compensation Algorithms for Active Vibration Control with Mechanical Coupling and Local Feedback - a unified approach

Adaptive feedforward broadband vibration (or noise) compensation is currently used when a correlated measurement with the disturbance (an image of the disturbance) is available. Most of the active vibration control systems feature an internal "positive" mechanical feedback between the compensation system and the reference source (a correlated measurement with the disturbance). Such systems have often also a feedback control loop for reducing the effect of disturbances. Therefore the adaptive feedforward compensation algorithms should take into account this structure. For stability reasons the adaptation algorithms requires the implementation of a filter on observed data or a filtering of the residual acceleration in order to satisfy some passivity conditions. The paper proposes new algorithms for the adaptive feedforward compensation in this context with both filtering of data and of the residual acceleration and using an "Integral + Proportional" (IP) adaptation as a means for accelerating the transients as well as for relaxing the positive real conditions required by the stability analysis. The paper also shows that the main interest in filtering the residual acceleration is to shape in the frequency domain the power spectral density (PSD) of the residual acceleration. The algorithms have been applied to an active vibration control (AVC) system and real time results illustrating the advantages of the proposed algorithms are presented

IIR Youla-Kucera parametrized adaptive feedforward compensators for active vibration control with mechanical coupling

International audienceAdaptive feedforward broadband vibration (or noise) compensation requires a reliable correlated measurement with the disturbance (an image of the disturbance). The reliability of this measurement is compromised in most of the systems by a "positive" internal feedback coupling between the compensator system and the correlated measurement of the disturbance. The system may become unstable if the adaptation algorithms do not take in account this positive feedback. Instead of using classical IIR or FIR feedforward compensators, the present paper proposes and analyses an IIR Youla - Kucera parametrization of the feedforward compensator. A model based central IIR stabilizing compensator is used and its performance is enhanced by the adaptation of the parameters (Q-parameters) of an IIR Youla-Kucera filter. Adaptation algorithms assuring the stability of the system in the presence of the positive internal feedback are provided. Their performances are evaluated experimentally on an active vibration control (AVC) system. Theoretical and experimental comparisons with FIR Youla-Kucera parametrized feedforward compensators and IIR feedforward compensators are provided

Commande robuste et calibrage des systèmes de contrôle actif de vibrations

Dans cette thèse, nous présentons des solutions pour la conception des systèmes de contrôle actif de vibrations. Dans la première partie, des méthodes de contrôle par action anticipatrice (feedforward) sont développées. Celles-ci sont dédiées à la suppression des perturbations bande large en utilisant une image de la perturbation mesurée par un deuxième capteur, en amont de la variable de performance à minimiser. Les algorithmes présentés dans cette mémoire sont conçus pour réaliser de bonnes performances et maintenir la stabilité du système en présence du couplage positif interne qui apparaît entre le signal de commande et l'image de la perturbation. Les principales contributions de cette partie sont l'assouplissement de la condition de Stricte Positivité Réelle (SPR) par l'utilisation des algorithmes d'adaptation Intégrale + Proportionnelle et le développement de compensateurs à action anticipatrice (feedforward) sur la base de la paramétrisation Youla-Kučera. La deuxième partie de la thèse concerne le rejet des perturbations bande étroite par contre-réaction adaptative (feedback). Une méthode d'adaptation indirecte est proposée pour le rejet de plusieurs perturbations bande étroite en utilisant des filtres Stop-bande et la paramétrisation Youla-Kučera. Cette méthode utilise des Filtres Adaptatifs à Encoche en cascade pour estimer les fréquences de perturbations sinusoïdales puis des Filtres Stop-bande pour introduire des atténuations aux fréquences estimées. Les algorithmes sont vérifiés et validés sur un dispositif expérimental disponible au sein du département Automatique du laboratoire GIPSA-Lab de Grenoble.In this thesis, solutions for the design of robust Active Vibration Control (AVC) systems are presented. The thesis report is composed of two parts. In the first one, feedforward adaptive methods are developed. They are dedicated to the suppression of large band disturbances and use a measurement, correlated with the disturbance, obtained upstream from the performance variable by the use of a second transducer. The algorithms presented in this thesis are designed to achieve good performances and to maintain system stability in the presence of the internal feedback coupling which appears between the control signal and the image of the disturbance. The main contributions in this part are the relaxation of the Strictly Positive Real (SPR) condition appearing in the stability analysis of the algorithms by use of Integral + Proportional adaptation algorithms and the development of feedforward compensators for noise or vibration reduction based on the Youla-Kučera parameterization. The second part of this thesis is concerned with the negative feedback rejection of narrow band disturbances. An indirect adaptation method for the rejection of multiple narrow band disturbances using Band-Stop Filters (BSF) and the Youla-Kučera parameterization is presented. This method uses cascaded Adaptive Notch Filters (ANF) to estimate the frequencies of the disturbances' sinusoids and then, Band-stop Filters are used to shape the output sensitivity function independently, reducing the effect of each narrow band signal in the disturbance. The algorithms are verified and validated on an experimental setup available at the Control Systems Department of GIPSA-Lab, Grenoble, France.SAVOIE-SCD - Bib.électronique (730659901) / SudocGRENOBLE1/INP-Bib.électronique (384210012) / SudocGRENOBLE2/3-Bib.électronique (384219901) / SudocSudocFranceF

Adaptive Feedforward Compensation Algorithms for Active Vibration Control with Mechanical Coupling and Local Feedback - a unified approach

Adaptive feedforward broadband vibration (or noise) compensation is currently used when a correlated measurement with the disturbance (an image of the disturbance) is available. Most of the active vibration control systems feature an internal "positive" mechanical feedback between the compensation system and the reference source (a correlated measurement with the disturbance). Such systems have often also a feedback control loop for reducing the effect of disturbances. Therefore the adaptive feedforward compensation algorithms should take into account this structure. For stability reasons the adaptation algorithms requires the implementation of a filter on observed data or a filtering of the residual acceleration in order to satisfy some passivity conditions. The paper proposes new algorithms for the adaptive feedforward compensation in this context with both filtering of data and of the residual acceleration and using an "Integral + Proportional" (IP) adaptation as a means for accelerating the transients as well as for relaxing the positive real conditions required by the stability analysis. The paper also shows that the main interest in filtering the residual acceleration is to shape in the frequency domain the power spectral density (PSD) of the residual acceleration. The algorithms have been applied to an active vibration control (AVC) system and real time results illustrating the advantages of the proposed algorithms are presented

Adaptive Attenuation of Unknown and Time Varying Disturbances - Revisited after ECC13, Zurich

http://technion.ac.il/~issc/Program/pdf/Landau_slides.pdfInternational audienceIn many classes of applications like active vibration control and active noise control the disturbances can be characterized by their frequencies content and their location in a specific region in the frequency domain. The disturbances can be of narrow band type (simple or multiple) or of broad band type. A model can be associated to these disturbances. The knowledge of this model allows to design an appropriate control system in order to attenuate (or to reject) their effect upon the system to be controlled. The attenuation of disturbances by feedback is limited by the Bode Integral and the "water bed" effect upon the output sensitivity function. In such situations the feedback approach has to be complemented by a "feedforward disturbance compensation" requiring an additional transducer for getting information upon the disturbance. Unfortunately in most of the situations the disturbances are unknown and time-varying and therefore an adaptive approach should be considered. The generic term for adaptive attenuation of unknown and timevarying disturbances is "adaptive regulation" (known plant model, unknown and time-varying disturbance model). The paper reviews a number of recent developments for adaptive feedback compensation of multiple unknown and timevarying narrowband disturbances presented at ECC13, Zurich (benchmark on adaptive regulation). Il also reviews recent developments in adaptive feedforward compensation of broad band disturbances in the presence of the inherent internal positive feedback caused by the coupling between the compensator system and the measurement of the image of the disturbance. Experimental results obtained on a relevant active vibration control system will illustrate the performance of the various algorithms presented. Some open research problems will be mentioned in the conclusion

Indirect Adaptive Attenuation of Multiple Narrow-Band Disturbances Applied to Active Vibration Control

International audienceIn this brief, an indirect adaptive control methodology for attenuation of multiple unknown time varying narrow-band disturbances is proposed. This method is based on the real time estimation of the frequency of narrow-band disturbances using adaptive notch filters followed by the design of a controller using adjustable band-stop filters for the appropriate shaping of the output sensitivity function. A Youla-Kučera parametrization of the controller is used for reducing the computation load. This approach is compared on an active vibration control system with the direct adaptive control scheme based on the internal model principle proposed. Real time experimental results are provided

Control oriented modelling of an integrated attitude and vibration suppression architecture for large space structures

This thesis is divided into two parts. The main focus of the research, namely active vibration control for large flexible spacecraft, is exposed in Part I and, in parallel, the topic of machine learning techniques for modern space applications is described in Part II. In particular, this thesis aims at proposing an end-to-end general architecture for an integrated attitude-vibration control system, starting from the design of structural models to the synthesis of the control laws. To this purpose, large space structures based on realistic missions are investigated as study cases, in accordance with the tendency of increasing the size of the scientific instruments to improve their sensitivity, being the drawback an increase of its overall flexibility. An active control method is therefore investigated to guarantee satisfactory pointing and maximum deformation by avoiding classical stiffening methods. Therefore, the instrument is designed to be supported by an active deployable frame hosting an optimal minimum set of collocated smart actuators and sensors. Different spatial configurations for the placement of the distributed network of active devices are investigated, both at closed-loop and open-loop levels. Concerning closed-loop techniques, a method to optimally place the poles of the system via a Direct Velocity Feedback (DVF) controller is proposed to identify simultaneously the location and number of active devices for vibration control with an in-cascade optimization technique. Then, two general and computationally efficient open-loop placement techniques, namely Gramian and Modal Strain Energy (MSE)-based methods, are adopted as opposed to heuristic algorithms, which imply high computational costs and are generally not suitable for high-dimensional systems, to propose a placement architecture for generically shaped tridimensional space structures. Then, an integrated robust control architecture for the spacecraft is presented as composed of both an attitude control scheme and a vibration control system. To conclude the study, attitude manoeuvres are performed to excite main flexible modes and prove the efficacy of both attitude and vibration control architectures. Moreover, Part II is dedicated to address the problem of improving autonomy and self-awareness of modern spacecraft, by using machine-learning based techniques to carry out Failure Identification for large space structures and improving the pointing performance of spacecraft (both flexible satellite with sloshing models and small rigid platforms) when performing repetitive Earth Observation manoeuvres