Geometry adaptive control of a composite reflector using PZT actuator

Lan Lan; Shuidong Jiang; Yang Zhou; Houfei Fang; Shujun Tan; Zhigang Wu

doi:10.1117/12.2084128

1 April 2015 Geometry adaptive control of a composite reflector using PZT actuator

Lan Lan, Shuidong Jiang, Yang Zhou, Houfei Fang, Shujun Tan, Zhigang Wu

Proceedings Volume 9433, Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies 2015; 943305 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2084128
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Maintaining geometrical high precision for a graphite fiber reinforced composite (GFRC) reflector is a challenging task. Although great efforts have been placed to improve the fabrication precision, geometry adaptive control for a reflector is becoming more and more necessary. This paper studied geometry adaptive control for a GFRC reflector with piezoelectric ceramic transducer (PZT) actuators assembled on the ribs. In order to model the piezoelectric effect in finite element analysis (FEA), a thermal analogy was used in which the temperature was applied to simulate the actuation voltage, and the piezoelectric constant was mimicked by a Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE). PZT actuator’s equivalent model was validated by an experiment. The deformations of a triangular GFRC specimen with three PZT actuators were also measured experimentally and compared with that of simulation. This study developed a multidisciplinary analytical model, which includes the composite structure, thermal, thermal deformation and control system, to perform an optimization analysis and design for the adaptive GFRC reflector by considering the free vibration, gravity deformation and geometry controllability.

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Lan Lan, Shuidong Jiang, Yang Zhou, Houfei Fang, Shujun Tan, and Zhigang Wu "Geometry adaptive control of a composite reflector using PZT actuator", Proc. SPIE 9433, Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies 2015, 943305 (1 April 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2084128

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