Active Vibration Control using Eigenvector

Assignment for Mode Localization

Byung-Keun Song, Suhada Jayasuriya

Abstract— In this paper we propose an algorithm for eigenstructure assignment in which the assignment of eigenvectors play the
key role while the eigenvalue placement plays a secondary role. Eigenvectors are closely related to classical mode shapes and the
specification of special mode shapes can be effectively used for distributing the vibrational energy of flexible structures. In
particular by choosing a linearly independent set of mode shapes so that the relative magnitude at a certain prespecified coordinate
is small, that coordinate may be somewhat isolated from excessive vibrational energy. This localization of vibrational energy by
choosing mode shapes is similar to the phenomenon of normal mode localization in so called periodic structures. Two examples
illustrate the various notions presented in the paper.

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