Enhanced Semi-active piezoelectric vibration control method with shunt circuit by energy dissipations switching.

[Display omitted] • The passive shunt circuit for semi-active piezoelectric vibration control relies on energy dissipations switching. • The dissipations of elastic potential energy and electrical energy are realized by the shunt circuit switching to different states. • The modeling is used to reveal the vibration control principle of the passive shunt circuit. • The correctness is verified by simple harmonic vibration and attenuation experiments. • The effectiveness and superiority are demonstrated through experimental comparisons. Piezoelectric vibration control holds the advantages of lightweight and anti-electromagnetic interference, and has broad application prospects in fields such as aerospace and mechanical engineering. A semi-active control method based on a piezoelectric smart cantilever beam with a passive shunt circuit is proposed for vibration control. The contribution is that the proposed semi-active control method is used to achieve energy dissipations switching by changing the piezoelectric electrical boundary conditions. The open-circuit state of piezoelectric materials corresponds to higher stiffness and dissipation of elastic potential energy, while the short-circuit state is accompanied by lower stiffness and dissipation of electrical energy. Firstly, the stiffness difference of different electrical boundary conditions of the piezoelectric materials is derived and its effect on the vibration characteristics is analyzed. Then, the proposed passive shunt circuit for the vibration control principle is analyzed, and the modeling of the piezoelectric smart cantilever beam with the passive shunt circuit is developed. Finally, a prototype is manufactured and the measurement system is constructed. The correctness and the feasibility of the semi-active vibration control method are verified by experiments, and the logarithmic damping coefficient is 0.8919. The superiority of the proposed shunt circuit is demonstrated experimentally with the comparison groups including depolarized comparison group and the common shunt circuits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]