Self-tuning AIS-based active vibration control of a thin plate

This paper presents an active vibration control (AVC) scheme based on artificial immune system (AIS) algorithm with application to a thin plate system. A model-based control design approach, intergrating identification of the system model based on AIS is carried out to design the controller. The investigations concentrate on the first five resonance modes of the structure, and assesses the ability of developed control approach in attenuating the deflection of the plate structure. The performance of the AVC system is presented in both time and frequency domains with random, pseudo random binary sequence (PRBS) and finite duration step disturbance signals. Simulation results reveal that good performance is achieved with this approach.