Small experimental test-rigs are often used to investigate active vibration control concepts in the laboratory because of ease of construction and implementation. However, in marine applications, there is a large gap between this type of experiment and full-scale implementation onboard a ship. In this article a large-scale laboratory based active vibration control system is demonstrated. It involves a floating raft system attached to a hull-like structure by way of four hydraulic actuators, which are placed in parallel with eighteen passive resilient isolators. The flexible hull-like structure is supported on twenty six pneumatic springs to simulate a floating ship. A decentralized feedforward control strategy was implemented resulting in the reduction of vibration levels on the flexible hull-like receiving structure of up to 36 dB at some tonal excitation frequencies. The passive isolation results in broadband control and is most effective at higher frequencies.

Tiejun Yang

Yao Sun

Liubin Zhou

Practical demonstration of a large-scale active vibration isolation system

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