Modelling of SMA Vibration Systems in an AVA Example

Vibration suppression, as well as its generation, is a common subject of scientific investigations. More and more often, but still rarely, shape memory alloys (SMAs) are used in vibrating systems, despite the fact that SMA springs have many advantages. This is due to the difficulty of the mathematical description and the considerable effortfulness of analysing and synthesising vibrating systems. The article shows the analysis of vibrating systems in which spring elements made of SMAs are used. The modelling and analysis method of vibrating systems is shown in the example of a vibrating system with a dynamic vibration absorber (DVA), which uses springs made of a shape memory alloy. The formulated mathematical model of a 2-DOF system with a controlled spring, mounted in DVA suspension, uses the viscoelastic model of the SMA spring. For the object, a control system was synthesised. Finally, model tests with and without a controller were carried out. The characteristics of the vibrations’ transmissibility functions for both systems were determined. It was shown that the developed DVA can tune to frequency excitation changes of up to ±10%.