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Published on: January 20, 2019
Vibration Control of a Helicopter Rescue Simulator on a Flexible Base
Shengye Wang1, Haitao Wang1, Wei Xiong1
1Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering College, Dalian Maritime University, DaLian 116026, Liaoning, China.
Abstract:
The vibration compensation control of a hovering helicopter rescue simulator mounted on a crane beam is studied in this research. A Stewart platform is used as the motion generator of the helicopter simulation cabin and the vibration compensation device of the beam, simultaneously. This study describes how the dynamic model of the Stewart platform with consideration of the beam vibration is established. To determine the interference of the Stewart platform motion control in the special application of a large component flexible base requiring large-scale movement, a hybrid vibration controller composed of a feed-forward compensation module and a PD (proportional-derivative) feedback control module is designed. The experimental results show that this method can effectively compensate for the beam vibration and improve the accuracy of the motion reproduction of a helicopter simulation cabin.
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