Abstract
This paper deals with theoretical stability analysis of an active feedback control of web flutter which occurs to the web with both ends fixed and tensioned. In this paper, a non-contact active feedback control method of web flutter by using movable plates set at inlet or outlet of the passage are developed and its analytical model is constructed. The equations of motion of the flexible sheet coupled with the fluid flow controlled by the movable plates are obtained. The characteristic equation of the system is derived as a function of the flow velocity in the narrow gap. As a result, it is shown that the web flutter occurs to the web with increasing the flow velocity, and is effectively suppressed by the proposed non-contact flow control devices and active feedback control method. Furthermore, calculation results are verified by the experiments.
