Optimal control for tuned inertial electromagnetic transducers using model predictive control

Abstract

Various kinds of devices employing inerter technologies have been proposed for the purposes of structural control and energy harvesting. Especially, in recent years, considerable efforts have been made to develop variable inerter mechanisms to improve their performances. In this paper, model predictive control (MPC) algorithm is applied to the tuned inertial mass electromagnetic transducer (TIMET), one of the inerter devices taking advantage of resonance effect proposed by the authors, to control the variable inerter mechanism in addition to the motor. Numerical simulation studies of free vibration of a single-of-freedom model are carried out, and the obtained results show that the MPC can be applicable for inerter devices in real time and has a great potential to improve the performance of vibration control.