Integrated and Consistent Active Control Formulation and Piezotransducer Position Optimization of Plate Structures considering Spillover Effects

Table 8

GA-optimal and random configurations of piezoelectric transducers attached to the rectangular plate. The first two modes are the dominant modes, while the next three modes are the residual modes.

	Location type
	Optimal locations from GA			Random locations (no optimization)
	Actuator longitudinal coordinate 𝑥^𝑎	Actuator lateral coordinate 𝑦^𝑎	Actuator orientation 𝜃^𝑎	Actuator longitudinal coordinate 𝑥^𝑎	Actuator lateral coordinate 𝑦^𝑎	Actuator orientation 𝜃^𝑎
Transducer data
Single transducer	0.657 m	0.206 m	0.9 rad	0.757 m	0.386 m	0.905 rad
Double transducers	0.673 m; 0.378 m	0.205 m; 0.251 m	1.25 rad; 2.71 rad	0.757 m; 0.278 m	0.386 m; 0.351 m	0.905 rad; 2.706 rad