Experimental Implementation of Negative Impedance Shunts on Periodic Structures

Shunt damping of structures has been heavily researched, both passively and actively. Negative capacitance shunts actively control vibration on a structure and have been shown to obtain significant broadband suppression. The use of smaller piezoelectric patches, implemented in a periodic array, can alter the behavior of the control. Assorted shunt arrangements as well as circuit configurations will be investigated. Experimental results will be compared to theoretical predictions of shunt performance.