During the last decades, the growth of micro-electronics has reduced the cost
of computing power to a level acceptable to industry and has made possible
sophisticated control strategies suitable for many applications. Vibration control
is applied to all kinds of engineering systems to obtain the desired dynamic
behavior, improved accuracy and increased reliability during operation. In this
context, one can think of applications related to the control of structures’ vibration
isolation, control of vehicle dynamics, noise control, control of machines
and mechanisms and control of fluid-structure-interaction. One could continue
with this list for a long time.
Research in the field of vibration control is extremely comprehensive. Problems
that are typical for vibration control of nonlinear mechanisms and structures
arise in the fields of modeling systems in such a way that the model is
suitable for control design, to choose appropriate actuator and sensor locations
and to select the actuators and sensors.
The objective of the Symposium was to present and discuss methods that
contribute to the solution of such problems and to demonstrate the state of
the art in the field shown by typical examples. The intention was to evaluate
the limits of performance that can be achieved by controlling the dynamics,
and to point out gaps in present research and give links for areas of future
research. Mainly, it brought together leading experts from quite different areas
presenting their points of view.