Distributed active vibration control systems and rotary wing aircraft with suppressed vibrations

Abstract

An aircraft with an aerostructure and at least one rotating machine creating troublesome vibrations, with the aircraft including a power source outputting electromagnetic force generator power outputs, a first and second distributed active vibration electromagnetic force generator, the first and second force generator including a distributed electronic control system and an electromagnetically driven mass, the force generators fixed to the aerostructure at first and second distributed active vibration control system sites, and electrical power distribution lines connecting the force generators with the power source with the power outputs outputted to the electromagnetic force generators, and a distributed force generator data communications network linking together the first and second distributed electronic control systems wherein the distributed electronic control systems communicate force generator vibration control data through the distributed force generator data communications network independently of the electrical power distribution lines to minimize the troublesome vibrations.