Hybrid control of vibrations of a smart von Kármán plateHybrid control of vibrations of a smart von Kármán plate Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές 2015-10-122015enThe suppression of large vibrations of a smart thin elastic rectangular von Kármán’s plate is considered. The plate is subjected to external disturbances and generalized control forces produced by electromechanical feedback. The considered nonlinear initial-boundary value problem is spatially discretized by means of the time spectral method. The implicit Newmark-β iterative method is employed for the time integration of the obtained system of nonlinear equations of motion. Nonlinear controllers are designed, based on a fuzzy inference system. Two numerical algorithms involving a general control of displacement/velocity and a direct control of the Fourier coefficients are proposed. The techniques have been implemented within MATLAB environment with the use of the fuzzy logic toolbox. Numerical examples are presented.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Acta Mechanica102263463-3475 Stavroulakis Georgios Σταυρουλακης Γεωργιος Aliki D. Muradova Springer Verlag Applied mechanics Engineering, Mechanical mechanics applied applied mechanics engineering mechanical