Modal active control, based on a state model, is an efficient method of increasing the
lifetime of electronic boards by using piezoelectric components. In the case of industrial
mass production, dispersions lead to changes in mechanical and electromechanical
properties. Moreover, initial operating conditions such as boundary conditions can change
during the lifetime of the control and modify its efficiency and stability. Therefore, a
semi-adaptive modal control strategy in deferred time is proposed to attenuate these
problems. Firstly modal control gains are calculated by using a classical linear quadratic
Gaussian algorithm with the nominal model including mode shapes. Then control I/O
data are collected by an identification system that uses on-board piezoelectric
components. A subspace method is implemented to estimate modal matrices in order to
update the controller. The sensitivity of control performance to modal parameter
variation is presented. Estimated control frequencies and modal damping are finally
used to update modal control gains. The effectiveness of the proposed method is
examined through numerical simulation and experimental tests in the case of
boundary condition modifications. This adaptive modal control/identification design
greatly increases the nominal robustness of the controller in the case of frequency
shifts.