scholarly journals Enhancing Vibration Isolation Performance by Exploiting Novel Spring-Bar Mechanism

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 8852
Author(s):  
Baiyang Shi ◽  
Jian Yang ◽  
Tianyun Li
Keyword(s):  
Power Flow ◽  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Vibration Suppression ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Input Power ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Negative Stiffness ◽  
Response Force ◽  
Force Transmission ◽  
Chaotic Motions

This study investigates the use of a spring-bar mechanism (SBM) in a vibration suppression system to improve its performance. The SBM, comprising bars and springs, is configured with a conventional linear spring-damper isolator unit. The dynamic response, force transmissibility, and vibration energy flow behaviour are studied to evaluate the vibration suppression performance of the integrated system. It is found that the SBM can introduce hardening, softening stiffness, or double-well potential characteristics to the system. By tuning the SBM parameters, constant negative stiffness is achieved so that the natural frequency of the overall system is reduced for enhanced low-frequency vibration isolation. It is also found that the proposed design yields a wider effective isolation range compared to the conventional spring-damper isolator and a previously proposed isolator with a negative stiffness mechanism. The frequency response relation of the force-excited system is derived using the averaging method and elliptical functions. It is also found that the system can exhibit chaotic motions, for which the associated time-averaged power is found to tend to an asymptotic value as the averaging time increases. It is shown that the time-averaged power flow variables can be used as uniform performance indices of nonlinear vibration isolators exhibiting periodic or chaotic motions. It is shown that the SBM can assist in reducing force transmission and input power, thereby expanding the frequency range of vibration attenuations.

Research on Vibration Isolation Parameters of Double-Deck Isolation System of Heat Water Pump

2013 ◽  
Vol 694-697 ◽  
pp. 316-320
Author(s):  
Xiang Jun Kong ◽  
Er Ming Song ◽  
Chang Zheng Chen
Keyword(s):  
Power Flow ◽  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Mass Effect ◽  
Transmitted Power ◽  
Intermediate Mass ◽  
Isolation System ◽  
Vibration Isolation System ◽  
Upper Deck ◽  
Vibration Power Flow

Isolation system of the heat water pumps can be simplified as a double sources exciting and double output double-deck vibration isolation system model, expressions of transmitted power flow and vibration speed to the basement are deduced based on the double sources exciting and double output double-deck vibration isolation system electric-force(E-F) analog picture, the curves of power flow and vibration speed transmitted to basement how the upper deck vibration isolation and intermediate mass effect are drawn by using mat lab program. The results show that the adjusting the upper deck vibration isolation stiffness parameters has little effect on the amplitude of vibration power flow, increasing intermediate mass can move first peak to the low frequency, increasing intermediate mass can obviously reduce t transmitted power flow and transmitted vibration speed amplitude to the basement.

Energy flow and performance evaluation of inerter-based vibration isolators mounted on finite and infinite flexible foundation structures

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 168781402110704
Author(s):  
Zhuang Dong ◽  
Jian Yang ◽  
Chendi Zhu ◽  
Dimitrios Chronopoulos ◽  
Tianyun Li
Keyword(s):  
Power Flow ◽  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Vibration Suppression ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Flexible Beam ◽  
Vibration Isolators ◽  
Force Transmissibility ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Flexible Foundation ◽  
Isolation Performance

This study investigates the vibration power flow behavior and performance of inerter-based vibration isolators mounted on finite and infinite flexible beam structures. Two configurations of vibration isolators with spring, damper, and inerter as well as different rigidities of finite and infinite foundation structures are considered. Both the time-averaged power flow transmission and the force transmissibility are studied and used as indices to evaluate the isolation performance. Comparisons are made between the two proposed configurations of inerter-based isolators and the conventional spring-damper isolators to show potential performance benefits of including inerter for effective vibration isolation. It is shown that by configuring the inerter, spring, and damper in parallel in the isolator, anti-peaks are introduced in the time-averaged transmitted power and force transmissibility at specific frequencies such that the vibration transmission to the foundation can be greatly suppressed. When the inerter is connected in series with a spring-damper unit and then in-parallel with a spring, considerable improvement in vibration isolation can be achieved near the original peak frequency while maintaining good high-frequency isolation performance. The study provides better understanding of the effects of adding inerters to vibration isolators mounted on a flexible foundation, and benefits enhanced designs of inerter-based vibration suppression systems.

Robust Passive-Active Mounts for Machinery and Equipment

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Hannsen Su
Keyword(s):  
Resonant Frequency ◽  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Vibration Suppression ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
The Other ◽  
Resonant Frequencies ◽  
Vibration Magnitude ◽  
Fixed End ◽  
Degradation Problem ◽  
Universal Application

Abstract Conventional vibration isolation mounts are not as effective as expected on a practical foundation whose resonant frequencies normally are within the bandwidth of interest. In addition, the low frequency enhancement is a characteristic of the passive mounts. Applying inertia actuators to the bottom attachment plate of the conventional mounts overcomes these shortcomings and enhances their performance significantly. This design concept has universal application since it is applicable to any dynamic system. It requires very little power and force capacity, i.e., a small percentage of the disturbance force, from the actuators to be effective for frequencies higher than the resonant frequency of the mount itself. The effectiveness of the proposed mounts for the machinery is demonstrated on the load transmissibility reduction at the foundation support (fixed end) due to disturbance from machinery above mounts. On the other hand, the vibration magnitude reduction of equipment above mounts due to disturbance from the foundation is used for evaluating the equipment isolation effectiveness. There is no stabilty or degradation problem when a number of the passive-active mounts are used on the same foundation. Furthermore, the more of this type of mounts used on a foundation the more effective the vibration suppression and the smaller actuator force requirement for each passive-active mount.

scholarly journals Dynamically variable negative stiffness structures

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. e1500778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher B. Churchill ◽  
David W. Shahan ◽  
Sloan P. Smith ◽  
Andrew C. Keefe ◽  
Geoffrey P. McKnight
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Dynamic Stiffness ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Variable Stiffness ◽  
Negative Stiffness ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
Vibration Isolators ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Engineered Systems ◽  
Tunable Stiffness

Variable stiffness structures that enable a wide range of efficient load-bearing and dexterous activity are ubiquitous in mammalian musculoskeletal systems but are rare in engineered systems because of their complexity, power, and cost. We present a new negative stiffness–based load-bearing structure with dynamically tunable stiffness. Negative stiffness, traditionally used to achieve novel response from passive structures, is a powerful tool to achieve dynamic stiffness changes when configured with an active component. Using relatively simple hardware and low-power, low-frequency actuation, we show an assembly capable of fast (<10 ms) and useful (>100×) dynamic stiffness control. This approach mitigates limitations of conventional tunable stiffness structures that exhibit either small (<30%) stiffness change, high friction, poor load/torque transmission at low stiffness, or high power active control at the frequencies of interest. We experimentally demonstrate actively tunable vibration isolation and stiffness tuning independent of supported loads, enhancing applications such as humanoid robotic limbs and lightweight adaptive vibration isolators.

scholarly journals An Air Spring Vibration Isolator Based on a Negative-Stiffness Structure for Vehicle Seat

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 11539
Author(s):  
Cong Hung Nguyen ◽  
Cong Minh Ho ◽  
Kyoung Kwan Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Dynamic Stiffness ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Negative Stiffness ◽  
Vibration Isolator ◽  
Air Spring ◽  
Nonlinear Force ◽  
Mechanical Spring ◽  
Negative Stiffness Mechanism ◽  
Vehicle Seat

This research introduces an air spring vibration isolator system (ASVIS) based on a negative-stiffness structure (NSS) to improve the vehicle seat’s vibration isolation performance at low excitation frequencies. The main feature of the ASVIS consists of two symmetric bellows-type air springs which were designed on the basis of a negative stiffness mechanism. In addition, a crisscross structure with two straight bars was also used as the supporting legs to provide the nonlinear characteristics with NSS. Moreover, instead of using a vertical mechanical spring, a sleeve-type air spring was employed to provide positive stiffness. As a result, as the weight of the driver varies, the dynamic stiffness of the ASVIS can be easily adjusted and controlled. Next, the effects of the dimension parameters on the nonlinear force and nonlinear stiffness of ASVIS were analyzed. A design process for the ASVIS is provided based on the analytical results in order to achieve high static–low dynamic stiffness. Finally, numerical simulations were performed to evaluate the effectiveness of the ASVIS. The results obtained in this paper show that the values of the seat displacement of the ASVIS with NSS were reduced by 77.16% in comparison with those obtained with the traditional air spring isolator without NSS, which indicates that the design of the ASVIS isolator with NSS allows the effective isolation of vibrations in the low-frequency region.

Dynamic Analysis of Nonlinear Vibration Isolation System Based on Flexible Foundation

2014 ◽  
Vol 1030-1032 ◽  
pp. 766-769
Author(s):  
Shu Ying Li ◽  
Rui Huo ◽  
Xing Ke Cui ◽  
Cui Ping Liu ◽  
Dao Kun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Vibration ◽  
Power Flow ◽  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Coupled System ◽  
Optimized Design ◽  
Isolation System ◽  
Vibration Isolation System ◽  
Vibration Isolators ◽  
Flexible Foundation

In this paper,a general dynamic model of the isolation coupled system which is composed of isolation object,nonlinear vibration isolation support,and flexible foundation is established,calculated method of applying vibration power flow to analyze isolation effectiveness is studied.Further more,as an calculation example,a air spring vibration isolation system of HS-700 engines is numerically simulated.Designs several low-frequency nonlinear vibration isolators and analyzes its vibration isolation effect.It discusses the effect of the vibration isolator parameters on the transmitted power flow of the system.The results provide a theoretical basis for the optimized design of nonlinear vibration isolation system.

Modeling and Dynamics of Magnetically Repulsive Negative Stiffness Permanent Magnetic Array for Precision Air/Magnetic Composite Vibration Isolation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yamin Zhao ◽  
Junning Cui ◽  
Limin Zou ◽  
Zhongyi Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Permanent Magnets ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Vertical Direction ◽  
High Amplitude ◽  
Negative Stiffness ◽  
Magnetic Composite ◽  
Experimental Systems ◽  
Vibration Transmissibility

To reduce the natural frequency of air isolators and realize low or ultra-low frequency air/magnetic composite vibration isolation with large payloads, a magnetically repulsive negative stiffness permanent magnetic array (MRNSPMA) is proposed. Specifically, we utilize cuboidal permanent magnets to form a spatial array that is mechanically repulsive in the horizontal direction and structurally parallel in the vertical direction. The superiority of MRNSPMA in achieving high amplitude negative stiffness is verified. Furthermore, the effects of structural parameters on vibration transmissibility under the base and force excitations are investigated with the introduction of MRNSPMA. The displacement transmissibility, the force transmissibility and the frequency corresponding to the peak transmissibility are significantly reduced, validating the promise of MRNSPMA for improving the isolation performance of cutting-edge scientific experimental systems and facilities.

The design of negative stiffness spring for precision vibration isolation using axially magnetized permanent magnet rings

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (19-20) ◽  
pp. 2667-2677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenhua Zhou ◽  
Shuhan Chen ◽  
Dun Xia ◽  
Jianjun He ◽  
Peng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Dynamic Stiffness ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Design Procedure ◽  
Air Gap ◽  
Negative Stiffness ◽  
Linear Component ◽  
Vibration Isolator ◽  
Stiffness Characteristic ◽  
Isolation Performance

A negative stiffness element is always employed to generate high-static–low-dynamic stiffness characteristic of the vibration isolator, reduce the resonance frequency of the isolator, and improve the vibration isolation performance under low and ultra-low frequency excitation. In this paper, a new compact negative stiffness permanent magnetic spring (NSPMS) that is composed of two axial-magnetized permanent magnetic rings is proposed. An analytical expression of magnetic negative stiffness of the NSPMS is deduced by using the Coulombian model. After analyzing the effect of air-gap width, air-gap position, height difference between the inner ring and outer ring on the negative stiffness characteristic, a design procedure is proposed to realize the negative stiffness characteristic with a global minimum linear component and uniformity stiffness near the equilibrium position. Finally, an experimental prototype is developed to validate the effectiveness of the NSPMS. The experimental results show that combining a vibration isolator with the NSPMS in parallel can lower the natural frequency and improve the isolation performance of the isolator.

Research on Water Pump Isolation Parameters Based on Power Flow

2014 ◽  
Vol 1065-1069 ◽  
pp. 1687-1691
Author(s):  
Xiang Jun Kong ◽  
Chang Zheng Chen
Keyword(s):  
Power Flow ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Input Power ◽  
System Model ◽  
Water Pump ◽  
Analog Method ◽  
Isolation System ◽  
Peak Point ◽  
Vibration Power Flow ◽  
Isolation Vibration

Vibration parameter of water pump is studied by power flow theory, water pump isolation vibration system can be simplified a single-deck isolation system model, by using electric-machine (E-F) analog method, the curves of foundation speed amplitude and power flow are drawn, the results show that the inertia block has clearly reduced the vibration power flow and speed amplitude, increasing the mass of inertia block can decrease the first peak point and make the first peak point moving toward the low frequency direction, increasing surface density of the basement can decrease input power flow and the vibration of basement.

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