scholarly journals A Review of Bioinspired Vibration Control Technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 10584
Author(s):  
Xiaojie Shi ◽  
Tingkun Chen ◽  
Jinhua Zhang ◽  
Bo Su ◽  
Qian Cong ◽  
...  

Due to huge demand in engineering, vibration control technology and related studies have always been at the frontiers of research. Although traditional vibration control methods are stable and reliable, they have obvious shortcomings. Through evolution and natural selection, certain body-parts of animals in the natural world have been cleverly constructed and well designed. This provides a steady stream of inspiration for the design of vibration control equipment. The prime objective of this review is to highlight recent advances in the bionic design of vibration control devices. Current bionic vibration control devices were classified, and their bionic principles were briefly described. One kind was the bionic device based on the brain structure of the woodpecker, which is mostly used to reduce vibration at high frequencies. Another kind of bionic device was based on animal leg structure and showed outstanding performance in low frequency vibration reduction. Finally, we briefly listed the problems that need to be solved in current bionic vibration control technology and gave recommendations for future research direction.

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
pp. 3326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao ◽  
Wang

As a major device for reducing vibration and protecting passengers, the low-frequency vibration control performance of commercial vehicle seating systems has become an attractive research topic in recent years. This article reviews the recent developments in active seat suspensions for vehicles. The features of active seat suspension actuators and the related control algorithms are described and discussed in detail. In addition, the vibration control and reduction performance of active seat suspension systems are also reviewed. The article also discusses the prospects of the application of machine learning, including artificial neural network (ANN) control algorithms, in the development of active seat suspension systems for vibration control.


2014 ◽  
Vol 494-495 ◽  
pp. 491-496
Author(s):  
Hua Ping Mei ◽  
Hao Yue Tian ◽  
Shuan Huang

The vibration isolators have witnessed significant developments due to pressing demands for high resolution metrology and manufacturing, optical, physical and chemical experiments. In the view of these requirements, the engineers and physicists have exploited different types of vibration isolators. This paper firstly presents the recent developments on the passive vibration isolators. It finds that the passive vibration isolators can constrain the high frequency oscillation. The active control is the efficient method to cancel the low frequency vibration. Then, the paper is concerned with the recent advances on the active vibration isolator. The appropriate actuator, sensor and advanced control method are the key component of the active vibration isolator to enhance their vibration isolation properties. Finally, the author proposes that the magnetic suspension vibration isolator is a future research direction in the field of the vibration isolation.


2013 ◽  
Vol 397-400 ◽  
pp. 295-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu Niu ◽  
Ling Shuai Meng ◽  
Wen Juan Wu ◽  
Jing Gong Sun ◽  
Wei Hua Su ◽  
...  

The quasi-zero-stiffness vibration isolation system has witnessed significant development due to the pressing demands for low frequency and ultra-low frequency vibration isolation. In this study, the isolation theory and the characteristic of the quasi-zero-stiffness vibration isolation system are illustrated. Based on its implementation mechanics, a comprehensive assessment of recent advances of the quasi-zero-stiffness vibration isolation system is presented. The future research directions are finally prospected.


1976 ◽  
Vol 20 (20) ◽  
pp. 462-462
Author(s):  
Michael E. McCauley

The office of Naval Research/Human Factors Research (ONR/HFR) Motion Generator was designed with three degrees of freedom (heave, pitch, and roll) to simulate the motion of an air-sea craft in varying ocean conditions through Sea State 5. Recent upgrading of the device has provided the capability for simulating the motion of advanced design sea craft as well as certain aspects of vertical motion common to land, sea, and air vehicles. Since 1968, the simulator has been used for investigation of the following topics: (1) basic research to provide equations for the prediction of motion sickness incidence based on parameters of vertical linear oscillation, (2) crew performance during simulated motion of two types of proposed naval vessels, and (3) evaluation of the efficacy of antimotion sickness medications in alleviating the symptoms of motion sickness. This simulator provides the opportunity for future research on the effects of motion on physiological and psychological processes as well as task performance.


Author(s):  
Chan Hui Lee ◽  
Heui Won Kim ◽  
Won Ho Joo

The offshore fixed platforms are confronted with greater wind and wave forces as their installation site moves toward the deep sea, so it is definitely necessary to reduce the low frequency vibration of structures for the safety and comfort of crews. The dynamic dampers are generally used to reduce vibration of structures. Especially, the tuned liquid column damper (TLCD) has been applied to reduce the low frequency vibration of onshore tall buildings. In this paper, the design procedure of TLCD is proposed to control the low frequency vibration of fixed platforms through the simulation and experiment with a small-scale model. The vibration control target is the surge motion of fixed platforms and the major design variables of TLCD are mass and damping ratios. The optimized design variables of TLCD are determined from the calculation of the amplification factor. In the experiment, the effects of mass and damping ratios are considered by changing the breadth of column, the opening ratio and number of the orifices. The results of experiment are found to well agree with the simulation. The 83% of structure vibration level can be reduced by applying the optimized TLCD.


2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiloh R Krupar

This article explores changing American death care – the handling of the dead body and its materiality beyond death – in the context of US-based power relations over administration of human remains. The article briefly surveys efforts to make the afterlife of the dead more ‘sustainable’. I argue that this expanding governance entails intensified bioremediation: the reuse and reprocessing of dead bodies/parts, intensified forms of material-biological extraction, and the conversion of afterlife to forms of biovalue beyond death. First, some disposal efforts encourage an economy of body/parts and a utilitarian ethic of ‘no remains’. Accordingly, the afterlife is not ‘the end’ but a renewable material resource and opportunity to economize the body in death and put the dead body to work. Second, a range of practices now reimagine death as an opportunity for personal legacy and redeem the dead body’s decomposition as natural/as part of the natural world. Bioremediation in this case conceptually recuperates death into life so that death is not wasted; instead, the corpse serves as a material input for nature and a vehicle for personal ‘biopresence’. The article then considers some of the paradoxes and costs of greening the dead and outlines future research directions that might advance our understanding of the ways new sustainable disposal and commemorative technologies of the dead entrench racism and impact civil, consumer, and environmental rights. How bodies affect our environments today will impact people and landscapes in years to come. Because US governance of the dead has historically entailed the differential treatment of bodies after life, the article critically reflects on ‘death equity’ issues that operate across the living and the dead. The article concludes by querying how conduct for the dead might advance social justice through a material politics of human remains.


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