Usually, one favors a low resonance peak for vibration sensing, since this expands the measurement range. Furthermore, one wants to avoid ringing. Both requirements are met by a high damping, i.e. a low quality factor of Q ~ 1. In this contribution, we show that it is possible to design a micro-opto-electro-mechanical system (MOEMS) vibration sensor featuring a strong passive damping leading to...

Among the passive control techniques for vibration attenuation in composite structures demonstrated in the last decades, the use of viscoelastic material as a damping core in laminated beam like components is an interesting possibility but has not yet received sufficient attention so far. In order to gain an insight into this interest and develop more accurate and efficient viscoelastic-based v...

this paper presents a reduce roll vibration of the full vehicle model with passive suspension systems using vibration absorber to change the dynamic system matrix stat’s eigenvalue. since using the controller system has been splurged and required to energy consuming, in this research the vehicle body roll vibration has been reduced and supplied vehicle stability using a vibration absorber for t...

The damping behavior of bent fiber near-field scanning optical microscopy !NSOM" probes operating in tapping mode oscillation is investigated in air and water. We show that the significant drop in probe quality factor Q, which occurs at the air-water interface, is due to meniscus damping. As the probe is immersed in water viscous damping adds to the meniscus damping. Damping effects which lead ...

Watts [1] in 1883 and Frahm [2] in 1909 reported on the first use of a dynamic vibration absorber. The range of industrial applications of such device is wide and includes the minimization of the rolling of ships, the damping of torsional vibration of internal combustion engines and the smoothing of vibrations in a barber cutter. The minimization of oscillations of tall buildings by means of dy...

This paper presents the design of an experimental electromechanical device for vibration control and energy harvesting. Traditionally, when the broadband resonant response due to a selected mode of a lightly damped structure needs to be controlled a vibration absorber is used. The resonance frequency of the absorber can be chosen to minimise the response of the structure under control. Optimisi...

The effects of a heavy travelling load on the soil medium and on the adjacent structures were studied. Five soil profiles were analyzed, three from sites in Southern California and two from well documented sites in Europe. It was found that the material damping in the soil layers does not affect attenuation, but rather radiation damping is the most significant. Four of the Five soil profiles st...

Semiactive control systems that offer the reliability of passive control systems as well as the versatility and adaptability of active control systems have received significant attention for structural vibration control (Jung et al., 2004). Magnetorheological (MR) fluid dampers have emerged as such a class of semiactive damping devices. By activating the MR fluid contained in the device through...

This paper presents analytical models, as well as numerical and experimental verification of intrinsic dissipation due to thermoelastic loss in tuning-fork resonator. The thermoelastic analytical governing equations are created for resonator vibrating at drive-mode and sense-mode, and thermoelastic vibration field quantities are deduced. Moreover, the theoretical values are verified that coinci...

This chapter presents an application of zero-power controlled magnetic levitation for active vibration control. Vibration isolation are strongly required in the field of high-resolution measurement and micromanufacturing, for instance, in the submicron semiconductor chip manufacturing, scanning probe microscopy, holographic interferometry, cofocal optical imaging, etc. to obtain precise and rep...