Considering the impact of the nonlinear stiffness, a 2 DOF dynamic nonlinear vibration model with cubic terms was established according to the structural feature and nonlinear behavior of the tracked ambulance. In the case of primary resonance and 1: 1 internal resonance, multiple scale method was used to obtain a first-order approximate solution for this model. Taking the parameters of the tra...

The development of high damping materials for noise reduction and attenuation of vibration on structural applications, such as automotive and aerospace industries, has been investigated. This experimental study is concerned with the damping capacity (tan delta) and dynamic Young’s modulus (|E*|) of Silicon carbide (SiC) reinforced aluminium (Al) matrix composite. AlSi-SiCp composite was produce...

Piezoelectric shunt damping is a well known technique to damp the vibrations of mechanical structures. This technique relies on the piezoelectric effect that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. A damping effect on the host structure is observed when the electrical energy is dissipated. In order to optimize the damping performance, the transferred energy as well as the dissipated ...

Parametric identification of viscous damping models in the context of linear vibration theory is studied. Frequency domain identification methods based on measured frequency response functions (FRFs) are considered. Existing methods are classified into two main groups: matrix methods which use directly the measured FRF matrix, and modal methods which use modal parameters deduced from the FRFs. ...

A method for electromagnetic shunt damping (EMSD) will be presented in this paper. Compared to piezoelectric shunt damping, the proposed EMSD vibration controller has a number of bene ts. It requires small shunt voltages, can provide large stroke and can dampen larger mechanical structures. A passive control strategy is validated through experimentation on a simple electromagnetic mass-spring-d...

To improve the stability of the magnet-girder assemblies in the ESRF storage ring, vibration investigations have been carried out for in situ magnet-girder assemblies and a prototype. Characterisation tests were performed : operating response measurements, static stiffness measurements, modal testing. A finite element modelling (FEM) is being carried out for the prototype assembly. First result...

We consider a model for the vibration of a beamwith a damping tip body that appeared in a previous article. In this paper we derive a variational form for the motion of the beam and use it to prove that the model problem has a unique solution. The proofs are based on existence results for a general linear vibration model problem, in variational form. Finite element approximation of the solution...

Abstract: We consider the solvability of a hybrid model for the vibration of a vertical slender structure mounted on an elastic seating. The slender structure is modeled as a Rayleigh beam and gravity is taken into account. The seating and foundation block are modeled as rigid bodies connected by elastic springs with damping mechanisms. We show how an existence result for a general linear vibra...

Robustness is of vital importance for any feedback controlled system. An important example of such a feedback controlled system is an active vibration isolation system (AVIS), which is used to isolate highly accurate systems from external disturbances in multiple degrees-of-freedom. The underlying idea of vibration isolation is based on the concept of skyhook damping, see [1]. Model-based robus...

An important environmental aspect of building and facility design is the evaluation of vibration transmitted to the site, through the ground, from external sources. Such external sources may include highway traffic, surface and subsurface railways, and machinery in nearby locations. To properly predict excitation levels at a building due to such sources, one must be able to predict how much vib...