This paper describes a new testing and analysis methodology for obtaining equivalent linear stiffness and damping of automotive shock absorbers for use in system-level chassis and vehicle computer aided engineering (CAE) models for noise and vibration prediction. Since most of the system-level CAE models in a vehicle are linear in nature, equivalent linear parameters of chassis components are m...

This paper introduces a novel passive suspension system for ground vehicles. This system is based on a flexible Electromagnetic Shock Absorber (EMSA). In the proposed system, efforts are made to a) select a high damping coefficient usable in a car b) determine Physical dimensions and geometry not much different from those of the mechanical shock absorbers and c) seletct EMSA weight and volume l...

This paper introduces a novel passive suspension system for ground vehicles. This system is based on a flexible Electromagnetic Shock Absorber (EMSA). In the proposed system, efforts are made to a) select a high damping coefficient usable in a car b) determine Physical dimensions and geometry not much different from those of the mechanical shock absorbers and c) seletct EMSA weight and volume l...

Road vehicles can expend a significant amount of energy in undesirable vertical motions that are induced by road bumps, and much of that is dissipated in conventional shock absorbers as they dampen the vertical motions. Presented in this paper are some of the results of a study aimed at determining the effectiveness of efficiently transforming that energy into electrical power by using optimall...

Shock absorbers allow the damping of suspension vibrations, by dissipating kinetic energy. This energy theoretically can be harvested; however, practical solutions are not easily obtainable. This paper is dedicated to analyzing and evaluating the vibration energy in a vehicle’s suspension that is generated by road excitations. Also, it estimates the possible amount of harvested energy required ...

Singing karaokemakes most of us quickly realize how poorly we can carry a tune. Typically, when we’re confident enough to sing on stage, we’re deaf to the negative feedback. Recently, however, neuroscientist Jesse Goldberg at Cornell University, USA, discovered a brain region that listens and produces a chemical ‘booing’ when birds sing off key. Vikram Gadagkar and colleagues in the Goldberg la...