In the authors' previous study, we proposed a novel shock vibration control method using the active momentum exchange impact damper (AMEID). By using this method, the shock vibration of the vibratory system is greatly reduced by transferring part of its momentum to the damper mass. This feature is effective for suppressing the first large peak value of the acceleration response due to a shock load. However, the validity of AMEID for actual implementations has not yet been investigated. In this paper, the active control of shock vibration using AMEID under real conditions is evaluated by simulation and experiment. A onedegree-of-freedom vibratory system is used as the controlled object. The controller is designed using the linear quadratic regulator optimal control theory. Reductions in the acceleration response and transmitted force to the base are investigated using simulations. Experiments are carried out to verify the simulation results.
This paper deals with reducing floor impact vibration and sound by using a momentum exchange impact damper. The impact damper consists of a spring and a mass that is contact with the floor. When a falling object collides with the floor, the floor interacts with the damper mass, and the momentum of the falling object is transferred to the damper. In this works a computational model is formulated to simulate dynamic floor vibration induced by impact. The floor vibration is simulated for various sized damper masses. A proof-of-concept experimental apparatus was fabricated to represent a floor with an impact damper. This example system consists of an acrylic plate, a ball for falling object, and an impact damper. A comparison between simulated and experimental results were in good agreement in suggesting that the proposed impact damper is effective at reducing floor impact vibration and sound by 25% and 63%, respectively.
This paper proposes an active control type of momentum exchange impact damper (AMEID) and its application to reducing shock vibration of the floor. The floor is modeled as a one-degree-of-freedom system. The active component of AMEID is realized by using a linear motor. The controller design of AMEID is based on the LQR optimal control theory. The simulation results show that the performance of AMEID is not affected by the mass ratio. In addition, the performance of AMEID is compared with the conventional passive momentum exchange impact damper (PMEID), the active mass damper (AMD) and the conventional active control method in reducing the floor shock vibration. It is shown that the shock reduction performance obtained by AMEID is larger than that obtained by PMEID. The power consumption and the stroke of the actuator for AMEID are lower than those of AMD. Furthermore, the transmitted force obtained by AMEID is smaller than that of the conventional active control.
A shock load occurred in a short time duration can lead to dangerous effect on the machine or structure. The use of conventional technique for shock vibration control by modifying the systems damping reduces the steady-state response of the system. However, this method fails to attenuate a large acceleration peak at the moment after the shock. An alternative method for reducing the maximum acceleration peak due to shock load using the principle of momentum exchange has been developed. When the shock excitation frequency is much larger in comparison with the main mass natural frequency, the passive momentum exchange impact damper(PMEID) produces good performance. However, the performance of PMEID decreases as the shock excitation frequency close to the main mass natural frequency. In this research, a simple technique to improve the performance of PMEID utilizing the pre-straining spring mechanism (PSMEID) is proposed. The dynamic model of the system with PSMEID is derived. Next, the simulation is conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
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