Development of Vibration Isolator With Controllable Stiffness Using Permanent Magnets and Coils

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Meng ◽  
Yi Sun ◽  
Huayan Pu ◽  
Jun Luo ◽  
Shujin Yuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resonance Frequency ◽  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Permanent Magnets ◽  
Negative Stiffness ◽  
Vibration Isolator ◽  
Isolation System ◽  
Vibration Isolation System ◽  
Stealth Technology ◽  
Active Vibration ◽  
Magnetic Rings

In this study, a novel vibration isolator is presented. The presented isolator possesses the controllable stiffness and can be employed in vibration isolation at a low-resonance frequency. The controllable stiffness of the isolator is obtained by manipulating the negative stiffness-based current in a system with a positive and a negative stiffness in parallel. By using an electromagnetic device consisting of permanent magnetic rings and coils, the designed isolator shows that the stiffness can be manipulated as needed and the operational stiffness range is large in vibration isolation. We experimentally demonstrate that the modeling of controllable stiffness and the approximation of the negative stiffness expressions are effective for controlling the resonance frequency and the transmissibility of the vibration isolation system, enhancing applications such as warship stealth technology, vehicles suspension system, and active vibration isolator.

scholarly journals Design and Experimentation of a Self-Sensing Actuator for Active Vibration Isolation System with Adjustable Anti-Resonance Frequency Controller

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1941
Author(s):  
Yuan Fu ◽  
Shusen Li ◽  
Jiuqing Liu ◽  
Bo Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Resonance Frequency ◽  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Variable Frequency ◽  
Dynamic Vibration Absorber ◽  
Isolation System ◽  
Vibration Isolation System ◽  
System A ◽  
Absorber Structure ◽  
Active Vibration ◽  
Frequency Controller

The vibration isolation system is now indispensable to high-precision instruments and equipment, which can provide a low vibration environment to ensure performance. However, the disturbance with variable frequency poses a challenge to the vibration isolation system, resulting in precision reduction of dynamic modeling. This paper presents a velocity self-sensing method and experimental verification of a vibration isolation system. A self-sensing actuator is designed to isolate the vibration with varying frequencies according to the dynamic vibration absorber structure. The mechanical structure of the actuator is illustrated, and the dynamic model is derived. Then a self-sensing method is proposed to adjust the anti-resonance frequency of the system without velocity sensors, which can also reduce the complexity of the system and prevent the disturbance transmitting along the cables. The self-sensing controller is constructed to track the variable frequency of the disturbance. A prototype of the isolation system equipped with velocity sensors is developed for the experiment. The experiment results show that the closed-loop transmissibility is less than −5 dB in the whole frequency rand and is less than −40 dB around, adding anti-resonance frequency which can be adjusted from 0 Hz to initial anti-resonance frequency. The disturbance amplitude of the payload can be suppressed to 10%.

scholarly journals A Vibration Isolation System Using the Negative Stiffness Corrector Formed by Cam-Roller Mechanisms with Quadratic Polynomial Trajectory

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengnan Sun ◽  
Zhixu Dong ◽  
Guiqiu Song ◽  
Xingwei Sun ◽  
Weijun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Quadratic Polynomial ◽  
Negative Stiffness ◽  
Calculation Error ◽  
Vibration Isolator ◽  
Isolation System ◽  
Frequency Wave ◽  
Vibration Isolation System ◽  
Vibration Isolation Performance ◽  
Isolation Performance

The vibration isolator equipped with a negative stiffness corrector (NSC) excels at vibration isolation, but its stiffness often presents complex nonlinearity which needs to be approximated in calculation. To avoid the harmful effects of approximate stiffness, the NSC formed by the cam-roller mechanism with a quadratic polynomial trajectory (QCRM) is proposed to construct the vibration isolation system. From the inherent geometrical relationship in the structure, the generation mechanism of high-static-low-dynamic stiffness is analyzed, and the quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) condition of the system is derived. Based on the dynamic model of the QZS vibration isolator, the functions of response characteristics are solved by the harmonic balance method. Then, the absolute displacement transmissibility with different parameter values, and the vibration isolation performance under sinusoidal, multi-frequency wave, and random excitations are discussed. The simulated results show that the stiffness expression of the proposed QZS vibration isolator is directly a quadratic function, which removes the calculation error caused by approximate stiffness at large displacement and broadens the available isolation displacement range. Introducing the QCRM-NSC can significantly suppress the low-frequency vibration and resonance response without changing the load-bearing capacity of the vibration isolator. Under various excitations, the vibration isolation performance of the QZS vibration isolator all outperforms the linear counterpart.

Design of a Miniaturized Pneumatic Vibration Isolator With High-Static-Low-Dynamic Stiffness

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuhu Shan ◽  
Wenjiang Wu ◽  
Xuedong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Dynamic Stiffness ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Negative Stiffness ◽  
Vibration Isolator ◽  
Load Bearing Capacity ◽  
Compact Structure ◽  
Chamber Volume ◽  
Isolation Systems ◽  
Magnetic Rings

In the ultraprecision vibration isolation systems, it is desirable for the isolator to have a larger load bearing capacity and a broader isolation bandwidth simultaneously. Generally, pneumatic spring can bear large load and achieve relatively low natural frequency by enlarging its chamber volume. However, the oversized isolator is inconvenient to use and might cause instability. To reduce the size, a miniaturized pneumatic vibration isolator (MPVI) with high-static-low-dynamic stiffness (HSLDS) is developed in this paper. The volume of proposed isolator is minimized by a compact structure design that combines two magnetic rings in parallel with the pneumatic spring. The two magnetic rings are arranged in the repulsive configuration and can be mounted into the chamber to provide the negative stiffness. Then dynamic model of the developed MPVI is built and the isolation performances are analyzed. Finally, experiments on the isolator with and without the magnetic rings are conducted. The final experimental results are consistent with the dynamical model and verify the effectiveness of the developed vibration isolator.

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