Advanced Technologies in Vibration Control Methods

A special issue of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702). This special issue belongs to the section "Automation and Control Systems".

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Dear Colleagues,

Vibration control has been widely used in many fields, such as high-speed rotating machines, vehicles and precision machinery. Advanced technologies in vibration control and vibration isolation have become increasingly important in mechanical engineering and the civil engineering. This Special Issue is focused on novel measurement instruments, effective analysis methods and advanced control methods of vibration in both mechanical and civil engineering. We invite the submission of the latest high-quality contributions covering advanced developments in measurement systems, analysis methods and control theory of vibration, including but not limited to the following technical areas: active vibration control, passive vibration control, vibration isolation, vibration measurement, signal processing of vibration energy harvesters.

Dr. Biao Xiang
Dr. Wai On Wong
Dr. Hu Liu
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Keywords

  • active vibration control
  • passive vibration control
  • vibration isolation
  • vibration measurement
  • signal processing of vibration energy harvesters

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A Hybrid Damper with Tunable Particle Impact Damping and Coulomb Friction
by Muhammad Ayaz Akbar, Wai-On Wong and Emiliano Rustighi
Machines 2023, 11(5), 545; https://doi.org/10.3390/machines11050545 - 11 May 2023
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Abstract
A particle impact damper (PID) dissipates the vibration energy of a structure through impacts within the damper. The PID is not commonly used in practice mainly because of its low damping-to-mass ratio and the difficulty in achieving its optimal design due to its [...] Read more.
A particle impact damper (PID) dissipates the vibration energy of a structure through impacts within the damper. The PID is not commonly used in practice mainly because of its low damping-to-mass ratio and the difficulty in achieving its optimal design due to its nonlinear characteristics. In contrast, a Coulomb friction damper (FD) can offer a higher damping force-to-mass ratio than other dampers, but it is also difficult to be controlled precisely due to its nonlinear characteristics and excessive frequency sensitivity regarding the resonant frequency. This paper examines a hybrid damper by combining a particle impact damper and a Coulomb friction damper (PID + FD) theoretically and experimentally. A theoretical model of the proposed damper is developed and tested numerically on a single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) structure. The predicted results are validated by experimental tests on a prototype of the proposed damper. The damping force provided by the FD in the prototype can be varied by adjusting the normal force applied through a compression spring, while the vibration energy dissipation by the PID can be varied by changing the cavity size of the PID. A parametric analysis of the proposed hybrid damper has been performed. The proposed hybrid damper can reduce the maximum vibration amplitude of the SDOF primary structure by 66% and 43% compared with using the FD and PID only. The proposed damper is found to be effective over a wide range of excitation frequencies. Furthermore, the proposed hybrid damper achieves a similar vibration suppression performance to the traditional tuned mass damper (TMD) of a similar mass ratio. The proposed damper does not require an optimally tuned natural frequency and damping, unlike the TMD, and therefore it does not have the detuning problem associated with the TMD. In addition, the performance of the proposed damper is tested and compared with the TMD for random earthquake excitation data. Consequently, the proposed hybrid damper may be a simpler and better alternative to the TMD in passive vibration control applications. Full article
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