Development of a variable stiffness and damping tunable vibration isolator

JVC/Journal of Vibration and Control

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 381-396

  Cronjé, Johan M ^a   Heyns, P Stephan ^a   Theron, Nico J ^a   Loveday, Philip W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Liquid inertia vibration eliminator; Tunable vibration isolator; Variable stiffness spring; Wax actuator

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIAPHRAGMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; HYDRAULICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONANCE; STIFFNESS;

LIQUID INERTIA VIBRATION ELIMINATOR; TUNABLE VIBRATION ISOLATOR; VARIABLE STIFFNESS SPRING; WAX ACTUATOR;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 14844295041     PISSN: 10775463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077546305048585     Document Type: Article

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