| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/T19209/01 |
| Title: |
Novel Active/Passive Anti-Vibration Mountings |
| Principal Investigator: |
Keane, Professor AJ |
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| Department: |
Faculty of Engineering & the Environment |
| Organisation: |
University of Southampton |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 2004 |
Ends: |
31 December 2007 |
Value (£): |
325,491
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Civil Engineering Materials |
Mech. & Fluid Power Transmiss. |
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| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
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In two previous, unconnected, EPSRC research grants the proposers investigated the problems of producing anti-vibration systems and suggested possible solutions. Modular active anti-vibration mountings using traditional passive mounts with co-located active sky-hook dampers were investigated under grant GR/M24424/01. Geometrically optimised passive anti-vibration satellite structures with traditional active elements were investigated under grant GR/M33624/01. Both programmes of research contained a mix of computational and experimental work and produced enhanced understanding of vibration control methods in realistic settings.The current proposal seeks to bring together ideas from these two programmes of work to investigate the feasibility of a radical new form of compact, optimized active/passive anti-vibration mount that uses both geometrically optimized structures and modular skyhook damping. The work proposed would involve both computational and experimental investigations. The aim would be to characterise the behaviour of various alternative configurations, using computational models and by building and testing a series of experimental prototypes. As well as fundamental issues concerning the workability of this novel design there are a number of robustness / performance / complexity trade-offs that need exploring before the ideas proposed could be taken forward for industrial development and eventual use.
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http://www.soton.ac.uk |