Resistor-damped electromechanical lever blocks

Lorenzo Zago; Pierre M. Genequand; Ivar Kjelberg

doi:10.1117/12.310699

16 June 1998 Resistor-damped electromechanical lever blocks

Lorenzo Zago, Pierre M. Genequand, Ivar Kjelberg

Proceedings Volume 3327, Smart Structures and Materials 1998: Passive Damping and Isolation; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.310699
Event: 5th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The paper presents an innovative technical solution which provides a combined damping and isolation interface with the appropriate transmissibility characteristics between a vibrating base and a sensitive payload, typically an optical terminal/telescope. The novelty of the solution is primarily found in the implementation of uncoupling and magnification of the incurred vibrations by means of flexures combined with the implementation of energy dissipation by means of a linear electro-magnetic actuator to constitute a passive integrated resistor-damped electromechanic lever block. By means of frictionless flexible lever systems, the amplitude of the payload vibrations is adapted to the optimal range of the actuator with a magnification by a factor ranging typically between 10 and 30. Passive viscous damping is obtained by simply short-circuiting the electro-magnetic motor and can be adapted by setting the impedance of the shorting connection. The desired stiffness is provided by the passive springs of the elastic motor suspension and by the stiffness of the lever flexure blades. The mobile mass of the motors also provide a reaction mass which, like damping and stiffness, is amplified by the square of the lever factor. A theoretical model of resistor-damped electromechanical lever blocks has been established. A particular property is it the good attenuation of excited vibrations only over a set frequency range. Above this range the interface properties rejoin the ones of a rigid connection. This performance makes this type of isolators particularly suitable for integration into multi-layer vibration control systems where sensitive equipment is protected by a mix of passive and active damping/isolation devices acting optimally at different frequency ranges. Experiments performed with a dummy load (80 Kg) representative of a satellite based optical terminal demonstrated the efficiency of the system in protecting the payload by passive damping for vibration excitations of amplitude up to 0.15 mm and frequency up to about 120 Hz achieving an attenuation of the eigenmodes of the load structure by more than 20 dB.

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Lorenzo Zago, Pierre M. Genequand, and Ivar Kjelberg "Resistor-damped electromechanical lever blocks", Proc. SPIE 3327, Smart Structures and Materials 1998: Passive Damping and Isolation, (16 June 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.310699

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