This paper discusses the vibration isolation problem as it applies to spaceborne interferometers, and presents evidence that vibration isolation will be a required technology fol these instruments. A hardware solution to the spaceborne interferometer isolation problem is offered with experimental evidence of its effectiveness.

The isolation of the vibration due to a harmonic vertical load using pile rows embedded in a saturated poroelastic half-space is investigated in this study. Using the fundamental solution for a circular patch load and Muki’s method, the second kind of Fredholm integral equations describing the dynamical interaction between the pile rows and the saturated poroelastic half-space are obtained. Num...

This paper presents a study on dynamics modeling and control system design of a stewart platform using piezoelectric actuators, which has been developed at the Spacecraft Dynamics Control and Navigation Laboratory (SDCNLab), York University for vibration isolation. As an efficient mechanism of six degree-of-freedom (6-DOF), stewart platform is capable of isolating vibration of wide band range, ...

The contribution of this paper is twofold. First, the paper introduces a novel hybrid vibration isolation approach which uses a combination of passive and active vibration control techniques to provide additional design freedom. The approach can be used to meet higher design requirements with respect to vibration isolation. To illustrate the feasibility of the approach, a stiff hybrid sixdegree...

This paper describes the initial closed-loop isolation testing of the Vibration Isolation and Suppression System (VISS) which can be used to isolate a precision payload from spacecraft borne disturbances. VISS utilizes six hybrid isolation struts in a hexapod configuration. The VISS experiment has recently been tested at the Phillips Laboratory and significant closed-loop vibration isolation wa...

A new vibration isolation system is proposed which uses zero-power magnetic suspension. Since a zero-power system behaves as if it has a negative stiffness, combining it with a normal spring can generate infinite stiffness against disturbances on the isolation table. It enables the system to have good performance both in reducing vibration transmitted from ground and in suppressing direct vibra...

An innovative multiple isolation building system is proposed, and the influence of hardening in seismic isolators on the response of a multiple isolation building is investigated by shaking table vibration tests for a scaled structural model. From the observation in recent earthquake disasters in far-fault ground motions, e.g., the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake, a significant ...

Vibration isolation and noise control technologies are used in submarines on multiple systems and there are various reasons for employing these technologies. One of the principal reasons is to minimise the acoustic signature of the submarine so that it is difficult to detect. This paper contains descriptions of conventional and emerging noise and vibration isolation technologies that have and c...

There are over one million workers exposed to hand-arm vibration in the United States. Cases of handarm vibration syndrome have been reported in the U.S. since 1918. Typical hand-arm vibration exposure conditions are given in this presentation. Vibration control methods are discussed; these include vibration damping and isolation, use of antivibration (A/V) tool and gloves, and the application ...