<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper summarises the results of laboratory testing of an energy harvesting vibration reduction system based on a magne-torheological (MR) damper whose control circuit incorporates a battery of bipolar electrolytic capacitors (current cut-off circuit). It is de-signed to reduce the undesired effects in vibration reduction systems of this type, associated with the increasing amplitude of the sprung mass vibration under the excitation inputs whose frequency should exceed the resonance frequency of the entire system. Results have demonstrated that incorporating a current cut-off circuit results in a significant decrease of sprung mass vibration amplitudes when the frequency of acting excitation inputs is higher than the resonance frequency.</p></abstract>

The paper summarises the results of laboratory testing of an energy harvesting vibration reduction system based on a magne-torheological (MR) damper whose control circuit incorporates a battery of bipolar electrolytic capacitors (current cut-off circuit). It is de-signed to reduce the undesired effects in vibration reduction systems of this type, associated with the increasing amplitude of the sprung mass vibration under the excitation inputs whose frequency should exceed the resonance frequency of the entire system. Results have demonstrated that incorporating a current cut-off circuit results in a significant decrease of sprung mass vibration amplitudes when the frequency of acting excitation inputs is higher than the resonance frequency.

Magnetorheological Self-Powered Vibration Reduction System with Current Cut-Off: Experimental Investigation

Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, Department of Process Control

Acta Mechanica et Automatica

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The paper summarises the results of laboratory testing of an energy harvesting vibration reduction system based on a magne-torheological (MR) damper whose...

Magnetorheological Self-Powered Vibration Reduction System with Current Cut-Off: Experimental Investigation

Published Online: Jul 17, 2018

Page range: 96 - 100

Received: Jan 25, 2018

Accepted: May 20, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ama-2018-0015

Keywords
MR Damper, Vibration, Energy Harvesting, Current Cut-Off Circuit

© 2018 Łukasz Jastrzębski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Magnetorheological Self-Powered Vibration Reduction System with Current Cut-Off: Experimental Investigation

Published Online: Jul 17, 2018

Page range: 96 - 100

Received: Jan 25, 2018

Accepted: May 20, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ama-2018-0015

KeywordsMR Damper, Vibration, Energy Harvesting, Current Cut-Off Circuit

© 2018 Łukasz Jastrzębski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
MR Damper, Vibration, Energy Harvesting, Current Cut-Off Circuit