Fundamental study of momentum exchange impact damper using pre-straining spring mechanism

Abstract

A shock load occurred in a short time duration can lead to dangerous effect on the machine or structure. The use of conventional technique for shock vibration control by modifying the systems damping reduces the steady-state response of the system. However, this method fails to attenuate a large acceleration peak at the moment after the shock. An alternative method for reducing the maximum acceleration peak due to shock load using the principle of momentum exchange has been developed. When the shock excitation frequency is much larger in comparison with the main mass natural frequency, the passive momentum exchange impact damper(PMEID) produces good performance. However, the performance of PMEID decreases as the shock excitation frequency close to the main mass natural frequency. In this research, a simple technique to improve the performance of PMEID utilizing the pre-straining spring mechanism (PSMEID) is proposed. The dynamic model of the system with PSMEID is derived. Next, the simulation is conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method.