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Mixed Skyhook and Power Driven Damper: A New Low Jerk Semi Active Suspension Control Based on Power Flow Analysis
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: In practice, semiactive suspensions provide better tradeoffs between performances and costs than passive or active damping. Many different semiactive control algorithms have been developed, including skyhook (SH), ...
A Computation Efficient Framework for the Integrated Design of Structural and Control Systems
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This paper proposes a new integrated design method to simultaneously optimize the coupled structural parameters and controllers of mechanical systems by combining decentralized control techniques and Riccatibased control ...
Energy Harvesting, Ride Comfort, and Road Handling of Regenerative Vehicle Suspensions
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This paper presents a comprehensive assessment of the power that is available for harvesting in the vehicle suspension system and the tradeoff among energy harvesting, ride comfort, and road handing with analysis, simulations, ...
Dual Functional Energy Harvesting and Vibration Control: Electromagnetic Resonant Shunt Series Tuned Mass Dampers
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This paper proposes a novel retrofittable approach for dualfunctional energyharvesting and robust vibration control by integrating the tuned mass damper (TMD) and electromagnetic shunted resonant damping. The viscous ...
Multiple-Scale Analysis of a Tunable Bi-Stable Piezoelectric Energy Harvester
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This paper presents the theoretical modeling and multiple-scale analysis of a novel piezoelectric energy harvester composed of a metal cantilever beam, piezoelectric films, and an axial preload spring at the moveable end. ...
Transient Methods of Thermal Properties Measurement on Fibrous Materials
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Fibrous material is a complex porous medium and steady test methods are the main test approaches we currently depend on to study the heat transfer properties. The application of unsteady test ...
Analytical Solutions to H2 and H∠Optimizations of Resonant Shunted Electromagnetic Tuned Mass Damper and Vibration Energy Harvester
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: When optimized, tuned mass dampers (TMDs) can effectively mitigate the vibration of the primary structure, because additional resonance and damping are introduced by the auxiliary massspringdamper system. Similar effect ...
Exact H2 Optimal Tuning and Experimental Verification of Energy Harvesting Series Electromagnetic Tuned Mass Dampers
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Energyharvesting series electromagnetictuned mass dampers (EMTMDs) have been recently proposed for dualfunctional energy harvesting and robust vibration control by integrating the tuned mass damper (TMD) and electromagnetic ...
Design and Treadmill Test of a Broadband Energy Harvesting Backpack With a Mechanical Motion Rectifier
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The energy harvesting backpack that converts the kinetic energy produced by the vertical oscillatory motion of suspended loads to electricity during normal walking is a promising solution to fulfill the ever-rising need ...
On Improvement of the Frequency Bandwidth of Nonlinear Vibration Energy Harvesters Using a Mechanical Motion Rectifier
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This paper presents a broadband vibration energy harvester (VEH) which consists of a monostable Duffing oscillator connected to an electromagnetic generator via a mechanical motion rectifier. The mechanical motion rectifier ...