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Semi-active devices typically adjust the system’s damping coefficient to control vibration, offering advantages such as excellent performance and low power consumption. However, the output force of the traditional variable damping (VD) device can only be opposite to the relative motion direction of the device’s two terminals, which limits the vibration control performance. This paper introduces a versatile semi-active magnetorheological (MR) inerter with three operating modes, the VD, energy...

The seat suspension has a significant influence on riding comfort in many practical applications, such as heavy duty vehicles, military vehicles, and high-speed crafts. This paper proposes a seat suspension equipped with a variable equivalent inertance-variable damping (VEI–VD) device and a novel semi-active vibration control strategy. The VEI–VD device can control its equivalent inertance and damping by controlling two external resistors in its electric circuit. Especially, the VEI part of ...

Abstract This paper proposes a novel semi-active electromagnetic device with the capability of variable inertance and damping (VIVD) and an energy storage priority control (ESPC) strategy for vibration reduction of vehicle seat suspensions. The VIVD device can control its inertance and damping by adjusting resistances in a variable admittance (VA) circuit different from the traditional mechanical damper. The circuit and mechanical dynamics model of the VIVD seat suspension is analyzed and verif...

Abstract Semi-active devices have been widely investigated and applied due to their advantages in control systems. However, for satisfying complicated applications, some semi-active devices need to be capable of controlling multiple mechanical properties, which is hard to implement with a mechanical network considering the space limitation. In this paper, a semi-active variable equivalent stiffness and inertance (VESI) device is developed by an electrical network and an electromagnetic device i...