2013•The Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Congress JapanOpen access

G101014 Identification of Damping Ratios Controlled by an Electromagnetic Damper Installed in a Vibration Apparatus

Takashi YOKOYAMA, Yuma Komatsubara

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A way of identifying varying damping ratios C, in the liner vibration theory of a single-degree-of-freedom system is studied. Free vibration tests on the damped single-DOF system are conducted using a commercial vibration apparatus. The magnitudes of a damping force are controlled contactlessly by an electromagnetic damper installed in the apparatus, and the corresponding damping ratios are identified using theoretical formulas and a numerical technique. It is shown that the damping ratio can be expressed as a cubic function of a damping current. A relation between the damping ratio and the magnetic flux density is discussed.

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Key concepts: Damper, Damping torque, Vibration, Damping ratio, Magnetic damping, Physics, Structural engineering, Control theory (sociology)