Some of the compromises inherent in using a passive system to isolate delicate equipment from base vibration can be avoided using fully active skyhook damping. Ideally, a secondary force, which is made proportional to the absolute equipment velocity by a feedback controller, acts only on the equipment and so the response of the system under control, between the secondary force input and the collocated velocity output, i.e., the plant response, is proportional to the driving point mobility of the mounted equipment. The frequency response of the plant is guaranteed to have a positive real part under these ideal conditions, and so the feedback system is unconditionally stable for any positive real feedback gain. In practice, the actuator generating the secondary force must either react off the base structure or an inertial mass. In both of these cases the plant response is no longer guaranteed to be positive real and so the control system may become unstable at high gains. Expressions for the overall plant responses are derived for both of these arrangements, in terms of the dynamic response of the individual parts of the isolation system. When using a soft mount, the stability of the reactive system is found to be surprisingly tolerant of the additional contributions to the plant response from the reactive force. In order for the inertial system to be stable with a high feedback gain, however, the natural frequency of the actuator must be well below the natural frequency of the equipment on the mounts. Experimentally measured plant responses are compared with those predicted from theory for both types of actuator and the performance of practically implemented feedback controllers is discussed.
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Feedback Stability Limits for Active Isolation Systems with Reactive and Inertial Actuators
S. J. Elliott,
S. J. Elliott
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, England
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M. Serrand,
M. Serrand
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, England
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P. Gardonio
P. Gardonio
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, England
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S. J. Elliott
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, England
M. Serrand
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, England
P. Gardonio
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, England
Contributed by the Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound for publication in the JOURNAL OF VIBRATION AND ACOUSTICS. Manuscript received Oct. 1999; revised Oct. 2000. Associate Editor: K. W. Wang.
J. Vib. Acoust. Apr 2001, 123(2): 250-261 (12 pages)
Published Online: October 1, 2000
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Elliott , S. J., Serrand , M., and Gardonio, P. (October 1, 2000). "Feedback Stability Limits for Active Isolation Systems with Reactive and Inertial Actuators ." ASME. J. Vib. Acoust. April 2001; 123(2): 250–261. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1350822
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