Design of nonlinear rubber vibration isolators with low resonant frequency and high load bearing capacity

Designing a rubber vibration isolator to simultaneously meet the requirements on both low-frequency vibration isolation and high load carrying capacity has always been a major challenge. To tackle this problem, in this paper, a design strategy capable of effectively balancing these two effects to gu...

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Main Authors: Xiaoqi Zhang, Xin Li, Fei Du, Fucai Hu, Li Wang, Yongsheng Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2025-06-01
Series:Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/14613484241309060
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author Xiaoqi Zhang
Xin Li
Fei Du
Fucai Hu
Li Wang
Yongsheng Yu
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Xin Li
Fei Du
Fucai Hu
Li Wang
Yongsheng Yu
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description Designing a rubber vibration isolator to simultaneously meet the requirements on both low-frequency vibration isolation and high load carrying capacity has always been a major challenge. To tackle this problem, in this paper, a design strategy capable of effectively balancing these two effects to guide the design of such isolators is proposed. The rubber isolator static and dynamic behavior prediction models suitable for engineering applications are first established, where Yeoh model is adopted for rubber strong nonlinear feature prediction. Experiments are carried out to determine the material constants in Yeoh model and dynamic-to-static ratio of the rubber material. Combing with Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm, a design strategy is proposed. The conducted experiments demonstrate that based on the proposed numerical model and design procedure, rubber isolators with enough load bearing capability and low-frequency vibration isolation performance can be successfully designed.
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spelling doaj-art-ab330eb7621b4aef947205ef8eac9cf92025-08-20T03:45:14ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control1461-34842048-40462025-06-014410.1177/14613484241309060Design of nonlinear rubber vibration isolators with low resonant frequency and high load bearing capacityXiaoqi ZhangXin LiFei DuFucai HuLi WangYongsheng YuDesigning a rubber vibration isolator to simultaneously meet the requirements on both low-frequency vibration isolation and high load carrying capacity has always been a major challenge. To tackle this problem, in this paper, a design strategy capable of effectively balancing these two effects to guide the design of such isolators is proposed. The rubber isolator static and dynamic behavior prediction models suitable for engineering applications are first established, where Yeoh model is adopted for rubber strong nonlinear feature prediction. Experiments are carried out to determine the material constants in Yeoh model and dynamic-to-static ratio of the rubber material. Combing with Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm, a design strategy is proposed. The conducted experiments demonstrate that based on the proposed numerical model and design procedure, rubber isolators with enough load bearing capability and low-frequency vibration isolation performance can be successfully designed.https://doi.org/10.1177/14613484241309060
spellingShingle Xiaoqi Zhang
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Li Wang
Yongsheng Yu
Design of nonlinear rubber vibration isolators with low resonant frequency and high load bearing capacity
Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control
title Design of nonlinear rubber vibration isolators with low resonant frequency and high load bearing capacity
title_full Design of nonlinear rubber vibration isolators with low resonant frequency and high load bearing capacity
title_fullStr Design of nonlinear rubber vibration isolators with low resonant frequency and high load bearing capacity
title_full_unstemmed Design of nonlinear rubber vibration isolators with low resonant frequency and high load bearing capacity
title_short Design of nonlinear rubber vibration isolators with low resonant frequency and high load bearing capacity
title_sort design of nonlinear rubber vibration isolators with low resonant frequency and high load bearing capacity
url https://doi.org/10.1177/14613484241309060
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