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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2005
Filed:
May. 05, 2003
Christopher R. Fuller, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Pierre E. Cambou, Grenoble, FR;
Christopher R. Fuller, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Pierre E. Cambou, Grenoble, FR;
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
The active/passive absorber for extended vibration and sound radiation control includes principally two layers. The first layer has a low stiffness per unit area which allows motion in the direction perpendicular to its main plane. The second layer is principally a mass layer. These two combined layers have a frequency of resonance close to one of the main structure. The dynamic behavior of the coupled system makes the active/passive absorber a passive absorber; however, the first layer can be electrically actuated to induce motion in the direction perpendicular to its main plane. This addition property induces and/or changes the motion of the mass layer and therefore improves the dynamic properties of the active/passive absorber system. The acive/passive absorber can have multiple mass layers and multiple elastic layers stacked one on top of the other. In addition, the mass layers can be continuous or discretized, and have varying thicknesses and shapes for sections and/or segments in the mass layer.