On the optimal shock isolation of a system with one and a half degrees of freedom

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Balandin, D.V. | Bolotnik, N.N. | Pilkey, W.D.^;

Affiliations: Research Institute for Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics of Nizhny Novgorod State University, 10 Uljanov St., Nizhny Novgorod 603005, Russia | Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 101‐1 Prospect Vernadskogo, Moscow 117526, Russia | Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Thornton Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903‐2442, USA

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Abstract: The limiting performance of shock isolation of a system with one and a half degrees of freedom is studied. The possibility of using a single‐degree‐of‐freedom model for this analysis is investigated. The error of such an approximation is estimated. Numerical examples are presented.

Journal: Shock and Vibration, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 159-167, 1999