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title = "Element and system design for active and passive vibration isolation"
author = ["Thomas Dehaeze"]
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Tags
: [Vibration Isolation]({{< relref "vibration_isolation" >}})

Reference
: ([Zuo 2004](#org09e672c))

Author(s)
: Zuo, L.

Year
: 2004

> Vibration isolation systems can have various system architectures.
> When we configure an active isolation system, we can use compliant actuators (such as voice coils) or stiff actuators (such as PZT stacks).
> We also need to consider how to **combine the active actuation with passive elements**: we can place the actuator in parallel or in series with the passive elements.
> Most of the isolation systems fall into the category of soft active mounts, in which a compliant actuator is placed in parallel with a spring.
> A second category is **hard active mounts**, in which the **payload mass is directly mounted to a stiff actuator**.
> Soft active mounts generally have advantages for better passive performance; hard active mounts are favored for payload disturbance rejection, but combination with passive stages is required due to the lack of isolation performance out of the control bandwidth.
> Beard, von Flotow and Schubert proposed another type of hard mount, wherein **a stiff PZT actuator is placed in series with a spring** stiffer than the top passive stage.
> They found that coupling from flexible modes is much smaller than in soft active mounts in the load (force) feedback.
> Note that reaction force actuators can also work with soft mounts or hard mounts.

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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/zuo04_piezo_spring_series.png" caption="Figure 1: PZT actuator and spring in series" >}}

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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/zuo04_voice_coil_spring_parallel.png" caption="Figure 2: Voice coil actuator and spring in parallel" >}}

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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/zuo04_piezo_plant.png" caption="Figure 3: Transmission from PZT voltage to geophone output" >}}

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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/zuo04_voice_coil_plant.png" caption="Figure 4: Transmission from voice coil voltage to geophone output" >}}


## Bibliography {#bibliography}

<a id="org09e672c"></a>Zuo, Lei. 2004. “Element and System Design for Active and Passive Vibration Isolation.” Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
