Vibration Isolation

Vibration isolation often is assumed to be a component property, i.e. something exclusively related to the isolating spring component or the resonance frequency of the mass-spring system (see Figure 1). The component property assumption is of importance as it affects how we act and think when dealing with vibration isolation. Believing that vibration isolation simply is an item to purchase can mislead your engineering process as you overlook a number of things that affect the end result. Note – We assume that the reader understands the sdof system shown in Figure 1. If not, read this...