Multi-directional active vibration control of 1D smart structure inspired by automotive engine mounting system

Abstract

Recently, active mounting system is being gradually applied to automotive engine mounts for mitigating structure-borne vibration effectively throughout the whole vehicle chassis. This paper presents modeling, analysis, and control of a source structure with an active mounting system in multi-directions, considering position and direction of actual automotive engine mounts. The active mount consists of a piezoelectric stack actuator in series with an elastomeric (rubber) mount. When harmonic excitation forces are employed, secondary force required for each active mount is calculated mathematically and the control signal can reduce the vibration through the destructive interference with input signal. In addition, the horizontal vibration can also be mitigated by setting a variable parameter through the dynamic relation of source structure. A series of simulation results demonstrate that the excitation vibration could be reduced along with this multi-directional (vertical and horizontal) active mounts. Based on this result, it can be expected that noise vibration harshness(NVH) performance can be improved by controlling the vibration of the actual automotive engine structure with rubber mount and secondary force of actuators in both vertical and horizontal directions.