PRELIMINARIES STUDIES OF VIBRATION ISOLATION USING ELECTROMAGNETIC DAMPER

Abstract

This paper presents the review of electromagnetic damper as a vibration/isolation material. A bunch of articles about vibration and suspension system was reviewed and the key factors that contribute to electromagnetic damper was identified. Electromagnetic damper has been given special attention from many researchers and thus being among the important research area in vibration system. Vibration concept of electromagnetic damper has been elucidating by referring to several paper that demonstrate the usage of electromagnetic damper. A vibration test rig with a simple electromagnetic damper has been designed and tested to investigate the effect of electromagnetic force. Preliminaries simulation of electromagnetic damper was done using FEMM and initial experimental result from the vibration test rig also has been captured. The result indicated that the concept of electromagnetic damper does give effect to the vibration system such that the amplitude and settling time of the vibration system being reduced.