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Impact technique for measuring global dynamic stiffness of engine mounts

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Engine mounts are used for engine vibration isolation. The dynamic performance of the mount depends on the orientation. Measurements of the dynamic properties of engine mounts are usually performed in the axial direction because of the problem related to actuator loading direction and set up costs. Impact technique is developed here to measure the dynamic driving point stiffness and driving point shear stiffness of engine mount in a single setup. The compressive and shear frequency-dependent stiffnesses are obtained in the vertical orientation. A transformation matrix is used to calculate the frequency-dependent stiffnesses and loss factors in other orientations. Three different designs of engine mounts are used to verify the accuracy of the transformation model. The correlation coefficient between calculation and measurement results show R2≥ 0.995 along the X- and Y-axes. For the Z-axis, mounts B and C showed R2≥ 0.95 and mount A 0.687 ≤ R2≤ 0.791.

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Ooi, L.E., Ripin, Z.M. Impact technique for measuring global dynamic stiffness of engine mounts. Int.J Automot. Technol. 15, 1015–1026 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12239-014-0106-7

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