Vibration isolation has always been important for ... passing trucks and heavy equipment in the building, for instance — Newport felt it was important to deal with movement directly generated ...

The horizontal vector is frequently overlooked because horizontal building vibrations are not as apparent, but they are still transmitted to the cleanroom instrumentation. Negative-stiffness isolators ...

Traditional isolators are fabricated using metal springs or rubber blocks. They have low internal damping and only tend to be effective at frequencies in the region of 10 Hz. They also fail to ...

No isolation can be continued if new equipment ... Figure 5.1. Typical Building Vibration and VIBRAPLANE Performance. Image Credit: Kinetic Systems, Inc Ambient vibration levels in buildings ...

We have learned that an effective way to passively control vibration is through the usage of a "vibration absorber ... As a second example, consider the five-story building (having four-DOFs) shown ...