Passive Vibration Isolation

Production
equipment for microelectronics, MEMS, and nanotechnology cannot
function without vibration isolation. Process plant, power
generation machinery, oil, gas, and petrochemical equipment are all
subject to vibration. This vibration causes a range of problems and
headaches for the engineer that

can lead to failure of equipment, downtime, and extra maintenance
costs. Isolating vibration and ameliorating it is vital.

This valuable and well-written text provides a
comprehensive treatment of the principles of design and means for
realization of passive vibration isolation systems for real-life
objects. A special emphasis is given to effective techniques and
methods that are not yet widely used in the practice of vibration
isolation in industry. It is written with practitioners in
mind and many of the problems addressed and the solutions presented
are relevant not only to the isolation of stationary sensitive
equipment but also to civil engineering and transport

applications.

CONTENTS INCLUDE

* Inertia and geometric properties of typical machines and other
mechanical devices

* Dynamics of single-degreeof-freedom vibration isolation
system

* Vibration isolation system under random excitation

* Isolation of vibration-sensitive objects

* Vibration isolation systems; Isolation requirements for
vibration producing objects

* Engine and machinery mounting in vehicles

* Elasto-damping materials (EDM)

* High damping metals

* Material selection for vibration isolators

* Vibration isolators with metal flexible elements

* High angular stiffness and anisotropic vibration isolation
systems

* Pneumatic isolators

* Power transmission couplings