Development of a dual-mode inertial shear actuator for active vibration control of gear transmission systems

Sherif Okda, Sneha Rupa Nampally, Mauro Fontana, Sven Herold, Rainer Nordmann, Stephan Rinderknecht, Tobias Melz, Mechanical Engineering Department, Research Group System Reliability, Adaptive Structures, and Machine Acoustics SAM, Technical University of Darmstadt, Mechanical Engineering Department, Research Group Mechatronic Systems in Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Darmstadt, Design and Production Engineering Department, Ain Shams University, Powerflex S, Fraunhofer LBF

Journal of Vibration and Control

Published online on March 29, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Vibration and Control, Volume 32, Issue 9-10, Page 2278-2292, May 2026.
In this paper, a new inertial mass actuator concept is presented for an active vibration control system. The actuator comprises two shear actuators and an inertial mass. The primary objective of the proposed actuator is to mitigate the vibration levels ...