Shock and Vibration

Research Article

Passive Shock Isolation Utilising Dry Friction

Table 4

Comparison between the maximum displacement responses of the systems with thin and thick secondary beams. The maximum displacement values are normalized with respect to the maximum base input displacement.
CategoriesThin secondary beamThick secondary beam
End of primary beam maximum displacementEnd of secondary beam maximum displacementEnd of primary beam maximum displacementEnd of secondary beam maximum displacement
No friction1.42Sensor 31.961.71.71
Sensor 42.05
Intermediate friction1.26Sensor 31.681.331.09
Sensor 41.43
High friction1.31Sensor 31.031.131.06
Sensor 41.09