PASSIVE, ADAPTIVE AND ACTIVE TUNED VIBRATION ABSORBERS - A SURVEY

An overview of the recent development of tuned vibration absorbers (TV As) for vibration and noise suppression is presented. The paper summar izes some popular theory for analysis and optimal tuning of these devi ces, discusses various design configurations, and presents some contem porary applications of passive TVAs. Furthermore, the paper also prese nts a brief discussion on the recent progress of adaptive and semi-act ive TVAs along with their on-line tuning strategies, and active and hy brid fail-safe TVAs.