This study divided into three portions to provide performance requirements;
overview and development of various engine mounts; and the optimization of
engine mount systems. The first part provides an insight about the ideal e
ngine mount system that should isolate vibration caused by engine disturban
ce force in various speed range and prevent engine bounce from shock excita
tion. This implies that the dynamic stiffness and damping of the engine mou
nt should be frequency and amplitude dependent. Therefore, the development
of engine mounting systems has mostly concentrated on improvement of freque
ncy and amplitude dependent properties. The second part starts discussion o
n the conventional elastomeric mounts that offer a trade-off between static
deflection and vibration isolation. The next level, passive hydraulic moun
ts can provide a better performance than elastomeric mounts especially in t
he low frequency range. Subsequently, semi-active and active techniques are
used to improve performance of hydraulic mounts by making them more tunabl
e. The active engine mounting system can be very stiff at low frequency and
be tuned to be very soft at the higher frequency range to isolate the vibr
ation. The final part is about the optimization of engine mounting systems.
An overview of the current work on this optimization shows some limitation
s. Further study is needed to consider the nonlinearities and variations in
properties of different types of mounting systems.