Magnetorheological self-powered vibration reduction system with current cut-off: experimental investigation

The paper summarises the results of laboratory testing of an energy harvesting vibration reduction system based on a magnetorheological (MR) damper whose control circuit incorporates a battery of bipolar electrolytic capacitors (current cut-off circuit). It is designed to reduce the undesired effects in vibration reduction systems of this type, associated with the increasing amplitude of the sprung mass vibration under the excitation inputs whose frequency should exceed the resonance frequency of the entire system. Results have demonstrated that incorporating a current cut-off circuit results in a significant decrease of sprung mass vibration amplitudes when the frequency of acting excitation inputs is higher than the resonance frequency.