Shaped elastomeric joints such as engine mounts or suspension bushings undergo broadband, multi-axis loading; however, in practice, the elastomeric joint properties are often measured at stepped single frequencies (non-resonant test method). This article helps provide insight into multi-axis properties with new benchmark experiments that are designed to permit direct comparison between system resonant and non-resonant identification methods of the dynamic stiffness matrices of elastomeric joints, including multi-axis (non-diagonal) terms. The joints are constructed with combinations of inclined elastomeric cylinders to control non-diagonal terms in the stiffness matrix. The resonant experiment consists of an elastic metal beam end-supported by elastomeric joints coupling the in-plane transverse and longitudinal beam motion. The dynamic stiffness and loss factors of the elastomeric cylinders are measured in a non-resonant commercial elastomer test machine in shear, compression, and inclined configurations and a coordinate transformation is used to estimate the kinematic non-diagonal stiffness terms. Strong agreement is found for both dynamic stiffness and loss factors between the resonant and non-resonant methods at small displacements.


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    Title :

    Comparative Assessment of Multi-Axis Bushing Properties Using Resonant and Non-Resonant Methods


    Additional title:

    Sae International Journal of Passenger Cars. Mechanical Systems
    Sae Int. J. Passeng. Cars - Mech. Syst


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE 2013 Noise and Vibration Conference and Exhibition ; 2013



    Publication date :

    2013-05-13


    Size :

    7 pages




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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