Vibration isolation
DOI: 10.1063/1.3047543
We are going to describe principles and devices that are useful in determining how to isolate equipment from disturbing vibrations. Perhaps the only way that we can truly isolate an item of equipment is to place it in a satellite that contains no internal energy sources and to have it travel in interstellar space. Isolation is a matter of degree. Generally one compromises by putting some effort into making the equipment so that it can withstand a reasonable amount of vibration. Then a sufficient amount of isolation is provided so that the situation can be endured.
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More about the Authors
Irwin Vigness. US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C..
