To develop a technology to diagnose the fault of dampers applied to railway vehicles and to set criteria, test runs were performed to measure damping force and displacement acting on a lateral damper during vehicle operation. Normal damper and fault damper were installed on a test train. Damper force and velocity of the lateral damper during test running were measured. Distributions of damper force and velocity representing the state of the damper had the same distribution in repeated tests. Distribution of the damper force and velocity was consistently uniform regardless of the train driving direction. Thus, the effect of train driving direction on damper force and velocity distribution was insignificant. The fault of the damper appeared to have a direct effect on the distribution of the damper force, suggesting that the fault of the damper could be sufficiently diagnosed just by monitoring the force of the damper. Especially, when comparing the velocity-force distribution, the fault damper showed a clear difference from a normal damper. Results of this paper could be used for developing a technology for diagnosing damper fault for railway vehicles in the future.

In an environment where ultra-high-precision equipment is used, vibration inevitably occurs due to various factors. These vibrations generate fatal effects, such as defect generation and reduced production yield, on ultra-high-precision production equipment. Among the multiple methods for solving vibration problems, a Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) is a useful technique that reduces vibration without changing the existing structure by attaching a passive dynamic system consisting of additional mass, spring, and damper. However, it is difficult to realize fine-tuning of the system parameters for optimal performance because the passive elements have structural limitations. An active TMD, which has a form wherein sensors, actuators, and a control device are added to the passive TMD structure, was introduced. It has higher performance than passive TMD because dynamic characteristics can be induced to stable and highly damped by a well-designed control algorithm realized by software in the control device. In this study, an active TMD was developed utilizing passive TMD with a voice coil actuator and attached to the center of both end fixed beam that assumed a single-degree-of-freedom structure. A dual-loop control algorithm using a non-minimum phase system was designed for a high-damped response while retaining stability. The modal test was performed for experimental evaluation and excellent performance of active TMD was verified.

As interest in the quality of life has recently increased, there is a growing interest and demand for exercise equipment, such as indoor treadmills or cycles, which can be used at home. However, the use of such indoor exercise equipment has caused social problems by generating noise between floors and causing inconvenience to neighbors. In particular, treadmills that generate a lot of vibration during use cause more social problems in an assembly building, such as an apartment. The purpose of this study is to design dampers of various shapes and to develop dampers with high vibration damping effects through vibration analysis. The damper was installed at the lower end of the treadmill to reduce vibration from the product. Three types of dampers were designed by referring to the damper shape of the existing treadmill, and the vibration reduction effect of each damper shape was verified through structural analysis of the magnitude of vibration generated from the bottom surface of each damper.