SBIR/STTR Research Award
Tunable Passive Vibration Absorber
Award amount
$69,014Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1998Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- MIDE TECHNOLOGY CORP
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- C6C8KS7Y1K76
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
An adaptive passive vibration absorber prototype based on a electrically shunted piezoelectrics is proposed. The vibration absorber comprises of sensing, signal processing, electrical impedance and actuation subsystems. The sensing subsystem provides reference signals for the adaptation algorithm. Modern signal processing techniques, visa vi. the discrete wavelet transform, are used to generate the commands that update programmable electrical impedance characteristics that passive couple to the structural actuation system. Actuation is provided either by Piezo Fiber Composites, a promising recent development in piezoelectric actuation, or appropriately arranged stack actuators.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- ARBOOM - Novel, Tactical-Sized Reconfigurable Aerial Refueling Boom
- Project Patchwork - Wirelessly Networked Structural Analysis Devices for Aircraft
- RASP - Automated Scoring Program for Rodent Ultrasonic Vocalizations (USVs)
- Cut Resistant Hose for Vibration Isolation Module (SEASNAKE)
- Data Logger for Measuring Body Dynamics in Spaceflight Environment (MBISE)
Research funding history
144 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2019). Reported award amounts total $41,924,515. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency