Vibration isolation performance of an ultra-low frequency folded pendulum resonator

doi:10.1016/S0375-9601(97)00105-9

Physics Letters A

Volume 228, Issues 4–5, 14 April 1997, Pages 243-249

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Abstract

We present an analysis of the transfer function of a very low frequency folded pendulum resonator. It is shown that performance depends critically on centre of percussion tuning of the pendulum arms. Experimental measurements of the transfer function are shown to agree well with theory. The isolator achieves 90 dB isolation at 7 Hz.

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Vibration isolation performance of an ultra-low frequency folded pendulum resonator

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Phys. Lett. A

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Phys. Lett. A

Rev. Sci. Instrum.

VIRGO project

Meas. Sci. Technol.

Rev. Sci. Instrum.