end is connected with the bottom center of the inverse pendulum by the other elastic reed. The simple pendulum has a positive elastic coefficient and the inverse pendulum has a negative elastic coefficient and positive gravitational restoring force. The negative elastic coefficient of the inverse pendulum balances partly the positive coefficient of the simple pendulum, so the total elastic coefficient of the compound pendulum system becomes smaller and a long resonance period is achieved.
2. Establishment of response model
The structure of cylindrically symmetric compound pendulum used for two-dimensional low frequency ground tilt vibration isolation system is shown in Fig. 1. The compound pendulum is mainly composed of a pendulum with a structure of cylindrical pole and an inverse pendulum with a structure of cylindrical flute, which is defined by U-shape. A pair of very flexible elastic reeds with flat structure is made by cutting a block of low loss metal (such as beryllium bronze) and able to move backwards and forwards in two perpendicular directions. The two pendulums are serially connected each other. The upper end of the single pendulum is connected to the suspension point by one elastic reed, and the other is used to connect the bottom center of the inverse pendulum with the lower center of cylindrical pendulum. The cylin- drical pendulum with positive elastic coefficient is a simple pendulum. The structure of inverse pendulum is designed to be a flute whose center of mass is higher than the lower suspension point of cylindrical pendulum. Therefore, gravitational restoring force of the inverse pendulum is positive and its elastic coefficient is negative. The negative elastic coefficient of inverse pendulum balances partly the positive coefficient of cylindrical pendulum, so the total elastic coefficient of compound pendulum can become smaller and a long resonance period can be obtained.
Ground tilt vibration will lead to the tilt of the frame, consequently the inverse pendulum rotate also an angle relative to the frame, which can be detected by capacitive displacement sensor. Clearly the inverse pendulum can move backwards and forwards in two perpendicular directions.
Considering the similarity of two directions, we only analyze the dynamical characteristic of the compound
pendulum in one direction as shown in Fig. 2. The external
(Suspend point)
(Elastic reed)
(Simple pendulum)
(Inverse pendulum) (Capacitor plate)
tilt vibration will lead to the angular displacement h of the suspended point O0 , which is strapped on the frame of the compound pendulum. The external horizontal and vertical vibrations will cause the displacements xg and yg, respectively.
The coordinate system OXY is a reference system used to describe the initial frame of compound pendulum, where the axes OX and OY represent horizontal and vertical directions. The length and diameter of cylindrical pole are respectively l1 and w1. The height and outer diameter of inverse pendulum are respectively l2 and l3, and the thicknesses of flanks and bottom side are w2 and w3,