Spring-Mass-Damper Hardware Demonstration

Spring-Mass-Damper plants are found on virtually every textbook related to Vibrations, Dynamic Systems and Controls. Here we demonstrate 4 different plant variations, using EMB: Spring, mass, no damper Spring, mass, with damper Spring, double mass, no damper Spring, double mass, with damper Notes: Spring: the same spring is used for all runs, with a spring rate of 2.59 lbs/in (453 N/m). Carriage mass: 550g Double Mass: 570g (in addition to carriage mass) Damper: the damper and its coefficient (adjustable) is also the same between the runs with damper. Sampling time: 0.001s #robotics #engineeringeducation #controlsystems #robots5