Shockproof https://refractor.io/tag/shockproof/ Shockproof en-AU Thu, 07 Jun 2012 02:08:38 GMT "Artificial muscles" shown to eliminate vibrations with vibrations of their own https://refractor.io/science/artificial-muscles-shown-to-eliminate-vibrations-with-vibrations-of-their-own/ An illustration depicting one of the lattice-like electrodes, over top of one of the elastomer sheets

A lot of devices, such as shock absorbers, currently use elastomers to help minimize vibrations. While the malleable, yielding qualities of these materials do indeed allow them to absorb energy that would otherwise take the form of rattles and jolts, they are nonetheless passive – basically, they just sit there. Researchers from Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability, however, are developing a new system in which elastomers actually “fight back” against vibrations.

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