A new type of semi-active hydraulic engine mount using controllable area of inertia track

Automotive engine mounts function to constrain the engine shake motion resulting at low-frequencies, as well as to isolate noises and vibrations generated by the engine with unbalanced disturbances at the high frequencies. The property of the mount depends on vibration amplitude and excitation frequency. It means that the excitation amplitude is large in low excitation frequency range and small in high frequency range. In this paper, a new hydraulic engine mount with a controllable area of inertia track is proposed and investigated. Theoretical works with the mount model to isolate the engine-related vibrations were conducted by an optimal algorithm to control the area of the inertia track under shocks and multi-signal force excitations. This research clearly gives an analysis of the considerable changes in the mount dynamic properties according to the changes in the inertia track area. Consequently, when the inertia track area is tuned, the transmissibility of the mount is effectively reduced.