Research and Development of Damping Device for Light Weight Mechanical Structure Using Damping Effect Caused by Eddy Current

A base-isolation and vibration control technique has been applied positively to architectural and civil structures after Kobe earthquake, and now the techniques are adopted as general vibration reduction technique for many structures. In such situation, an application of the vibration attenuation device to the small-scale structure has been carried out actively in recent years. Especially, in the important institution of the cities such as a refuge place, a hospital, a school, an information and a communication institution where function maintenance is needed, it is important to maintain its performance of the machinery and equipment in the facility with an upgrade of structural seismic safety. Moreover, in the future, upgrading of seismic safety of the particular equipments is urgent business. This study has been examined a low cost and compact damping device for base-isolation system of light weight mechanical structures like a computer server rack. In this paper, the experimental and analytical results on the basic performances of the damping device using damping effect by Eddy-Current.