Design of MR cabin mount for heavy duty vehicles subjected to severe vibrations

Heavy duty vehicles are essential for the heavy duty purpose in harsh environment. Therefore, severe vibration transmitted to the vehicle driver even can lead to the illness. In this study, the operating principle for the conventional passive and semi-active mount that isolate vibration is analyzed. Based on this, a new MR (magnetorheological) mount that overcomes the problem of conventional mount is proposed. In the first step, the working principle of the proposed mount is analyzed. Subsequently, the feasibility of the proposed model is confirmed by presenting the damping force and controllable range.