Study of the vibration transmission property of warp-knitted spacer fabrics under forced sinusoidal excitation vibration

Abstract

The main content dealt with in this paper was to make a theoretical analysis of the vibration transmission property of spacer fabric as cushion materials. A forced vibration test with sinusoidal excitation was conducted, and the corresponding model of the vibration transmission coefficient was established based on a single-degree-of-freedom system. Experimental and theoretical vibration indexes, including natural frequency and the vibration transmission coefficient, were obtained from experimental and theoretical vibration transmission coefficient–frequency curves, respectively. After comparing theoretical parameters with experimental parameters, we were pleased to find out that their maximum vibration transmission coefficient and natural frequency showed good accordance with each other. Moreover, the effect of different parameters of spacer fabric on vibration transmission properties, including thickness, filament diameter, area density and inclination angle and arrangement of spacer filaments, were investigated, which is helpful to better design spacer fabrics with good vibration transmission.