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The automotive industry has transitioned from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) in recent years. Also essential to the development of the next generation are the enhancement of engine performance and production of lightweight vehicle bodies. Through this method, it is possible to increase vehicle output. However, as the vehicle's excitation strength increases, structural noise and vibrations caused by the engine increase. Intelligent structure-based active mounting systems are widely used in the automotive industry to reduce vibration and noise. It can continuously control the dynamic characteristics of the mount system, enabling real-time control of active mounting systems. When determining the position of the active mounting system, it must be installed in the most efficient position possible. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the optimal placement criteria for an active mounting system consisting of a piezoelectric actuator and a rubber grommet. The lumped parameter model is used to model the plate structure with two hybrid mounting systems based on the source–path–receiver structure. In addition, the forces of two active mounts are calculated using static and dynamic approaches. When the calculated force on the hybrid mount system is relatively low, the location with the greatest vibration reduction can be determined, and this location can be regarded as the optimal location for the active mounting system. In addition, a feasibility test is conducted to validate the proposed criteria and validate the static and dynamic results. The findings indicate that the optimal location for the active engine mounting system can be determined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recently, active mounting systems have been applied to automotive engine mounts to effectively mitigate structure-borne vibrations throughout the vehicle chassis. Active mounting systems have been investigated extensively to alleviate the vibration and noise of automobiles; however, the actual engine mounting orientation is not considered, and only an extremely small range of specific vibration and noise control is examined. This paper presents the modeling, analysis, and control of a source structure with an active mounting system while considering the location and direction of actual automotive engine mounts. Two active mounts comprising a piezoelectric stack actuator arranged in series with an elastomeric mount are applied to mitigate both vertical and horizontal vibrations by setting a variable parameter via the dynamic relation of the source structure. When harmonic excitation forces are employed, the secondary force required by each active mount can be calculated mathematically, and a control signal is applied to reduce vibrations through destructive interference with the input signal. Simulation results show that the excitation vibration can be reduced using this bidirectional active mount. Hence, noise vibration harshness is expected to be improved by controlling the vibration of the actual automotive engine structure and the secondary force of actuators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]