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What's an inerter?

• eru 16y ago
  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inerter_(mechanical_networks) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inerter_(mechanical_networks). I am not too happy with that article; does anybody have a better source?
  • asmithmd1 16y ago
    These notes are pretty "skimmable" http://www-control.eng.cam.ac.uk/~mcs/lecture_j.pdf http://www-control.eng.cam.ac.uk/~mcs/lecture_j.pdf
  • pontifier 16y ago
    My own experience... I know why this concept sounds so familiar to me. I had one when I was little. There are many childrens toys with a flywheel and a ripcord. That system is an "Inerter"... If the ripcord is a rigid toothed rack and pinion setup then it can act as an "Inerter" in compression as well as tension.