摘要 |
A vibration absorber includes a hub arranged for rotation during operation about an aixs, a mass encircling the hub and a plurality of resilient arms extending in a spaced-apart spiral pattern between the hub and the mass so that the mass rotates with the hub in a plane of rotation perpendicular to the axis and is capable of equal resilient deflection in any direction within its plane of rotation. In operation the absorber operates as a spring mass device and finds particular application in damping vibrations in a helicopter rotor due to the facility to simultaneously cancel vibration forces of different frequencies. |