Mechanical Engineering
Vol. 41 No. 05 (2026): Proceedings of the Faculty of Technical Sciences
Application of the Zener model of a viscoelastic body on seat suspension analysis
Abstract
In this paper, the issue of vibration transfer from the chassis to the car seat when the vehicle encounters an uneven surface is analyzed. The viscoelastic element modeling the suspension is described using the Zener model. The results of numerical simulations are presented for two characteristic excitation cases: excitation with a single disturbance and stochastic excitation.
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