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Several mechanical models with lumped mass were employed in the literature to represent strongly frequency-dependent characteristics of hydraulic engine mounts. Although complex stiffness by the mechanical models showed good agreements with the measured values, there exists a critical pitfall. The fact is that the complex stiffness model was derived at the driving point while measurements were obtained across the mounts. That is, the point stiffness model was mistakenly compared with the transfer stiffness measurement. In this paper, limitations of the mechanical model with lumped mass are discussed by illustrating actual measurement results of the stiffness matrix.

This paper presents a study on using rubber bushing as a sensor for the identification of forces transmitted onto the car body. The method starts from the idea that the transmission forces can be related to the deformation of the rubber bushing multiplied by its stiffness. Deformation of the rubber bushing is estimated from relative vibrations across the bushing. Simple theories are presented to deal with modeling of the rubber bushing and processing of the vibration mesurements on the link and car body to identify the transmission forces. Then, validity of the proposed approach is shown by applications to a suspension system under several driving conditions.