For the swing motion/vibration control of the suspended structural system, the tuned rotary
inertia damper (TRID) has been proposed and investigated by the author previously.
However it exhibits inherent robustness defect and limited applicability prospect due to its
nature of being a passive tuning control system. In this paper, through the integration of
active control philosophy with the rotary tuning control concept, an innovative control system
named Active Rotary Inertia Driver (ARID) is proposed. First, based on the classical …

Featured Application The presented active control system aims to suppress the swing
vibrations of suspended structures. Abstract The Active Rotary Inertia Driver (ARID) system
is a novel vibration control system that can effectively mitigate the swing vibration of
suspended structures. Parametric analysis is carried out using Simulink based on the
mathematical model and the effectiveness is further validated by a series of experiments.
Firstly, the active controller is designed based on the system mathematical model and the …