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Inerter is a new mechanical element proposed by Professor Malcolm C. Smith from Cambridge University, which is defined as a mechanical two-terminal, one-port device with the property that the equal and opposite force applied at the terminals is proportional to the relative acceleration between the terminals (Smith in IEEE Tran Autom Control 47(1):1648–1662, 2002a).
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Chen, M.Z.Q., Hu, Y. (2019). Introduction. In: Inerter and Its Application in Vibration Control Systems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7089-1_1
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