A Review of Bioinspired Vibration Control Technology
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The manuscript reviews various kinds of biomimetic vibration control technology in mechanical engineering. It has merits for publication after some Minor Revisions. Some suggestions and comments are presented as follows:
- On Page 2, line 67, "Their Bionic" should be in lower case.
- Isn't "break" in line 99 of Page 3 a mistake for "beak"?
- Does the physical model in Fig. 9b include the "z-like structure"? Please explain the difference between the "x-like structure" and the "z-like structure" in terms of the vibration suppression mechanism.
- “Figure 10c” in line 173 of Page7 should be corrected to “Figure 11c”.
- On Page8, line 182, "zeng" is the author's name, so the first letter should be capitalized.
- Isn't the "s" in "vertebraes" on line 192 of Page 8 unnecessary?
- Isn't "They" in line 192 of Page 8 unnecessary?
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Reviewer 2 Report
This article is a systematic review article where no methodology followed for the systematic search of references is explained. In other words, it must be assumed that it has been carried out in a classical way, analyzing a relevant number of very up-to-date references.
I believe that it meets the expectations of the analyzed field by providing light on the latest technologies used in the field of vibration inspired by living beings. The conclusions, accompanied by the previous section, "Challenges and future directions" support a discussion and appropriate conclusions for readers.
Authors have presented an actual review of various kinds of bionic vibration control technology in mechanical engineering, including a detailed literature review of recent years.
Minor comments for improving the paper:
Improve the image quality on Figures 1 to 3, figure 10 (more readable) and figure 17
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Reviewer 3 Report
The article presents mechanisms and not the system's control technology. Only in the future trends (Challenges and future directions) clues are presented for the study of the control technology of the system. Although the designation is consistent with the bibliography, perhaps the scope of the article would be clearer if this fact was reflected in the title of the article.
The methodology used to carry out the bibliographic review is not presented, nor which libraries were consulted. Although not essential, I believe that the article would benefit from a brief description of the methodology.
On line 99 on page 3 of 14, should be must be corrected the typo: where is “break” should be “beak”.
On the beginning of page 5 of 14 when is presented the bionic vibration absorption system proposed by Yoon, I consider that the effect of micro glass spheres, their packing and eventual links between them, should be better explained.
On line 182 on page 8 of 14, should be must be corrected the typo: where is “zeng” should be “Zeng”, also the references should be presented in text, not only in the caption of Figure 12. On Figure 12 (b) the labels ai, i=1 to 7, should be described (or not presented). I consider that this system, inspired by the M-shaped limb structure of the frog, should be better described.
On line 192 on page 8 of 14, should be must be corrected the typo: where is “Deng et al They” should be “Deng et al”.
On page 10 of 14, I consider that the mechanisms based on the human motion should be better explained, in particular the inertia mechanism where it seems to me that some of the joints are revolute joints and others are slider joints.
Author Response
Thank you for your omments concerning our manuscript entitled “A review of Bioinspired Vibration Control Technology” (applsci-1438553).
The article presents mechanisms and not the system's control technology. Only in the future trends (Challenges and future directions) clues are presented for the study of the control technology of the system. Although the designation is consistent with the bibliography, perhaps the scope of the article would be clearer if this fact was reflected in the title of the article.
The methodology used to carry out the bibliographic review is not presented, nor which libraries were consulted. Although not essential, I believe that the article would benefit from a brief description of the methodology.
- This review focuses on the papers from the Web of science library on bio-inspired devices for vibration control over the past 15 years with appropriate selections and summaries. The relevant content was already added in the introduction.
- On line 99 on page 3 of 14, should be must be corrected the typo: where is “break” should be “beak”.
- Thank you for pointing out this mistake. We have corrected it in the new manuscript.
- On the beginning of page 5 of 14 when is presented the bionic vibration absorption system proposed by Yoon, I consider that the effect of micro glass spheres, their packing and eventual links between them, should be better explained.
- Thank you for your suggestions. We have added relevant content about the micro glass spheres to the new manuscript.
- On line 182 on page 8 of 14, should be must be corrected the typo: where is “zeng” should be “Zeng”, also the references should be presented in text, not only in the caption of Figure 12. On Figure 12 (b) the labels ai, i=1 to 7, should be described (or not presented). I consider that this system, inspired by the M-shaped limb structure of the frog, should be better described.
- We agree with you. Firstly, the typo has been fixed. Secondly, ai, i=1 to 7 in the Figure 12 (b) have been described. Lastly, the description of the system inspired by the M-shaped limb structure of the frog the system has been added.
- On line 192 on page 8 of 14, should be must be corrected the typo: where is “Deng et al They” should be “Deng et al”.
-We agree with you. The error has been corrected in the latest manuscript.
- On page 10 of 14, I consider that the mechanisms based on the human motion should be better explained, in particular the inertia mechanism where it seems to me that some of the joints are revolute joints and others are slider joints.
-Thank you for your advice. We have added the relevant content about the mechanisms based on the human motion to the manuscript. Feng et al. may focus on the revolute joints when designing the inertia mechanism of bionic devices based on human motion. Therefore, they designed a rotating inertial mechanism rather than a sliding one.
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