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In this study, the genetic algorithm so called GA is newly applied for the optimization of many engine mounting parameters, calculations of stiffness matrix and inverse matrix to obtain 6 degrees of freedoms displacements at mounting points and a center of gravity. As a result, the optimized result could be shortly obtained in a minute, and an inexperienced engineer could easily make the optimum engine mounting layout, which can satisfy the vibration isolation and the non-interference in an engine compartment.

To predict dynamic characteristics of hydraulically damped rubber mount (HDM), some key parameters in lumped-parameter model of HDM, such as volumetric elastic characteristics of fluid chambers and equivalent piston cross-section area of upper chamber, must be determined in some special ways because of difficulty in experimental measurement. In this paper, a kind of simulation approach of volumetric elasticity is developed by using finite element (FE) code of ABAQUS on the basis of hydrostatic fluid-rubber interaction modeling method. Contributions of different rubber parts to volumetric elastic characteristics are revealed. Predications of dynamic characteristics and frequency response analysis of a typical HDM with fixed-decoupler verify the effectiveness of the proposed parameter identification method.