Comparing Formula 1 inerters with submarine machinery rafts

Could Formula 1-style inertial damping devices reduce machinery vibration in ships or submarines?

Their acoustic benefit is doubted. Rafted machinery and floating floors are preferred in this comparison for vibration isolation and protection against damage.

Formula 1 inerters operate on very smooth tracks, a different setting from machinery aboard a ship. Floating floors and machinery rafts are suggested as more suitable naval arrangements because they can be secured against damage. A separate assessment, based on public videos and diagrams, distinguishes reducing the amplitude of transmitted force from suppressing the frequencies relevant to submarine noise. On that reasoning, an inerter's mechanical resistance to an impulse offers little apparent advantage for acoustic quieting. The assessment is tentative, and specific naval systems are deliberately left unnamed.