Vibrations are an inevitable phenomenon in various industries and human daily life. Different methods of vibration control can be divided into four categories, active, semi-active, passive and combined. Passive vibration control methods are widely used in industry due to their easier construction and easier use compared to other methods. There are several methods of passive vibration control that can be divided into different types of isolators, viscous dampers, viscoelastic dampers, metal dampers, friction devices, tuned fluid dampers, tuned mass dampers and impact dampers. Impact dampers are one of interesting passive vibration control methods. In this paper, an overview of impact dampers are provided. First, a brief history of impact damper is presented. Then, various types of impact dampers are presented and discussed. After that, applications of impact dampers in various industries are expressed. Then, various analysis methods of impact dampers are presented. After that, new developed impact dampers are introduced. Finally, conclusions are presented.
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