The increasing demand for vibration reduction in several high-tech industries has motivated many researchers to investigate novel vibration isolation techniques. Understanding the vibration transfer paths within a system is an essential part of designing an effective vibration isolation strategy. In this paper, an analytical transfer path analysis algorithm is proposed suitable for multi-energy-domain systems. The bond graph modeling technique, which is an effective approach to model multi-energy-domain systems, is used to extend the concept of transmissibility to such systems. In this paper, an electro-hydro-mechanical system is used as a benchmark example to elucidate the effectiveness of the proposed technique. An energy based path ranking algorithm based on the bond graph model of the system is also conducted.
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