Nonlinear Energy Sinks With Piecewise-Linear Nonlinearities
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An efficient nonlinear energy sink (NES) is developed here by employing a symmetric piecewise nonlinear coupling force. The proposed piecewise NES has a symmetric clearance about its equilibrium position in which zero stiffness is assumed. However, at the boundaries of the symmetric clearance, the NES is coupled to the linear structure by either linear or nonlinear stiffness elements. The damping is assumed to be continuous linear viscous damping during the oscillation of the NES mass inside and outside the clearance zone. This design is further modified by incorporating a negative coupling stiffness within the clearance zone. Therefore, the performance of the proposed piecewise NESs in rapid vibration suppression is numerically investigated with two-degree-of-freedom spring-mass system and compared with existing NESs in the literature. Accordingly, significant improvement in vibration suppression has been achieved by the proposed piecewise NES compared with other types of existing NESs. Moreover, the numerical simulation results have shown more robustness in the piecewise NES performance for a wide range of stiffness and damping variations than the linear absorber and other types of NESs in the literature.
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NESs with clearance nonlinearities are coupled to the primary structure through non-smooth piecewise nonlinearities with optimizable clearances and stiffness characteristics.
“This type of NES is coupled to the primary structure through non-smooth piecewise nonlinearities with optimizable clearances and stiffness characteristics.”
From A review on nonlinear energy sinks: designs, analysis and applications of impact and rotary types (2023) · cites this paper as [119]
The targeted energy transfer mechanism by the piecewise NES was verified on the frequency energy plot via multiple strong resonance captures on the in phase and out of phase backbone curves.
“Consequently, the TET mechanism by the piecewise NES was verified on the FEP via multiple strong resonance captures on the in phase and out of phase backbone curves.”
From A review on nonlinear energy sinks: designs, analysis and applications of impact and rotary types (2023) · cites this paper as [119]
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- Authors
- AL-Shudeifat, M. A.
- Affiliations
- Khalifa University of Science and Technology (AE)
- Corresponding author
- AL-Shudeifat, Mohammad A.
- Venue
- Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics
- Publisher
- ASME International
- Published
- 2019-10-18
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 12
- ISSN
- 1555-1415 (ISSN-L)
- 1555-1423
- OpenAlex
- W2979076415
- Cited by
- 45
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 2.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Control and Systems Engineering › Vibration and Dynamic Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies
- Keywords
- nonlinear energy sink, piecewise linear nonlinearity, zero stiffness, vibration suppression, linear viscous damping
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