Smart materials and structures have attracted a significant amount of attention for their
vibration control potential in engineering applications. Compared to the traditional active …

This paper presents a bistable vibration isolator (BVI) with several ring permanent magnets
(PMs) and utilizes nonlinear electromagnetic shunt damping (N-EMSD) to improve the …

This paper proposes a novel bi-state nonlinear vibration isolator (BS-NVI) consisting of a
linear mass–spring–damper and several permanent magnets (PMs). The working state of …

This paper investigates the nonlinear mass and damping effects of nonlinear
electromagnetic shunt damping (N-EMSD) for vibration isolation performance enhancement …

Nonlinear isolators can decrease dynamic stiffness and thus enhance vibration isolation
performance. This paper presents a novel passive vari-stiffness nonlinear isolator with the …

This paper presents the concept of nonlinear electromagnetic shunt damping (N-EMSD) and
employs it for the vibration isolation enhancement of nonlinear vibration isolators. A …

Active control techniques are often required to mitigate the micro-vibration environment
existing on board spacecraft. However, reliability issues and high power consumption are …

Linear electromagnetic shunt damping (L-EMSD) has been investigated deeply for vibration
control in previous studies. This paper proposes nonlinear electromagnetic shunt damping …

Traditional linear electromagnetic shunt damping (L-EMSD) has been studied deeply,
however, the vibration isolation performance becomes worse with the increase of linear …

Space antenna reflectors are used by space vehicles to communicate with ground stations.
These reflectors are generally subject to broadband random vibration and shock conditions …