Designs, analysis, and applications of nonlinear energy sinks

H Ding, LQ Chen - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
Nonlinear energy sink (NES) is an appropriately designed nonlinear oscillator without
positive linear stiffness. NES can suppress vibrations over a wide frequency range due to its …

Recent advances in correlation and integration between vibration control, energy harvesting and monitoring

T Yang, S Zhou, G Litak, X Jing - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Traditional structures adopt a split design with vibration control, energy harvesting and
monitoring, which is difficult to meet the needs of technological development. The …

Investigation of a seat suspension installed with compact variable stiffness and damping rotary magnetorheological dampers

L Deng, S Sun, M Christie, D Ning, S Jin, H Du… - … Systems and Signal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Long-term vibration poses a threat to drivers' health and affects their ride performance.
Furthermore, large-magnitude vibration and sudden shocks may even result in end-stop …

Vibration control in fluid conveying pipes using NES with nonlinear damping

R Philip, B Santhosh, B Balaram… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Control of vibrations in fluid transmitting pipes has emerged as a major engineering
challenge. For higher fluid flow rate, support vibration, and excitation load, the vibrations in …

A lever-enhanced nonlinear energy sink absorber harvesting vibratory energy via giant magnetostrictive-piezoelectricity

J Zang, RQ Cao, YW Zhang, B Fang… - … in Nonlinear Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A closed detached response due to the resonance response interaction has a critical effect
on vibration isolation and energy harvesting. In this paper, a promising novel approach by …

Steady-state response of a viscoelastic beam with asymmetric elastic supports coupled to a lever-type nonlinear energy sink

J Zang, RQ Cao, YW Zhang - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
This work proposes on a novel continuum vibratory absorber that integrates a lever-type
nonlinear energy sink (LNES) with asymmetric elastic boundary into viscoelastic Euler …

Enhanced dynamic performance of a half-vehicle system using inerter-based nonlinear energy sink

Y Wang, B Xu, J Dai, LQ Chen - Journal of Vibration and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
An inerter is introduced in the traditional nonlinear energy sink (NES) to replace its mass
and constitutes the novel inerter-based nonlinear energy sink (INES). The INES combines …

Development and robustness investigation of track-based asymmetric nonlinear energy sink for impulsive response mitigation

J Wang, Y Zheng - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Nonlinear energy sinks (NESs) are known for their capacity of resonating with a wide range
of frequencies. However, the occurrence of resonance in NESs strongly depends on the …

Enhanced nonlinear performance of nonlinear energy sink under large harmonic excitation using acoustic black hole effect

T Wang, Y Tang, X Qian, Q Ding, T Yang - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Although the frequency dependence of linear tuned-mass-damper (TMD) is overcome by the
nonlinear energy sink (NES), it is sensitive to the input energy. When the structure with NES …

Performance of non-smooth nonlinear energy sink with descending stiffness

JE Chen, M Sun, WH Hu, JH Zhang, ZC Wei - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
The traditional nonlinear energy sink (NES), ie, a smooth and cubic NES, can cause stable
higher branch of response of primary systems with increasing excitation forcing. For this …