Various bio-inspired vibration isolators have been emerged in recent decades and applied
successfully in the protection of sensitive components, improvement of operating comfort …

Most of the engineering vibrations are harmful, due to many unfavorable consequences
caused by them, such as structural damage, poor working accuracy, etc., making it …

To address low-frequency vibration isolation, an issue that engineers often face, this paper
first studies the nonlinear energy transfer of a flexible plate, with arbitrary boundary, with the …

In this paper, an origami-inspired vibration isolator is proposed and numerically investigated
to achieve a quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) property. A truss-spring based stack Miura-ori (TS …

In this study, a novel compact energy harvesting dynamic vibration absorber (EHDVA) with
quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) characteristics is engineered for both vibration suppression and …

The benefit of introducing nonlinear stiffness elements to improve the dynamic performance
of vibration energy harvesters, vibration isolators and vibration absorbers have attracted …

Inspired by the cushioning effect of the felid paws in contact with the ground, a novel bio-
inspired toe-like structure (TLS) is developed and systematically studied for low-frequency …

This work designs and analyzes a metastructure-based vibration isolation model to improve
small-scale equipment's isolation effectiveness under low-frequency excitations. The feature …

The vibration control performance of a combined vibration isolation (CVI) system consists of
a quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) system and a linear dynamic vibration absorber (DVA) is …

A quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) vibration isolator is an ideal device for low-frequency vibration
isolation. However, its stiffness increases steeply against the displacement, which renders a …