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 …

Nonlinear dissipative devices in structural vibration control: a review

Z Lu, Z Wang, Y Zhou, X Lu - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2018 - Elsevier
Structural vibration is a common phenomenon existing in various engineering fields such as
machinery, aerospace, and civil engineering. It should be noted that the effective …

NES cell

H Ding, Y Shao - Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2022 - Springer
A broadband adaptive vibration control strategy with high reliability and flexible versatility is
proposed. The high vibration dam** performance of nonlinear energy sink (NES) has …

An inertial nonlinear energy sink

Z Zhang, ZQ Lu, H Ding, LQ Chen - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2019 - Elsevier
The demand for large mass limits the engineering application of traditional nonlinear energy
sinks. In this paper, a novel type of nonlinear energy sink is proposed to overcome this …

Highly efficient nonlinear energy sink

MA Al-Shudeifat - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2014 - Springer
The performance of the nonlinear energy sink (NES) that composed of a small mass and
essentially nonlinear coupling stiffness with a linear structure is considerably enhanced here …

Integration of a nonlinear energy sink and a giant magnetostrictive energy harvester

ZW Fang, YW Zhang, X Li, H Ding, LQ Chen - Journal of Sound and …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper explores a promising novel approach by integrating nonlinear energy sink (NES)
and giant magnetostrictive material (GMM) to realize vibration control and energy …

Reliability-based optimization of supported pendulum TMDs' nonlinear track shape using Padé approximants

LFF Miguel, S Elias, AT Beck - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Supported Pendulum Tuned Mass Dampers (PTMDs) are vibration absorbers
whose mass is constrained to oscillate along a curved path, enabling to use gravity as a …

Vibration control combining nonlinear isolation and nonlinear absorption

Z Zhang, YW Zhang, H Ding - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
Quasi-zero stiffness system has been widely used to isolate structural vibrations. However,
its small dynamic stiffness may result in drastic low-frequency vibration. This is a curse of …

Experimental study of track nonlinear energy sinks for dynamic response reduction

J Wang, N Wierschem, BF Spencer Jr, X Lu - Engineering Structures, 2015 - Elsevier
A track nonlinear energy sink (NES) is a type of vibration mitigation device that is capable of
reducing the response of a primary structure for a broad range of input frequencies. In this …

Optimization design and experimental verification of track nonlinear energy sink for vibration control under seismic excitation

X Lu, Z Liu, Z Lu - Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nonlinear energy sinks (NES) are efficient vibration control devices, which have been
studied and applied in mechanical, automobile, and aerospace engineering. However, there …