Track nonlinear energy sink for rapid response reduction in building structures

J Wang, NE Wierschem, BF Spencer Jr… - Journal of Engineering …, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
A new type of nonlinear energy sink (NES), termed a track NES, is proposed in this paper.
The shape of the track over which the auxiliary mass moves determines the character of the …

Numerical study of a symmetric single-sided vibro-impact nonlinear energy sink for rapid response reduction of a cantilever beam

W Li, NE Wierschem, X Li, T Yang, MJ Brennan - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
This paper concerns an investigation into the control of the transient vibration of an Euler–
Bernoulli beam using a symmetric single-sided vibro-impact nonlinear energy sink (SSSVI …

Optimization under uncertainty of nonlinear energy sinks

E Boroson - 2015 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Nonlinear Energy Sinks (NESs) are a promising technique for passively reducing
the amplitude of vibrations. Through nonlinear stiffness properties, a NES is able to …

On the shock performance of a zero-clearance-single-sided vibro-impact non-linear energy sink

T Yang, W Li, X Li, M Zhu, L Yu - INTER-NOISE and NOISE …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
In this paper, a zero-clearance-single-sided vibro-impact non-linear energy sink (VI NES) for
shock mitigation is studied. The zero-clearance-single-sided VI NES is configured to …