Vibration Suppression for Beam-Like Repeating Lattice Structure Based on Equivalent Model by a Nonlinear Energy Sink

Based on the fully deployed space beam-like truss, the vibration reduction of the lattice structure is studied by using the local NES (nonlinear energy sink) attachment in this paper. The beam-like lattice structure is modeled as an equivalent linear continuous system (a finite length beam) by the equivalent method and validated with the finite element results. The dynamic vibration equations for the equivalent cantilever beam are established and the governing equations for the equivalent beam with NES are approximated by the Galerkin method. The displacement responses of the beam with and without NES attached under shock excitation are obtained. With NES at different positions, the amplitude responses of the coupled system under the external excitation at different positions are calculated to evaluate the suppression effect of the NES attachment to the structure. And with different masses of the NES, the amplitude responses of the coupled structure subject to the external excitation at different positions are also investigated to get the influence of the mass of the NES attachment to the vibration reduction. It can be seen from the results that the NES attachment can attenuate the response of the beam-like truss under transient excitation efficiently. And with the mass of NES attachment increasing, the vibration amplitude of the coupled system declines more rapidly, and the energy consumption efficiency of the NES attachment is higher. Moreover, the attenuation effect of the NES with different masses is experimentally analyzed. The experimental results are in good accord with the theoretical calculation.