An investigation of a two-stage nonlinear vibration isolation system

This paper investigates the most desirable configuration of a two-stage nonlinear vibration isolation system, in which the isolators contain hardening geometric stiffness nonlinearity and linear viscous damping. The force transmissibility of the system is used as the measure of the effectiveness of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of sound and vibration 2013-03, Vol.332 (6), p.1456-1464
Hauptverfasser: Lu, Zeqi, Brennan, Michael J., Yang, Tiejun, Li, Xinhui, Liu, Zhigang
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper investigates the most desirable configuration of a two-stage nonlinear vibration isolation system, in which the isolators contain hardening geometric stiffness nonlinearity and linear viscous damping. The force transmissibility of the system is used as the measure of the effectiveness of the isolation system. The hardening nonlinearity is achieved by placing horizontal springs onto the suspended and intermediate masses, which are supported by vertical springs. It is found that nonlinearity in the upper stage has very little effect and thus serves little purpose. The nonlinearity in the lower stage, however, has a profound effect, and can significantly improve the effectiveness of the isolation system. Further, it is found that it is desirable to have high damping in the upper stage and very low damping in the lower stage. ► A two-stage nonlinear vibration isolation system is modeled. ► Force transmissibility is used as the measure of the isolation performance. ► Nonlinearity in the lower stage can improve the effectiveness of the isolator. ► High damping in the upper stage and low damping in the lower stage are preferable.
ISSN:0022-460X
1095-8568
DOI:10.1016/j.jsv.2012.11.019