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Fractional nonlinear energy sinks
The cubic or third-power (TP) nonlinear energy sink (NES) has been proven to be an effective method for vibration suppression, owing to the...
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Vertical vibration control using nonlinear energy sink with inertial amplifier
To reduce additional mass, this work proposes a nonlinear energy sink (NES) with an inertial amplifier (NES-IA) to control the vertical vibration of...
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Enhanced vibration suppression and energy harvesting in fluid-conveying pipes
A novel vibration absorber is designed to suppress vibrations in fluid-conveying pipes subject to varying fluid speeds. The proposed absorber...
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Targeted energy transfer of a parallel nonlinear energy sink
A parallel nonlinear energy sink (NES) is proposed and analyzed. The parallel NES is composed of a vibro-impact (VI) NES and a cubic NES. The...
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Dynamics and vibration reduction performance of asymmetric tristable nonlinear energy sink
With its complex nonlinear dynamic behavior, the tristable system has shown excellent performance in areas such as energy harvesting and vibration...
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A Comparison of the Common Types of Nonlinear Energy Sinks
Real life dynamical structures are subjected to different sources of excitations such as earthquakes, blasts, collisions, fluid-structure...
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A Study on the Coefficient of Restitution Effect on Single-Sided Vibro-Impact Nonlinear Energy Sink
Vibration mitigation is an essential factor in many engineering applications given the high risk of failure due to the frequent occurrence of...
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Dynamic design of a nonlinear energy sink with NiTiNOL-steel wire ropes based on nonlinear output frequency response functions
A novel vibration isolation device called the nonlinear energy sink (NES) with NiTiNOL-steel wire ropes (NiTi-ST) is applied to a whole-spacecraft...
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Geometrically nonlinear inerter for vibration suppression
A two-degree-of-freedom (2DOF) vibration isolation structure with an integrated geometric nonlinear inerter (NI) device is proposed. The device is...
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Simulating Bacterial Growth, Competition, and Resistance with Agent-Based Models and Laboratory Experiments
In this chapter, we will introduce the concepts of growth, competition, and adaptation using bacteria. We will use both simulation and...
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Aspects of Discrete Breathers and New Directions
We describe results concerning the existence proofs of Discrete Breathers (DBs) in the two classes of dynamical systems with optical linear phonons...