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Analysis and design of the force and displacement transmissibility of nonlinear viscous damper based vibration isolation systems

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This study is concerned with the analysis and design of the force and displacement transmissibility of nonlinear viscous damper based vibration isolation systems. Analytical algorithms are derived using the Ritz–Galerkin method to evaluate the transmissibility of SDOF displacement vibration isolation and force vibration isolation systems where a nonlinear viscous damper is used as an energy dissipating device. The results reveal that compared to linear dampers, nonlinear viscous dampers can more significantly improve the system vibration isolation performance in a wider frequency range. A procedure is then proposed based on the analysis results to facilitate the design of nonlinear viscous dampers for system vibration isolation purposes. These results have significant implications for the design of vibration isolation systems in many engineering applications.

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  1. Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK

    P. F. Guo & Z. Q. Lang

  2. State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China

    Z. K. Peng

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Guo, P.F., Lang, Z.Q. & Peng, Z.K. Analysis and design of the force and displacement transmissibility of nonlinear viscous damper based vibration isolation systems. Nonlinear Dyn 67, 2671–2687 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-011-0180-6

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