Contribution to efficiency of irreversible passive energy pumping with a strong nonlinear attachment

The present study deals with nonlinear energy pumping which consists in passive irreversible transfer of energy from a linear structure to a nonlinear one. Various results (theoretical, numerical, and experimental) about energy pumping based on recent works are given. Thus, the phenomenon is studied for different excitations: transient and periodical. Moreover, advantages of such a system are carried out in particular efficiency of this phenomenon. That is why the robustness and comparison with classical tuned mass damper are analyzed. An application is considered with physical experiment using a reduced scale building.     

Energy Transfers in a System of Two Coupled Oscillators with Essential Nonlinearity: 1:1 Resonance Manifold and Transient Bridging Orbits

The purpose of this study is to highlight and explain the vigorous energy transfers that may take place in a linear oscillator weakly coupled to an essentially nonlinear attachment, termed a nonlinear energy sink. Although these energy exchanges are encountered during the transient dynamics of the damped system, it is shown that the dynamics can be interpreted mainly in terms of the periodic orbits of the underlying Hamiltonian system. To this end, a frequency-energy plot gathering the periodic orbits of the system is constructed which demonstrates that, thanks to a 1:1 resonance capture, energy can be irreversibly and almost completely transferred from the linear oscillator to the nonlinear attachment. Furthermore, it is observed that this nonlinear energy pumping is triggered by the excitation of transient bridging orbits compatible with the nonlinear attachment being initially at rest, a common feature in most practical applications. A parametric study of the energy exchanges is also performed to understand the influence of the parameters of the nonlinear energy sink. Finally, the results of experimental measurements supporting the theoretical developments are discussed. This study was carried out while the author was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Technical University of Athens and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.     

New analytical approach to energy pumping problem in strongly nonhomogeneous 2dof systems

We present new analytical approach to the problem of energy pumping in strongly non- homogeneous nonlinear two-degree-of-freedom (2DOF) systems with single anchor spring under condition of initial impact. Energy pumping is a passive, almost irreversible transfer of mechanical energy from the main substructure of the system to the light auxiliary attachment. The mechanism of energy pumping in the system under consideration is a resonance capture. The approach is based on application of Laplace transformation to the principal asymptotic approximation of the equations of motion in complex form and using the power expansion of the solution in terms of time. Obtained temporal dependence of the system energetic characteristics gives a tool for estimation of energy pumping efficiency. In particular, we show that the system without an anchor spring in attachment is more efficient than the system with such a spring. Numerical simulations confirm the analytical results.     

Localization of energy in nonlinear systems with two degrees of freedom

Energy pumping in a two-degrees-of-freedom system with linear and essentially nonlinear oscillators is studied. The kinetic energy envelopes of the linear and nonlinear subsystems are chosen to be the main characteristics of the process under consideration. A criterion that the energy of the linear oscillator excited at time zero is completely pumped over into the nonlinear oscillator is established together with an additional condition whereby the energy does not return to the linear subsystem. Optimal energy pumping mode is established using global optimization. The effect of the parameters of the system on the main characteristics is assessed __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 115–125, May 2007.     

Experimental study of non-linear energy pumping occurring at a single fast frequency

Experimental verification of passive non-linear energy pumping in a two-degree-of-freedom system comprising a damped linear oscillator coupled to an essentially non-linear attachment is carried out. In the experiments presented the non-linear attachment interacts with a single linear mode and, hence, energy pumping occurs at a single ‘fast’ frequency in the neighborhood of the eigenfrequency of the linear mode. Good agreement between simulated and experimental results was observed, in spite of the strongly (essentially) non-linear and transient nature of the dynamics of the system considered. The experiments bear out earlier predictions that a significant fraction of the energy introduced directly to a linear structure by an external impulsive (broadband) load can be transferred (pumped) to an essentially non-linear attachment, and dissipated there locally without spreading back to the system. In addition, the reported experimental results confirm that (a) non-linear energy pumping in systems of coupled oscillators can occur only above a certain threshold of the input energy, and (b) there is an optimal value of the energy input at which a maximum portion of the energy is absorbed and dissipated at the NES.     

Designing a Linear Structure with a Local Nonlinear Attachment for Enhanced Energy Pumping

We present a design procedure for enhancing nonlinear energy pumping from a mode of a linear-damped substructure to a weakly coupled, essentially nonlinear oscillator. By this we denote the one way, irreversible passive transfer of vibrational energy from the mode to the nonlinear attachment. The design relies in the asymptotic expansion for large energies of a nonlinear normal mode of the underlying conservative system that provides an analytic estimate of the level of the amplitude reached by the nonlinear attachment in the energy pumping regime. The analytical findings are validated by direct numerical simulations.     

On energy transfer between vibrating systems under linear and nonlinear interactions

The present study deals with energy transfer in a dissipative mechanical system. Numerical results are given by considering two different potentials and periodical excitation. Specifically, we show energy transfer from linear oscillator to another one, depending on initial conditions. Also, energy transfer from linear to nonlinear (energy pumping), as well as from nonlinear to linear, oscillator is analyzed, under linear and nonlinear interactions.     

Dynamic instabilities in coupled oscillators induced by geometrically nonlinear damping

The dynamics of a system of coupled oscillators possessing strongly nonlinear stiffness and damping is examined. The system consists of a linear oscillator coupled to a strongly nonlinear, light attachment, where the nonlinear terms of the system are realized due to geometric effects. We show that the effects of nonlinear damping are far from being purely parasitic and introduce new dynamics when compared to the corresponding systems with linear damping. The dynamics is analyzed by performing a slow/fast decomposition leading to slow flows, which in turn are used to study transient instability caused by a bifurcation to 1:3 resonance capture. In addition, a new dynamical phenomenon of continuous resonance scattering is observed that is both persistent and prevalent for the case of the nonlinearly damped system: For certain moderate excitations, the transient dynamics “tracks” a manifold of impulsive orbits, in effect transitioning between multiple resonance captures over definitive frequency and energy ranges. Eventual bifurcation to 1:3 resonance capture generates the dynamic instability, which is manifested as a sudden burst of the response of the light attachment. Such instabilities that result in strong energy transfer indicate potential for various applications of nonlinear damping such as in vibration suppression and energy harvesting.     

Targeted energy transfers in vibro-impact oscillators for seismic mitigation

In the field of seismic protection of structures, it is crucial to be able to diminish ‘as much as possible’ and dissipate ‘as fast as possible’ the load induced by seismic (vibration-shock) energy imparted to a structure by an earthquake. In this context, the concept of passive nonlinear energy pumping appears to be natural for application to seismic mitigation. Hence, the overall problem discussed in this paper can be formulated as follows: Design a set of nonlinear energy sinks (NESs) that are locally attached to a main structure, with the purpose of passively absorbing a significant part of the applied seismic energy, locally confining it and then dissipating it in the smallest possible time. Alternatively, the overall goal will be to demonstrate that it is feasible to passively divert the applied seismic energy from the main structure (to be protected) to a set of preferential nonlinear substructures (the set of NESs), where this energy is locally dissipated at a time scale fast enough to be of practical use for seismic mitigation. It is the aim of this work to show that the concept of nonlinear energy pumping is feasible for seismic mitigation. We consider a two degree-of-freedom (DOF) primary linear system (the structure to be protected) and study seismic-induced vibration control through the use of Vibro-Impact NESs (VI NESs). Also, we account for the possibility of attaching to the primary structure additional alternative NES configurations possessing essential but smooth nonlinearities (e.g., with no discontinuities). We study the performance of the NESs through a set of evaluation criteria. The damped nonlinear transitions that occur during the operation of the VI NESs are then studied by superimposing wavelet spectra of the nonlinear responses to appropriately defined frequency – energy plots (FEPs) of branches of periodic orbits of underlying Conservative systems.     

Complex dynamics and targeted energy transfer in linear oscillators coupled to multi-degree-of-freedom essentially nonlinear attachments

We study the dynamics of a system of coupled linear oscillators with a multi-DOF end attachment with essential (nonlinearizable) stiffness nonlinearities. We show numerically that the multi-DOF attachment can passively absorb broadband energy from the linear system in a one-way, irreversible fashion, acting in essence as nonlinear energy sink (NES). Strong passive targeted energy transfer from the linear to the nonlinear subsystem is possible over wide frequency and energy ranges. In an effort to study the dynamics of the coupled system of oscillators, we study numerically and analytically the periodic orbits of the corresponding undamped and unforced hamiltonian system with asymptotics and reduction. We prove the existence of a family of countable infinity of periodic orbits that result from combined parametric and external resonance interactions of the masses of the NES. We numerically demonstrate that the topological structure of the periodic orbits in the frequency–energy plane of the hamiltonian system greatly influences the strength of targeted energy transfer in the damped system and, to a great extent, governs the overall transient damped dynamics. This work may be regarded as a contribution towards proving the efficacy the utilizing essentially nonlinear attachments as passive broadband boundary controllers. PACS numbers: 05.45.Xt, 02.30.Hq     

Effect of 1:3 resonance on the steady-state dynamics of a forced strongly nonlinear oscillator with a linear light attachment

We study the 1:3 resonant dynamics of a two degree-of-freedom (DOF) dissipative forced strongly nonlinear system by first examining the periodic steady-state solutions of the underlying Hamiltonian system and then the forced and damped configuration. Specifically, we analyze the steady periodic responses of the two DOF system consisting of a grounded strongly nonlinear oscillator with harmonic excitation coupled to a light linear attachment under condition of 1:3 resonance. This system is particularly interesting since it possesses two basic linearized eigenfrequencies in the ratio 3:1, which, under condition of resonance, causes the localization of the fundamental and third-harmonic components of the responses of the grounded nonlinear oscillator and the light linear attachment, respectively. We examine in detail the topological structure of the periodic responses in the frequency–energy domain by computing forced frequency–energy plots (FEPs) in order to deduce the effects of the 1:3 resonance. We perform complexification/averaging analysis and develop analytical approximations for strongly nonlinear steady-state responses, which agree well with direct numerical simulations. In addition, we investigate the effect of the forcing on the 1:3 resonance phenomena and conclude our study with the stability analysis of the steady-state solutions around 1:3 internal resonance, and a discussion of the practical applications of our findings in the area of nonlinear targeted energy transfer.     

Nonlinear vibration energy harvesting with adjustable stiffness,damping and inertia

A novel nonlinear structure with adjustable stiffness, damping and inertia is proposed and studied for vibration energy harvesting. The system consists of an adjustable-inertia system and X-shaped supporting structures. The novelty of the adjustable-inertia design is to enhance the mode coupling property between two orthogonal motion directions, i.e., the translational and rotational directions, which is very helpful for the improvement of the vibration energy harvesting performance. Weakly nonlinear stiffness and damping characteristics can be introduced by the X-shaped supporting structures. Combining the mode coupling effect above and the nonlinear stiffness and damping characteristics of the X-shaped structures, the vibration energy harvesting performance can be significantly enhanced, in both the low frequency range and broadband spectrum. The proposed 2-DOF nonlinear vibration energy harvesting structure can outperform the corresponding 2-DOF linear system and the existing nonlinear harvesting systems. The results in this study provide a novel and effective method for passive structure design of vibration energy harvesting systems to improve efficiency in the low frequency range.     

Steady State Passive Nonlinear Energy Pumping in Coupled Oscillators: Theoretical and Experimental Results

We study theoretically and experimentally the effect that anonlinear energy sink (NES) has on the steady state dynamics of a weaklycoupled system. The NES possesses essentially nonlinear(nonlinearizable) stiffness nonlinearity of the third degree. We findthat, in contrast to the classical linear vibration absorber, the NES iscapable of absorbing steady state vibration energy from the linearoscillator over a relatively broad frequency range. This results inlocalization of the steady state vibration in the NES, away from thedirectly forced subsystem. For a forward frequency sweep the localizedbranch of steady state motions is suddenly eliminated by a jump to alinearized low-amplitude motion, whereas, for a backward frequency sweepa reverse jump occurs. The difference in the frequencies of the twojumps introduces a nonlinear hysteresis loop. This work extends to thesteady state case of earlier transient passive energy pumping results.The notion of passively transferring vibration energy to an a prioridetermined NES, weakly attached to a main structure, is novel. The useof nonlinear energy sinks for passively absorbing energy from a linearmain structure can form the basis of relatively simple and modularvibration and shock isolation designs of mechanical systems.     

Interactions of propagating waves in a one-dimensional chain of linear oscillators with a strongly nonlinear local attachment

We study the interaction of propagating wavetrains in a one-dimensional chain of coupled linear damped oscillators with a strongly nonlinear, lightweight, dissipative local attachment which acts, in essence, as nonlinear energy sink—NES. Both symmetric and highly un-symmetric NES configurations are considered, labelled S-NES and U-NES, respectively, with strong (in fact, non-linearizable or nearly non-linearizable) stiffness nonlinearity. Especially for the case of U-NES we show that it is capable of effectively arresting incoming slowly modulated pulses with a single fast frequency by scattering the energy of the pulse to a range of frequencies, by locally dissipating a major portion of the incoming energy, and then by backscattering residual waves upstream. As a result, the wave transmission past the location of the NES is minimized, and the NES acts, in effect, as passive wave arrestor and reflector. Analytical reduced-order modeling of the dynamics is performed through complexification/averaging. In addition, governing nonlinear dynamics is studied computationally and compared to the analytical predictions. Results from the reduced order model recover the exact computational simulations.     

谐波平衡法与复平均法计算强非线性系统稳态响应的区别

近些年,很多学者致力于利用非线性增强振动响应减少的效果或者能量采集器的效率。因而非线性系统的响应值需要从理论计算方面更准确地预测。另外,根据学者已取得的研究成就,非线性能量汇(NES)中存在的立方刚度非线性可以将结构中宽频域的振动能量传递至非线性振子部分。文章将一种由NES和压电能量采集器组成的NES-piezo装置与两自由度主结构耦合连接,系统受谐和激励作用。文章采用谐波平衡法和复平均法分别推导了系统稳态响应,参照数值结果,对比两种近似解析方法在求解强非线性系统稳态响应时的异同。计算结果表明,系统体现较弱非线性时,二者计算结果差异很小;当系统体现强非线性时,复平均法不能准确地呈现系统高阶响应,提高阶数的谐波平衡法能更准确地表示系统响应值。基于谐波平衡法和数值算法,讨论NES-piezo装置对于系统宽频域减振的影响。与仅加入非线性能量汇情况对比,结果表明NES-piezo装置不会恶化宽频域减振效果,并且在第一阶共振频率附近,可以稍微提高结构减振效率。另外,计算结果也表明,采用恰当的NES-piezo装置可实现宽频域范围的结构减振和压电能量采集一体化。此项研究工作为研究不同情形强非线性系统的响应提供了理论方法的指导。另外,研究结果也为宽频域范围的结构减振和压电能量采集一体化提供了理论依据。     

Transient in a two-DOF nonlinear system

Dynamics of a system containing a linear oscillator, linearly coupled to an essentially nonlinear attachment, is considered. A damping is taken into account. It is assumed that some initial excitation implies vibrations of the linear oscillator. Envelops of the subsystem’s kinetic energies are selected to use the numerical investigation of transient in the system. The parametrical optimization approach is used to obtain regions of effective energy transfer in the system parameter space. It is demonstrated that this efficient energy transfer may be obtained for a rather small value of the attachment mass.     

Bifurcations of Nonlinear Normal Modes of Linear Oscillator with Strongly Nonlinear Damped Attachment

Linear oscillator coupled to damped strongly nonlinear attachment with small mass is considered as a model design for nonlinear energy sink (NES). Damped nonlinear normal modes of the system are considered for the case of 1:1 resonance by combining the invariant manifold approach and multiple scales expansion. Special asymptotical structure of the model allows a clear distinction between three time scales. These time scales correspond to fast vibrations, evolution of the system toward the nonlinear normal mode and time evolution of the invariant manifold, respectively. Time evolution of the invariant manifold may be accompanied by bifurcations, depending on the exact potential of the nonlinear spring and value of the damping coefficient. Passage of the invariant manifold through bifurcations may bring about destruction of the resonance regime and essential gain in the energy dissipation rate.     

Timoshenko梁理论应用于结构损伤的动力分析

应用Hamilton原理，导出了Timoshenko梁的动力学偏微分方程组。将土和结构视为一个系统，接近实际状况的简化为一个几何非线性的Timoshenko梁，并与Bernoulli—Euler的初等假设理论进行比较，讨论了长细比对粱的动力学特性的影响，在此基础上研究房屋结构损伤诊断的问题。     

开放剪切流空间全局动力学与空间相位斑图间的关系

开放流动空间动力学可基于两类全局能量关系式进行研究;而空间相位斑图则可通过互谱空间演化加以测定。全局能量关系式以时间Fourier系数的形式建立流场任意两点问速度脉动能量间的关系,籍此可定义全局意义上的线性、非线性和线性一非线性机制。基于轴对称剪切流、变密度轴对称圆射流以及平面对称剪切流的实验发现：轴对称旋涡结构的配对由线性、线性一非线性机制表征,对应有序空间相位斑图;并且能量可通过线性一非线性机制在具有相同相速度的扰动间传递。螺旋结构由线性机制表征,对应有序相位斑图。全局自激励振荡由非线性的能量共振表征,对应无序相位斑图。籍此,有序空间相位斑图对应线性和线性一非线性机制;而混沌相位斑图则对应非线性机制。