Nonlinear vibration energy harvesting and vibration suppression technologies: Designs, analysis, and applications

T Yang, S Zhou, S Fang, W Qin, DJ Inman - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Limited by the structure, the high-efficiency vibration energy harvesting and vibration
suppression have always been a theoretical bottleneck and technical challenge in this field …

Quasi-zero-stiffness vibration isolation: designs, improvements and applications

C Liu, W Zhang, K Yu, T Liu, Y Zheng - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Most of the engineering vibrations are harmful, due to many unfavorable consequences
caused by them, such as structural damage, poor working accuracy, etc., making it …

An origami inspired quasi-zero stiffness vibration isolator using a novel truss-spring based stack Miura-ori structure

K Ye, JC Ji - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, an origami-inspired vibration isolator is proposed and numerically investigated
to achieve a quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) property. A truss-spring based stack Miura-ori (TS …

An innovative quasi-zero stiffness isolator with three pairs of oblique springs

F Zhao, J Ji, K Ye, Q Luo - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an innovative design of the quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) isolator with three
pairs of oblique springs. Formulations of stiffness are firstly derived and parameter study is …

Low-frequency vibration isolation via an elastic origami-inspired structure

S Liu, G Peng, Z Li, W Li, L Sun - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a new elastic origami-inspired structure with quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS)
characteristics to provide effective low-frequency vibration isolation performance. The …

Design of a metastructure for vibration isolation with quasi-zero-stiffness characteristics using bistable curved beam

S Dalela, PS Balaji, DP Jena - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2022 - Springer
This work designs and analyzes a metastructure-based vibration isolation model to improve
small-scale equipment's isolation effectiveness under low-frequency excitations. The feature …

A quasi-zero-stiffness device capable of vibration isolation and energy harvesting using piezoelectric buckled beams

C Liu, R Zhao, K Yu, HP Lee, B Liao - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) device is proposed for both vibration isolation and energy
harvesting based on a concept of converting part of the vibrational energy into electrical …

An improved quasi-zero stiffness isolator with two pairs of oblique springs to increase isolation frequency band

F Zhao, J Ji, Q Luo, S Cao, L Chen, W Du - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
Quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) isolators can achieve superior performance in vibration isolation;
however, this superiority is often effective only for an excitation with the small excitation …

A bio-inspired system for simultaneous vibration isolation and energy harvesting in post-capture spacecraft

S Fang, K Chen, Z Lai, S Zhou, D Yurchenko… - … Systems and Signal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vibrations and drifting motions of a post-capture spacecraft may lead to its instability and
safety risk, which therefore need to be absorbed or isolated. However, it is expected that the …

Enhanced vibration isolation performance of quasi-zero-stiffness isolator by introducing tunable nonlinear inerter

C Liu, K Yu, B Liao, R Hu - … in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 2021 - Elsevier
The concept of quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) vibration isolator was proposed inrecent decades
aiming at improving the low-frequency isolation performance in a passive manner. However …