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 …

Design and testing of a parabolic cam-roller quasi-zero-stiffness vibration isolator

S Zuo, D Wang, Y Zhang, Q Luo - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Circular cam-roller (CCR) quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) vibration isolators have been
extensively studied. As the CCR isolator can only achieve low stiffness in a very small range …

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 …

Quasi-zero stiffness-based synchronous vibration isolation and energy harvesting: a comprehensive review

Z Chen, Z Chen, Y Wei - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the advantages of nonlinearity in vibration isolation and energy harvesting
have become increasingly apparent. The quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) of the nonlinear term …

Lightweight origami isolators with deployable mechanism and quasi-zero-stiffness property

H Han, V Sorokin, L Tang, D Cao - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Efficient vibration isolation is an important problem in engineering. Nonlinear isolators with
quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) property have been studied for many years due to their beneficial …

Increase of quasi-zero stiffness region using two pairs of oblique springs

F Zhao, JC Ji, K Ye, Q Luo - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2020 - Elsevier
Quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) nonlinear isolation systems have demonstrated better
performance than their linear counterparts. However, their optimal performance is achieved …

Compliant quasi-zero-stiffness isolator for low-frequency torsional vibration isolation

C Zhang, J He, G Zhou, K Wang, D Xu… - Mechanism and Machine …, 2023 - Elsevier
The structures of traditional torsional quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) vibration isolators are too
complicated to achieve the desired vibration isolation performance as theoretically …

Effect of damping nonlinearity on the dynamics and performance of a quasi-zero-stiffness vibration isolator

M Shahraeeni, V Sorokin, B Mace, S Ilanko - Journal of Sound and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) vibration isolators that take advantage of stiffness
nonlinearity are commonly studied with linear damping elements. This paper concerns the …

A nonlinear vibration isolator with quasi-zero-stiffness inspired by Miura-origami tube

H Han, V Sorokin, L Tang, D Cao - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
A nonlinear vibration isolator with quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) is designed inspired by the bi-
stable Miura-origami tube. The isolator comprises a negative stiffness element with four rods …

Performance evaluation of a nonlinear energy sink with quasi-zero stiffness property for vertical vibration control

P Chen, B Wang, D Zhou, X Wu, K Dai - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
The advantages of nonlinear energy sink (NES) have been proven to effectively reduce
vibrations in the horizontal direction. The application of NES devices to suppress vertical …