Bio-inspired vibration isolation: methodology and design

G Yan, HX Zou, S Wang… - Applied …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Various bio-inspired vibration isolators have been emerged in recent decades and applied
successfully in the protection of sensitive components, improvement of operating comfort …

Negative stiffness devices for vibration isolation applications: a review

H Li, Y Li, J Li - Advances in Structural Engineering, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, negative stiffness vibration isolation device with nonlinear characteristic has
become an emerging research area and attracted a significant amount of attentions in the …

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 …

Nonlinear compensation method for quasi-zero stiffness vibration isolation

G Yan, ZY Wu, XS Wei, S Wang, HX Zou… - Journal of Sound and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Various quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) vibration isolators have been emerged in recent years
and applied successfully in low-frequency vibration isolation. However, in most cases, the …

Flexural wave attenuation by metamaterial beam with compliant quasi-zero-stiffness resonators

C Cai, J Zhou, K Wang, H Pan, D Tan, D Xu… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel metamaterial beam with embedded quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) resonator is
proposed to realize wave attenuation in very low-frequency band gaps. The configuration of …

Bio-inspired toe-like structure for low-frequency vibration isolation

G Yan, HX Zou, S Wang, LC Zhao, ZY Wu… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Inspired by the cushioning effect of the felid paws in contact with the ground, a novel bio-
inspired toe-like structure (TLS) is developed and systematically studied for low-frequency …

A compact X-shaped mechanism based 3-DOF anti-vibration unit with enhanced tunable QZS property

Y Chai, X Jing, Y Guo - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
Quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) systems for passive vibration isolation have been extensively
studied for high static and low dynamic stiffness in practical applications. However, most …

Design of a quasi-zero stiffness isolation system for supporting different loads

K Ye, JC Ji, T Brown - Journal of sound and vibration, 2020 - Elsevier
The quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) vibration isolation system using negative stiffness structure
can generally increase the workable frequency range and improve the isolation …

[HTML][HTML] A nonlinear ultra-low-frequency vibration isolator with dual quasi-zero-stiffness mechanism

K Wang, J Zhou, Y Chang, H Ouyang, D Xu, Y Yang - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
A quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) vibration isolator is an ideal device for low-frequency vibration
isolation. However, its stiffness increases steeply against the displacement, which renders a …

Large stroke quasi-zero stiffness vibration isolator using three-link mechanism

G Yan, HX Zou, S Wang, LC Zhao, QH Gao… - Journal of Sound and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) is beneficial for low-frequency vibration isolation. However, most
isolators based on QZS have a small working stroke and a limited load capacity, which …