Optimization of non-linear mass damper parameters for transient response

Jakob Søndergaard Jensen (Invited author), Boyan Stefanov Lazarov (Invited author)

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Abstract

We optimize the parameters of multiple non-linear mass dampers based on numerical simulation of transient wave propagation through a linear mass-spring carrier structure. Topology optimization is used to obtain optimized distributions of damper mass ratio, natural frequency, damping ratio and nonlinear stiffness coefficient. Large improvements in performance is obtained with optimized parameters and it is shown that nonlinearmass dampers can bemore effective for wave attenuation than linear mass dampers.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Sixth EUROMECH Nonlinear Dynamics Conference
EditorsBR Andrievsky, AL Fradkov
Publication date2008
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Event6th EUROMECH Nonlinear Dynamics Conference - St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Duration: 30 Jun 20084 Jul 2008
Conference number: 6
http://conf.physcon.ru/enoc08/

Conference

Conference6th EUROMECH Nonlinear Dynamics Conference
Number6
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CitySt. Petersburg
Period30/06/200804/07/2008
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