A device capable of customizing nonlinear forces for vibration energy harvesting, vibration isolation, and nonlinear energy sink

• Published in: Mechanical systems and signal processing Vol. 147; p. 107101
• Main Authors: Zou, Donglin, Liu, Gaoyu, Rao, Zhushi, Tan, Ting, Zhang, Wenming, Liao, Wei-Hsin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Elsevier Ltd 15.01.2021; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Customization; Customized nonlinear force; Energy; Energy harvesting; Magnets; Nonlinear energy sink; Nonlinear systems; Performance enhancement; Springs (elastic); Vibration; Vibration isolation; Nonlinear energy sink; Customized nonlinear force; Energy harvesting; Vibration isolation

•Continuous but not necessarily smooth nonlinear forces can be customized.•The device is simple and does not need a complicated auxiliary structure.•The device has no high requirements for the selection of spring parameters. Nonlinear forces obtained via springs, magnets, buckling beams, etc., have...