Study of Targeted Energy Transfer Inside Three-Dimensional Acoustic Cavity by Two Nonlinear Membrane Absorbers and an Acoustic Mode

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian Wu ◽  
Jianwang Shao ◽  
Bruno Cochelin

As a new approach to passive sound control in low-frequency domain, the targeted energy transfer (TET) phenomenon has been investigated inside a three-dimensional (3D) acoustic cavity by considering a two degrees-of-freedom (DOF) system with an acoustic mode and a membrane nonlinear energy sink (NES). The beginning of TET phenomenon of the 2DOF system and the desired working zone for the membrane NES have been defined. In order to enhance the robustness and the effective TET range in acoustic cavities, a 3DOF system with two membranes and one acoustic mode is studied in this paper. We consider two different membranes and two almost identical membranes to analyze the TET phenomenon, respectively. The desired working zone which was obtained by the 2DOF system is applied to analyze the 3DOF system. We observe that two membranes can enlarge the desired working zone.

Author(s):  
Jianwang Shao ◽  
Xian Wu ◽  
Bruno Cochelin

The targeted energy transfer (TET) phenomenon has been observed in the field of acoustics, which provides a new approach to passive sound control in low frequency domain. The TET phenomenon has been investigated firstly inside one tube (1D acoustic system) with a membrane nonlinear energy sink (NES) or a loudspeaker nonlinear absorber, then inside an acoustic cavity (3D acoustic system) with a membrane NES. 3D acoustic cavities have been considered as more general geometry for the acoustic medium in view of applications in the acoustic field and the membrane NES is mounted directly on the wall of the acoustic cavity. The placement of a membrane NES on the wall involves a weak coupling between the membrane NES and a considered acoustic mode, which constitute the two degrees-of-freedom (DOF) system. The beginning of TET phenomenon of the two DOFs system has been analyzed and the desired working zone for the membrane NES has also been defined. The two thresholds of the zone have been determined by an analytical formula and semi-analytically, respectively. The parametric analysis of the membrane NES by using the two DOFs system has been investigated to design the membrane NES. In order to enhance the robustness and the effective TET range in acoustic cavities, a three DOFs system with two membranes and one acoustic mode is studied in this paper. We consider two different membranes and two almost identical membranes to analyze the TET phenomenon, respectively. The desired working zone for the membrane NES and the value of the plateau which are obtained by the two DOFs system are applied to analyze the three DOFs system. We observe that two membranes can enlarge the desired working zone of the NES.


Author(s):  
Jianwang Shao ◽  
Jinmeng Yang ◽  
Xian Wu ◽  
Tao Zeng

In recent years, the research of nonlinear energy sink on low-frequency noise control has become a hotspot. By adding a nonlinear energy sink into one primary system, it is possible to obtain the significant target energy transfer characteristics. The target energy transfer can be defined for which the vibration energy of the primary structure is irreversibly transferred to the nonlinear energy sink, quickly concentrated in the nonlinear energy sink and dissipated by the nonlinear energy sink damping. This method has significant advantages to control the broadband low-frequency noise inside the transportations (such as cars, trains, airplanes, etc.). Compared with traditional noise reduction methods such as adding the damping and acoustical materials, the nonlinear energy sink has a simple and lightweight structure. The paper reviews the nonlinear characteristics of the nonlinear energy sink, the main theoretical research methods and the applications of vibration and noise control, and discusses the application of the nonlinear energy sink for the control of low-frequency noise inside the three-dimensional acoustic cavities, which provides the reference and guidance for the low-frequency noise control inside the acoustic cavities of the mean of transportation.


Author(s):  
Sean A. Hubbard ◽  
D. Michael McFarland ◽  
Alexander F. Vakakis ◽  
Lawrence A. Bergman

We study computationally the passive, nonlinear targeted energy transfers induced by resonant interactions between a single-degree-of-freedom nonlinear energy sink and a uniform-plate model of a flexible, swept aircraft wing. We show that the nonlinear energy sink can be designed to quickly and efficiently absorb energy from one or more wing modes in a completely passive manner. Results indicate that it is feasible to use such a device to suppress or prevent aeroelastic instabilities like limit-cycle oscillations. The design of a compact nonlinear energy sink is introduced and the parameters of the device are examined. Simulations performed using a finite-element model of the wing coupled to discrete equations governing the energy sink indicate that targeted energy transfer is achievable, resulting, for example, in a rapid and significant reduction in the second bending mode response of the wing. Finally, the finite element model is used to simulate the effects of increased nonlinear energy sink stiffness, and to show the conditions under which the nonlinear energy sink will resonantly interact with higher-frequency wing modes.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianwang Shao ◽  
Tao Zeng ◽  
Xian Wu

As a new approach to passive noise control in low frequency domain, the targeted energy transfer (TET) technique has been applied to the 3D fields of acoustics. The nonlinear membrane absorber based on the TET can reduce the low frequency noise inside the 3D acoustic cavity. The TET phenomenon inside the 3D acoustic cavity has firstly investigated by a two degrees-of-freedom (DOF) system, which is comprised by an acoustic mode and a nonlinear membrane without the pre-stress. In order to control the low frequency broadband noise inside 3D acoustic cavity and consider the influence of the pre-stress for the TET, a general model of the system with several acoustic modes of 3D acoustic cavity and one nonlinear membrane is built and studied in this paper. By using the harmonic balance method and the numerical method, the nonlinear normal modes and the forced responses are analyzed. Meanwhile, the influence of the pre-stress of the nonlinear membrane for the TET is investigated. The desired working zones of the nonlinear membrane absorber for the broadband noise are investigated. It can be helpful to design the nonlinear membrane according the dimension of 3D acoustic cavity to control the low frequency broadband noise.


Author(s):  
Concetta Tripepi ◽  
Francesco Nucera ◽  
Lawrence A. Bergman ◽  
D. Michael McFarland ◽  
Alexander F. Vakakis

The aim of this work is to show that is possible to apply the Nonlinear Energy Sink (NES) concept to protect seismically excited eccentric steel structures through Targeted Energy Transfer (TET). We consider, as the primary (linear) system, a small-scale four-storey unsymmetrical-plan building, modeled as a twelve-degree-of-freedom-system, with floors sufficiently rigid so that the frame can reasonably be considered as shear-type and with additional eccentric mass for each floor. To the primary (linear) system, we connect two NESs, which are non-smooth and precisely the vibro-impact devices (VI-NESs), both placed on the top floor. In order to analyze the dynamics of the controlled model (structure with VI-NESs), we study the performance and the robustness of the augmented structure excited by a set of Eurocode8 (EC8) spectrum compliant earthquakes. Our purpose is to check the effectiveness of the VI-NESs to different earthquake excitations, that is, testing that an optimal VI-NES setting computed for a specific earthquake will still produce satisfactory results for the other earthquakes. We show that the nonlinear attachments are capable of engaging in transient resonance with linear modes at arbitrary frequencies by generating a one-way irreversible (on the average) transfer of the energy of vibration from the primary structure to local attachment. There the energy is confined and locally dissipated without “spreading” back to the main structure because of the instantaneous internal resonance. As energy decreases due to damping the conditions for Transient Resonance Capture (TRC) fail and escape from resonance capture takes place.


2011 ◽  
Vol 221 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 175-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude-Henri Lamarque ◽  
Oleg V. Gendelman ◽  
Alireza Ture Savadkoohi ◽  
Emilie Etcheverria

Author(s):  
Fadi Dohnal ◽  
Aleš Tondl

Introducing time-periodicity in system parameters may lead, in general, to a dangerous and well-known parametric resonance. In contrast to such a resonance, a properly tuned time-periodicity is capable of transferring energy between vibration modes. Time-periodicity in combination with system damping is capable of efficiently extracting vibrational energy from the system and of amplifying the existing damping affecting transient vibrations. Operating the system at such a specific time-periodicity, the system is tuned at a parametric anti-resonance. The basic principle of this concept has been studied theoretically and was proven experimentally. The physical interpretation of this concept was proposed in “Damping by Parametric Stiffness Excitation: Resonance and Anti-Resonance”, Journal of Vibration and Control, 2008, for a multiple degrees of freedom system. The present contribution highlights those findings on a multiple degrees of freedom system. It is illustrated that a parametric anti-resonance is connected to inducing an energy transfer between two of the many vibration modes of the underlying system with constant coefficients. The induced energy transfer can be utilized to transfer the vibration energy from low frequency to high frequency or vice versa or, in case of system damping, to a more efficient dissipation of vibrational energy. The achievable energy dissipation is most significant if an energy transfer is induced between a lightly damped mode and a strongly damped mode.


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