Beneficial stiffness design of a high-static-low-dynamic-stiffness vibration isolator based on static and dynamic analysis

Abstract A high-static-low-dynamic-stiffness (HSLDS) isolator has good application prospects in low-frequency vibration and micro-vibration isolation. The nonlinear stiffness of the vibration isolation system strongly influences its dynamic responses and vibration isolation performance. In this paper, for a HSLDS isolator model, a stiffness range parameter d and a static equilibrium position stiffness Ksep are introduced to indicate the different stiffnesses of the nonlinear isolator. The averaging method is employed to solve the nonlinear dynamic equation of the proposed system at steady state for each excitation frequency. The effects of the parameters d and Ksep on the dynamic responses and isolation effectiveness of the HSLDS isolator are clearly analysed. The results show that an increase in d and a reduction in Ksep improve the isolation performance of the system. Considering the application of the HSLDS isolator in micro-vibration environments, the beneficial stiffness design under various excitation amplitudes and damping conditions is discussed on the basis of the limited maximum response amplitude. Several useful guidelines for the stiffness design of the HSLDS isolator are developed, which help to improve the vibration isolation performance of the system. The results provide useful insight for the design, analysis and application of HSLDS vibration isolators.

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