Use of internally resonant energy transfer from the symmetrical to anti-symmetrical modes of a curved beam isolator for enhancing the isolation performance and reducing the source mass translation vibration: Theory and experiment

This study aims to use the internally resonant energy transfer from the symmetrical to anti-symmetrical modes of a simply supported curved beam isolator to enhance the isolation performance and reduce the source mass vibration. The model is setup and based on the differential equation of the Euler-Bernoulli beam. The dynamic modal displacements and forces are then obtained from the model using a numerical integration method. The numerical and experimental results indicate that when the ratio of the resonant frequencies of the first bending symmetric and anti-symmetric modes is close to 2 and the excitation frequency is equal to the resonant frequency of the first symmetric mode, the contribution of the first anti-symmetric mode is significant, even though the curved beam and excitation are symmetrical. The net modal force induced by the first anti-symmetric mode acting on the ground is much smaller than that of the first symmetric mode because the two reaction forces at the beam ends induced by the first anti-symmetric mode are equal but opposite. Further, the source mass translational vibration is significantly reduced because it is placed on the node of the anti-symmetric mode. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.