Vibration Suppression of a Harmonically Forced Oscillator Using a Passive Nonlinear Vibration Absorber

In this paper, the performance of a nonlinear vibration absorber with different nonlinearity is studied. The analytical solutions of periodic motions are obtained using the general harmonic balance method. As the nonlinear strength is weak, the effectiveness of the absorber is discussed. For strong nonlinearities, unstable parodic motions can be obtained and stabilities of the periodic motions are determined through the eigenvalue analysis. The Hopf and saddle bifurcations are observed. Numerical simulations are illustrated for both masses at the resonance peaks. The harmonic amplitude spectrums show the harmonic effects on periodic motions, and the corresponding accuracy of approximate analytical solutions.