Design of distributed dynamic absorbers for vibration suppression of panel structures

Distributed dynamic absorbers have many advantages such as wide frequency bandwidth for vibration suppression,strong detuning adaptability,and high system stability,making them very suitable for the vibration and noise control of continuous structures.Therefore,they have broad application prospects in various fields such as transportation,aviation,and aerospace.However,there are still many challenges in the engineering applications of distributed dynamic absorbers for vibration suppression,including the engineering realization of the optimal damping of traditional optimal coherence dynamic absorbers,and the engineering applicability of the finite periodic array dynamic absorbers.Based on the damping material properties obtained by the dynamic mechanical analyzer tests,this paper establishes the finite element model of the cantilever-beam-type dynamic absorber with constrained damping layers,aiming to realize the accurate determination of the optimal damping.Experiments are conducted by attaching the traditional dynamic absorbers with the optimal damping to a thin-walled panel with four clamped edges.Results show that the vibration of the panel is well suppressed,with the reduction of the frequency response peak larger than 14 dB and the reduction ratio of RMS larger than 58%within 500 Hz.Afterwards,the periodically arrayed dynamic absorbers are designed according to the bandgap regulation method.The tuning behavior of the arrayed dynamic absorbers by changing designing parameters is investigated.The vibration reduction effect of arrayed dynamic absorbers is compared with that of the traditional dynamic absorbers under the same mass ratio through experiments.Results indicate that the arrayed dynamic absorbers are easier to design,and have a similar reduction effect on the modal vibration of the thin panel as the traditional dynamic absorbers within a narrow frequency range near the natural frequency,while they perform unsatisfactory in a broad band.Significantly,if the appropriate frequency and damping of the arrayed absorbers are chosen,a relatively wide bandgap can also be generated,which shows high engineering applicability.The research work in this paper provides beneficial reference for the design of distributed dynamic absorbers suitable for vibration suppression of thinwalled panel structures.