Abstract: A passive vibration control system for the quenching of undesirable self-excited vibrations in mechanical systems is presented. The system is a Lanchester damper, attached to the main self-excited ...

Abstract: The phenomenon of period-doubling bifurcations in the Duffing’s oscillator with negative linear stiffness is investigated with the aid of approximate analytical methods and computer simulation. ...

Abstract: The method of multiple scales is used to investigate the effect of a nonlinear spring in the main system on the performance of Lanchester-type absorbers. A second-order uniform expansion is ...