Optimum Design of a Nonlinear Vibration Absorber Coupled to a Resonant Oscillator: A Case Study

Table 2

Meaning of the parameters used in the optimization algorithm.

Symbol	Description
	Natural frequency of the primary system
	Natural frequency of the nonlinear absorber
	Tip mass of the cantilever beam
	Viscous damping coefficient of the secondary system
	Damping factor of the secondary system
	Length of the cantilever beam
	Stiffness of the cantilever beam
	Modulus of Young (aluminum)
	Area moment of inertia
	Lagrange operators
	Inequality constraints
	Optimal length of the nonlinear absorber