Research Article
Optimal Design for the Passive Control of Vibration Based on Limit Cycles
Table 1
Values of the design variables for the optimization of damping for an energy-harvesting beam (all measures are dimensionless).
| Type | Parameter | Initial design | Lower bound | Upper bound | Optimum |
| Design variables | Damping coefficient | 0.5005 | 0.001 | 1.0 | 0.001 | Damping coefficient | 0.5005 | 0.001 | 1.0 | 0.9210 | Damping coefficient | 0.5005 | 0.001 | 1.0 | 1.0 | Damping coefficient | 0.5005 | 0.001 | 1.0 | 0.9210 | Damping coefficient | 0.5005 | 0.001 | 1.0 | 0.001 | Position | 0.1005 | 0.001 | 0.2 | 0.001 | Position | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Position | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | Position | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | Position | 0.8995 | 0.8 | 0.999 | 0.999 |
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