Application of dynamic vibration absorbers in structural vibration control under multi-frequency harmonic excitations

In this research, the response properties of a single-degree-of-freedom system under dual harmonic excitation are analyzed to provide some principles for the choice of time span and step in the simulations. The performances of dynamic vibration absorber (DVA) and state-switched absorber (SSA) are compared. The results indicate that dual DVAs almost have the same performance as the SSA. Moreover, dual DVAs compared with the SSA have some advantages such as lower ratio of tuning frequencies, more rapid optimization process and lower requirement for the anti-fatigue property of the material. Furthermore, the performances of different frequency-tuning methods are investigated. It is shown that the one–one method almost has the same performance as the optimization method and it does not need time-consuming optimization process.