Vibration Reduction in Mechanical Systems

Vibration analysis and vibration reduction for mechanical systems are prominent problems in numerous research fields. Although the vibrations analysis is an intensively studied topic in recent decades, many problems still remain open. While the case without external excitation leads to the study of homogeneous systems, presence of an external forcing leads to the study of nonhomogeneous systems. Depending on the presence of an external excitation and applications, we will consider four different research themes. Within the first research theme, we will study theoretical results that are relevant for vibration reduction. We plan to develop theoretical results that characterize important properties of the quadratic eigenvalue problem (QEP) arising from vibration analysis of mechanical systems. Within the second research theme we develop new methods for frequency isolation and utilize methods which are based on algorithms for non-smooth optimization. For this case we will derive new algorithms that preserve the structure of the matrices and structural properties of the considered QEP. In the third research theme, we will consider vibration reduction based on criteria that use system norms (e.g. H2 and Hinf) for Multiple-Input Multiple-Output case. We will also study approaches for approximating the full-order model with a reduced-order model that retains the structure of parametric dependence. The new approaches will be well suited for computationally efficient parameter optimization and the study of important system properties. In the fourth research theme we will consider integrating research themes I-III and applications in real world examples. Moreover, we will apply obtained new approaches and algorithms in various academic examples, but also in real life examples that arise, e.g., in car industry (such as disc brake problem) and civil engineering (such as beams, civil buildings), etc. Therefore, the result from this project could have wide applications.