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Adaptive sliding mode attitude control of 2-degrees-of-freedom helicopter system with actuator saturation and disturbances (2023)
Journal Article
Li, R., Lei, C., Shi, B., Zhu, Q., & Yue, X. (in press). Adaptive sliding mode attitude control of 2-degrees-of-freedom helicopter system with actuator saturation and disturbances. Journal of Vibration and Control, https://doi.org/10.1177/10775463231212530

The modelling uncertainties, external disturbance and actuator saturation issues will degrade the performance and even the safety of flight. To improve control performance, this study proposes an adaptive U-model based double sliding control (UDSMC)... Read More about Adaptive sliding mode attitude control of 2-degrees-of-freedom helicopter system with actuator saturation and disturbances.

Performance enhancement of vehicle suspension system with geometrically nonlinear inerters (2023)
Journal Article
Shi, B., Dai, W., & Yang, J. (2024). Performance enhancement of vehicle suspension system with geometrically nonlinear inerters. Archive of Applied Mechanics, 94, 39–55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-023-02502-4

This research investigates the nonlinear dynamics and performance enhancement of a suspension system using a diamond-shaped linkage with inerter (D-inerter). The proposed suspension system consists of two inerters embedded in a four-bar linkage mecha... Read More about Performance enhancement of vehicle suspension system with geometrically nonlinear inerters.

Model-free robust decentralised control of multi-input-multi-output nonlinear interconnected dynamic systems (2023)
Journal Article
Zhu, Q., Li, R., Zhang, J., & Shi, B. (in press). Model-free robust decentralised control of multi-input-multi-output nonlinear interconnected dynamic systems. Journal of Vibration and Control, https://doi.org/10.1177/10775463231206601

This study presents a generalised framework for model-free robust decentralised control (MFRDC) of interconnected MIMO dynamic systems, with the goal of significantly reducing complexity in model-based design. A model-free robust sliding mode control... Read More about Model-free robust decentralised control of multi-input-multi-output nonlinear interconnected dynamic systems.

Vibrational energy transfer in coupled mechanical systems with nonlinear joints (2023)
Journal Article
Shi, B., Yang, J., & Wiercigroch, M. (2023). Vibrational energy transfer in coupled mechanical systems with nonlinear joints. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 260, Article 108612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2023.108612

This study investigates vibrational transfer and energy flow in nonlinearly coupled systems, each subjected to a harmonic force with different excitation frequency. A nonlinear joint having either smooth or non-smooth stiffness characteristics at the... Read More about Vibrational energy transfer in coupled mechanical systems with nonlinear joints.

Performance analysis of frictional inerter-based vibration isolators (2023)
Journal Article
Chao, C., Shi, B., Dai, W., & Yang, J. (2023). Performance analysis of frictional inerter-based vibration isolators. Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies, 11, 2793–2817. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42417-023-01051-y

Purpose: This study aims to gain an in-depth understanding of the effect of the inherent dry friction of inerter devices on the performance of non-linear frictional inerter-based vibration isolation system (NFI-VIS). Methods: The power flow analysis... Read More about Performance analysis of frictional inerter-based vibration isolators.

Performance enhancement by exploiting geometrical nonlinearity of inerters in a two-stage vibration isolator (2023)
Journal Article
Dai, W., Shi, B., Li, T., Zhu, X., & Yang, J. (2023). Performance enhancement by exploiting geometrical nonlinearity of inerters in a two-stage vibration isolator. International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 15(6), Article 2350045. https://doi.org/10.1142/S175882512350045X

This research proposes a two-stage vibration isolation system (TS-VIS) exploiting geometrical nonlinearity by inerters for performance enhancement. Lateral inerters are added to upper and lower stages creating geometric nonlinearity. The transmissibi... Read More about Performance enhancement by exploiting geometrical nonlinearity of inerters in a two-stage vibration isolator.

Vibration isolation performance enhancement using hybrid nonlinear inerter and negative stiffness based on linkage mechanism (2023)
Journal Article
Dai, W., Shi, B., & Yang, ·. J. (2024). Vibration isolation performance enhancement using hybrid nonlinear inerter and negative stiffness based on linkage mechanism. Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies, 12, 837–855. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42417-023-00879-8

Purpose: To suppress the low-frequency vibration of dynamic systems such as underwater vehicles, this research proposes a novel geometrically nonlinear vibration isolator using hybrid nonlinear inertial andnegative stiffness element. Methods: A sprin... Read More about Vibration isolation performance enhancement using hybrid nonlinear inerter and negative stiffness based on linkage mechanism.