New insights into the damping characteristics of a typical quasi-zero-stiffness vibration isolator

A typical quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) vibration isolator composed of two lateral springs and a vertical spring has been widely studied in previous literature, in which the dynamic equation is usually formulated with linear viscous damping. However, in practical applications, the damping may be generated from many sources and thus deserves special study. In this paper, a dynamic model with consideration of three main damping generation mechanisms...