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