Effects of error in a subordinate oscillator array

Existing research has shown that the response of a single degree of freedom resonant system can be modified by the attachment of sets of substantially smaller resonators. Such arrays of attachments, known as subordinate oscillator arrays, can increase the apparent damping of the primary structure, and the property distributions can be selected such that the collective effects result in a response of the primary resonator that is similar to an electrical band-rejection filter. Other prior work with this system has indicated high sensitivity to disorder in the individual attachment properties such that even 0.1% variation is likely to cause undesirable effects in the overall system response. Such levels of variation well below 1% are easily attributable to typical manufacturing tolerances, environmental influences, and degradation factors. This work presents experimental results of a set of prototype subordinate oscillator arrays produced with high precision additive manufacturing techniques so as to prescr...