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To avoid the failure under the longitudinal, shear, and mixed wave from earthquake, an archetypal vibration isolator based on a smooth and discontinuous (SD) oscillator is proposed. This model comprises a lumped mass mounted by a vertical spring and a horizontal elastic continuum, which separately provides positive and the negative stiffness forming the stable quasi-zero stiffness (SQZS) in all vertical and horizontal directions. The equation of motion is formulated by employing the Lagrange equation, and the SQZS condition is obtained by optimizing the geometrical parameters of the system. The analysis shows that the system admits remarkable performance in vibration isolation with low resonant frequency and a large stroke of SQZS interval. The results also demonstrate the system has improved aseismic behaviour under the complex excitation of seismic wave significantly.

An Archetypal Vibration Isolator with Quasi-zero Stiffness in Multiple Directions