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Predaricka Deastra et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 78 (2026) 2038–2045

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lead to lower mechanical demands on the IViBa components, potentially improving durability and making the system more suitable for practical implementation.

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Fig. 2. Performance comparison of the IViBa with m IViBa = 0 . 5 m , optimized using two di ff erent approaches: (a) and (c) correspond to the method proposed in Cacciola et al. (2020), while (b) and (d) correspond to the method proposed in this study.

Table 1. Optimal parameters of the IViBa from Cacciola et al. (2020) used for the case in Fig. 2(a) and 2(c) for m IViBa = 0 . 5 m Optimal parameters b = 0 b = 0 . 25 b = 0 . 5

b = 0 . 75

k IViBa (N / m) c IViBa (Ns / m)

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360.61

667.38

1269.00

1.18

3.09

9.14

39.65

Table 2. Optimal parameters of the IViBa used for the case in Fig. 2(b) and 2(d) for m IViBa = 0 . 5 m Optimal parameters b = 0 b = 0 . 25

b = 0 . 5

b = 0 . 75

k IViBa (N / m) c IViBa (Ns / m)

201.13

361.60

605.94

884.75

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14.24

42.59