A clamping bushing which, due to the particular eccentric geometry and composite materials used to manufacture the same, comprising elastomers (14, 15) and metal sheets (10, 11), is suitable for the reduction of principally vertically acting vibrations and structure-borne sound which can arise in machines/gearboxes and, in particular, in wind turbines.

A hybrid steel-shape memory alloy energy dissipation system with high energy dissipation and self-centering capability. The dissipation system includes a damper that consists of a steel portion and a shape memory alloy portion, where the steel portion and the shape memory alloy portion are fixed to each other, such as via a bolt configuration. The steel portion of the damper may have an oval shape, and the shape memory alloy portion of the damper may have an S-shape form. In this manner, by implementing a damper that consists of both a steel portion and a shape memory alloy portion fixed to each other, loading velocity rate dependency, loss of viscosity, and residual displacements of the main structure are addressed by combining the advantages of a high damping force and stable hysteretic behavior of steel and the superelastic characteristics of the shape memory alloy (e.g., NiTi).