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This primary system is coupled to a lightweight, damped oscillating attachment (nonlinear energy sink, NES) via a thin wire, which generates an essential geometric cubic sti ness nonlinearity. Various electromechanical coupling elements are included within the oscillator coupling in various con gurations depending on the system being studied. Under single or repeated impulsive input, the damped dynamics of this system exhibit transient resonance captures (TRCs) causing large-amplitude, high-frequency instabilities in the response of the NES. These TRCs result in strong energy transfer from the directly excited primary system to the light-weight attachment. The energy is harvested by the electromechanical elements in the coupling and, in this present case, dissipated across a resistive element in the electrical circuit. 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