轮对非线性动力学模型稳定性和分岔特性研究

为了探究轮对系统的横向失稳问题,考虑了陀螺效应和一系悬挂阻尼的影响作用,建立非线性轮轨接触关系的轮对动力学模型,研究轮对系统的蛇行稳定性、Hopf分岔特性及迁移转化机理.通过稳定性判据获得了轮对系统失稳临界速度.采用中心流形定理和规范型方法对轮对动力学模型进行化简,得到与轮对系统分岔特性相同的一维复变量方程,理论推导求得轮对系统的第一Lyapunov系数的表达式,根据其符号即可判断轮对系统的Hopf分岔类型.讨论了不同参数对轮对系统Hopf分岔临界速度的影响,探究了轮对系统的超临界、亚临界Hopf分岔域在二维参数空间的分布规律.利用数值模拟得到轮对系统的3种典型Hopf分岔图,验证了轮对系统超临界、亚临界Hopf分岔域分布规律的正确性.结果表明,轮对系统的临界速度随着等效锥度的增大而减小,随着一系悬挂的纵向刚度和纵向阻尼的增大而增大,随着纵向蠕滑系数的增大呈先增大后减小.系统参数变化会引起轮对系统Hopf分岔类型发生改变,即亚临界与超临界Hopf分岔相互迁移转化.轮对系统Hopf分岔域在二维参数空间的分布规律对于轮对系统参数匹配和优化设计具有一定的指导意义.     

Hopf分岔的代数判据及其在车辆动力学中的应用

利用Hurwitz行列式,给出平衡点失稳而发生Hopf分岔的代数判定准则和计算方法,这一方法将Hopf分岔点的求解转化为一个非线性方程的求解问题,从而克服了以前方法在计算Hopf分岔点时,对于参数的每一次变化通过求特征根并判定特征根的实部是否为零的庞大工作量。应用这一方法,我们进行了非线性车辆系统蛇行运动稳定性的研究,得到了轮对系统发生蛇行运动的临界速度的解析表达式。     

轮对非线性动力学系统蛇行运动的解析解

在对铁路车辆系统的极限环幅值和非线性临界速度进行分析时通常采用数值方法, 不便于研究其随系统参数的变化规律. 轮对系统保留了影响车辆系统动力学性能的几个关键要素: 如轮轨几何非线性约束、轮轨接触蠕滑关系和悬挂系统等, 可以反映铁路车辆系统蛇行运动的本质特性. 轮对系统自由度少、参数少, 可以采用解析方法进行分析. 本文选取合适的特征量把轮对非线性动力学方程无量纲化, 得到了带有小参数的两自由度微分方程; 采用多尺度方法对该方程进行了解析求解; 给出了轮对系统极限环幅值的解析表达式并对其稳定性进行了判定; 给出了轮对系统的分岔速度解析表达式, 并进而获得系统的非线性临界速度的解析表达式. 在对得到的解析解用数值结果进行验证后, 用得到的解析解进行了系统参数影响分析. 传统的分岔图计算方法(如降速法、路径跟踪法等)需对微分方程进行大量数值积分计算方可求解系统的非线性临界速度值, 而通过本文获得的解析表达式可直接给出系统的非线性临界速度值和极限环幅值, 便于研究轮对系统动力学特性随参数的变化规律,进行快速方案比对和筛选, 为转向架结构优化设计提供参考.      

通过分岔控制改变神经元的兴奋性类型

提出一种通过分岔控制改变神经元兴奋性类型的方法.采用一个基于washout滤波器的动态反馈控制实现对一个二维的Hindmarsh-Rose类的模型神经元的分岔动力学控制.这一模型神经元从静息态到峰放电态跨越一个不变圆上鞍结分岔(saddle-node on invariant circle,SNIC),呈现出第一类兴奋性.在该SNIC分岔前所期望的参数值处产生一个Hopf分岔,然后通过选择适当的控制器参数调节Hopf分岔的临界性.这样,模型神经元就呈现为第二类兴奋性,因此神经元兴奋性就从第一类改变成第二类.在这个控制器中,线性控制增益决定着Hopf分岔的位置,而非线性增益决定着Hopf分岔的临界性.     

磁浮轴承-转子系统非线性动态特性分析

考虑非线性电磁力对刚性Jeffcott转子系统的影响，采用Hopf分岔理论及CPNF法对系统平衡点解和周期解进行研究，数值仿真得到系统Jacobi矩阵特征值、轴心轨迹图和Poincare映射图。转子运动呈现Hopf分岔、倍周期分岔及拟周期运动等复杂的非线性动力学特征，其结果可为磁浮轴承-转子系统设计和运行状态控制提供理论依据。     

四维超混沌系统Hopf分岔分析与反控制

对超混沌系统进行分岔反控制的研究已成为当前一个重要研究方向,常采用线性控制器实现反控制。首先,对一个四维超混沌系统的Hopf分岔特性进行了分析,利用高维分岔理论推导出分岔特性与参数之间的关系式,以此判断系统的分岔类型。然后,设计一个由线性与非线性组合成的混合控制器对系统进行分岔反控制,控制参数取值不同时,系统会呈现出不同的分岔特性。通过分析得出,调控线性控制器参数可以使系统Hopf分岔提前或延迟发生;同时,调控混合控制器的两个控制参数,可以改变系统Hopf分岔特性,实现分岔反控制。     

一类三维非线性系统的复杂簇发振荡行为及其机理

由多时间尺度耦合效应引起的簇发振荡行为是非线性动力学研究的重要课题之一.本文针对一类参数激励下的三维非线性电机系统(该系统可以描述两种自激同极发电机系统的动力学行为,两种系统在数学上等效),研究了当参数激励频率远小于系统自然频率时的各种复杂簇发振荡行为及其产生机理.通过快慢分析方法, 将参数激励作为慢变参数,得到了非自治系统对应的广义自治系统及快子系统和慢变量,并给出了快子系统的稳定性和分岔条件以及系统关于典型参数的单参数分岔图.借助转换相图与分岔图的叠加, 分析了对称式delayed subHopf/fold cycle簇发振荡的产生机理及其动力学转迁, 即delayed subHopf/fold cycle簇发振荡、焦点/焦点型对称式叉形分岔滞后簇发振荡和焦点/焦点型叉形分岔滞后簇发振荡.研究结果表明, 系统会出现两种不同的分岔滞后形式, 一种是亚临界Hopf分岔滞后,另一种是叉形分岔滞后,而且控制参数显著影响平衡点的稳定性和分岔滞后区间的宽度.同时初始点的选取则会影响系统动力学行为的对称性.本文的研究进一步加深了对由分岔滞后引起的簇发振荡的认识和理解.      

轮胎非线性对汽车悬架系统的影响

本文首次运用现代非线性动力学与分岔理论对采用轮胎非线性模型的汽车悬架运动特性进行了研究。并仿真比较了轮胎线性悬架模型和非线性模型对路面激励的响应。结果表明轮胎的非线性特性对汽车悬架的动力学特性有很大影响,在一定条件下产生了Hopf分岔,并求出了产生Hopf分岔的条件。     

高速客车横向稳定性及分岔研究

以一类比较典型的具有17个自由度的四轴铁道客车系统为研究对象.利用Vermeulen-Johnson蠕滑理论和一分段线性函数来分别计算轮轨滚动接触蠕滑力和轮缘力.应用数值方法并结合稳定性与分岔理论对该车辆系统运行于理想平直轨道上的横向稳定性与分岔问题进行研究,得到车辆系统的Hopf分岔点、鞍结分岔点及其稳定性转变过程,据此确定车辆系统的线性临界速度和非线性临界速度.同时也对该车辆系统在超高速情况下的摆振方式进行分析,结果表明系统首先经简单的单频率周期运动,逐渐演变成两个甚至多个频率互相耦合的拟周期运动,随着新的耦合频率不断出现,系统最终进入混沌运动状态.     

四自由度非线性系统的随机分岔混沌特性研究

以四自由度迟滞非线性随机振动模型为研究对象,以速度和位移立方的模型来模拟振动系统的迟滞非线性力,并以Monte Carlo法模拟随机位移激励,对迟滞非线性随机系统的动力学特性进行分析.通过系统的Poincare截面、分岔图及最大Lyapunov指数分析了系统迟滞非线性力各参数对系统混沌状态的影响.研究表明,非线性刚度系数对振动系统混沌状态的影响较小,线性阻尼项和线性刚度项次之,而非线性阻尼项的影响最为明显.不仅证明了非线性振动系统随机混沌振动现象的存在,更重要的是可以为非线性振动系统参数的合理取值提供理论依据.     

BIFURCATIONS OF AIRFOIL IN INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW

Bifurcations of an airfoil with nonlinear pitching stiffness in incompressible flow are investigated. The pitching spring is regarded as a spring with cubic stiffness. The motion equations of the airfoil are written as the four dimensional one order differential equations. Taking air speed and the linear part of pitching stiffness as the parameters, the analytic solutions of the critical boundaries of pitchfork bifurcations and Hopf bifurcations are obtained in 2 dimensional parameter plane. The stabilities of the equilibrium points and the limit cycles in different regions of 2 dimensional parameter plane are analyzed. By means of harmonic balance method, the approximate critical boundaries of 2-multiple semi-stable limit cycle bifurcations are obtained, and the bifurcation points of supercritical or subcritical Hopf bifurcation are found. Some numerical simulation results are given.     

Effect of Lateral Linear Stiffness on Nonlinear Characteristics of Hunting Motion of a Railway Wheelset

Railway wheelset experiences the problem of hunting above a critical speed, which is a kind of self-excited oscillation. At the critical speed, it is known that the system undergoes a subcritical Hopf bifurcation. Therefore, for clarifying the nonlinear characteristics of hunting it is very important to detect, for example, the nonlinear forces in the wheelset due to the creep forces acting between the wheels and rails, and the nonlinear component of the resorting forces by the suspensions. However, it is impossible to determine each force quantitatively. In the present paper, it is first shown, by using the center manifold theory and the method of normal form, that the nonlinear characteristics of the bifurcation in a wheelset model with two degrees of freedom are governed by a single parameter, hence each nonlinear force need not be detected when examining the nonlinear characteristics. Also, a method of determining the governing parameter from experimentally observed radiuses of the unstable limit cycle is proposed. Next, we experimentally investigate the variation of the parameter due to the presence of linear spring suspensions in the lateral direction and discuss the variation of the nonlinear characteristics of the hunting motion, which depends on the lateral stiffness. As a result, the improvement of the stability of the wheelset against the disturbance by the linear spring suspensions is clarified.     

Limit cycle oscillation suppression of 2-DOF airfoil using nonlinear energy sink

This paper presents a novel mechanical attachment, i.e., nonlinear energy sink （NES）, for suppressing the limit cycle oscillation （LCO） of an airfoil. The dynamic responses of a two-degree-of-freedom （2-DOF） airfoil coupled with an NES are studied with the harmonic balance method. Different structure parameters of the NES, i.e., mass ratio between the NES and airfoil, NES offset, NES damping, and nonlinear stiffness in the NES, are chosen for studying the effect of the LCO suppression on an aeroelastic system with a supercritical Hopf bifurcation or subcritical Hopf bifurcation, respectively. The results show that the structural parameters of the NES have different influence on the supercritical Hopf bifurcation system and the subcritical Hopf bifurcation system.     

Two-parameter bifurcation analysis of limit cycles of a simplified railway wheelset model

The effect of the nonlinear terms on bifurcation behaviors of limit cycles of a simplified railway wheelset model is investigated. At first, the stable equilibrium state loses its stability via a Hopf bifurcation. The bifurcation curve is divided into a supercritical branch and a subcritical one by a generalized Hopf point, which plays a key role in determining the occurrence of flange contact and derailment of high-speed railway vehicles, and the occurrence of this critical situation is an important decision-making criteria for design parameters. Secondly, bifurcations of limit cycles are discussed by comparing the bifurcation behavior of cycles for two different nonlinear parameters. Unlike local Hopf bifurcation analysis based on a single bifurcation parameter in most papers, global bifurcation analysis of limit cycles based on two bifurcation parameters is investigated, simultaneously. It is shown that changing nonlinear parameter terms can affect bifurcation types of cycles and division of parameter domains. In particular, near the branch points of cycles, two symmetrical limit cycles are created by a pitchfork bifurcation and then two symmetrical cycles both undergo a period-doubling bifurcation to form two stable period-two cycles. Around the resonant points, period orbits can make several turns, whose number of turns corresponds to the ratio of resonance. Thirdly, near the Neimark–Sacker bifurcation of cycles, a stable torus is created by a supercritical Neimark–Sacker bifurcation, which shows that the orbit of the model exhibits modulated oscillations with two frequencies near the limit cycle. These results demonstrate that nonlinear parameter terms can produce very complex global bifurcation phenomena and make obvious effects on possible hunting motions even though a simple railway wheelset model is concerned.

     

Nonlinear chatter with large amplitude in a cylindrical plunge grinding process

The phenomenon that the stable smooth grinding process coexists with chatter vibrations with large amplitudes in a cylindrical plunge grinding process is investigated in this paper. In the analyzed dynamic model, the workpiece and the grinding wheel involved in the grinding process are regarded as a slender hinged-hinged Euler?CBernoulli beam and a damped spring mass system, respectively, and the contact force between the two is treated as the main factor that affects the dynamic behaviors of the process. Called regenerative force, the contact force represents the interaction with regenerative effects between the workpiece and the wheel. To clarify the relation between the force and the dynamical behaviors in the grinding process, all the effects of the system parameters related to the interaction, such as the grinding stiffness, the rotation speeds of the workpiece and the wheel, on the dynamic motions of the process are studied. To this end, the eigenvalues analysis is firstly carried out to find the chatter-free-region, in which the smooth grinding process is stable and the chatter vibration may be absent. And then the nonlinear chatter vibrations when the values of concerned parameter leave the chatter-free region are predicted numerically. It is interesting that both the supercritical and subcritical Hopf bifurcations are found on the same boundary of the chatter-free region. As we know, there must be a zone in the chatter-free region where the stable smooth grinding process coexists with the chatter vibration when the subcritical one arises and the switching point between the supercritical and the subcritical ones is a Bautin bifurcation point mathematically. Thus, the Bautin bifurcation analysis is performed to scan the subregion in which the smooth grinding process is not unconditional stable anymore.     

Supercritical as well as subcritical Hopf bifurcation in nonlinear flutter systems

The Hopf bifurcations of an airfoil flutter system with a cubic nonlinearity are investigated, with the flow speed as the bifurcation parameter. The center manifold theory and complex normal form method are Used to obtain the bifurcation equation. Interestingly, for a certain linear pitching stiffness the Hopf bifurcation is both supercritical and subcritical. It is found, mathematically, this is caused by the fact that one coefficient in the bifurcation equation does not contain the first power of the bifurcation parameter. The solutions of the bifurcation equation are validated by the equivalent linearization method and incremental harmonic balance method.     

Control of cross-flow-induced vibrations of square cylinders using linear and nonlinear delayed feedbacks

We investigate the effectiveness of linear and nonlinear time-delay feedback controls to suppress high amplitude oscillations of an elastically mounted square cylinder undergoing galloping oscillations. A representative model that couples the transverse displacement and the aerodynamic force is used. The quasi-steady approximation is used to model the galloping force. A linear analysis is performed to investigate the effect of linear time-delay controls on the onset speed of galloping and natural frequencies. It is demonstrated that a linear time-delay control can be used to delay the onset speed of galloping. The normal form of the Hopf bifurcation is then derived to characterize the type of the instability (supercritical or subcritical) and to determine the effects of the linear and nonlinear time-delay parameters on their outputs near the bifurcation. The results show that the nonlinear time-delay control can be efficiently implemented to significantly reduce the galloping amplitude and suppress any dangerous behavior by converting any subcritical Hopf bifurcation into a supercritical one.     

Bifurcation of a modified railway wheelset model with nonlinear equivalent conicity and wheel–rail force

This paper presents the bifurcation behaviors of a modified railway wheelset model to explore its instability mechanisms of hunting motion. Equivalent conicity data measured from China high-speed railway vehicle are used to modify the wheelset model. Firstly, the relationships between longitudinal stiffness, lateral stiffness, equivalent conicity and critical speed are taken into account by calculating the real parts of the eigenvalues of the Jacobian matrix and Hurwitz criterion for the corresponding linear model. Secondly, measured equivalent conicity data are fitted by a nonlinear function of the lateral displacement rather than are considered as a constant as usual. Nonlinear wheel–rail force function is used to describe the wheel–rail contact force. Based on these modifications, a modified railway wheelset model with nonlinear equivalent conicity and wheel–rail force is set up, and then, some instability mechanisms of China high-speed train vehicle are investigated based on Hopf bifurcation, fold (limit point) bifurcation of cycles, cusp bifurcation of cycles, Neimark–Sacker bifurcation of cycles and 1:1 resonance. In particular, fold bifurcation of cycles can produce a vast effect on the hunting motion of the modified wheelset model. One of the main reasons leading to hunting motion is due to the fold bifurcation structure of cycles, in which stable limit cycles and unstable limit cycles may coincide, and multiple nested limit cycles appear on a side of fold bifurcation curve of cycles. Unstable hunting motion mainly depends on the coexistence of equilibria and limit cycles and their positions; if the most outward limit cycle is stable, then the motion of high-speed vehicle should be safe in a reasonable range. Otherwise, if the initial values are chosen near the most outward unstable limit cycle or the system is perturbed by noises, the high-speed vehicle will take place unstable hunting motion and even lead to serious train derailment events. Therefore, in order to control hunting motions, it may be the easiest way in theory to guarantee the coexistence of the inner stable equilibrium and the most outward stable limit cycle in a wheelset system.

     

Stability and Hamiltonian Hopf bifurcation for a nonlinear symmetric bladed rotor

The modal interaction which leads to Hamiltonian Hopf bifurcation is studied for a nonlinear rotating bladed-disk system. The model, which is discussed in the paper, is a Jeffcott rotor carrying a number of planar blades which bend in the plane of the motion. The rigid rotating disk is supported on nonlinear bearings. It is supposed that this dynamical system is a Hamiltonian system which is perturbed by small dissipative and nonlinear forces. Krein’s theorem is employed for obtaining a stability criterion. The nonlinear eigenvalue equations on the stability boundary are turned into ordinary differential equations (ODEs) by differentiating them over the rotating speed. By solving these ODEs, the eigenmodes and the eigenvalues on the stability boundary are obtained. The bifurcation analysis is performed by applying multiple scales method around the boundary. The rotor nonlinear behavior and damping effects are studied for different conditions on the rotating speed and nonlinearity type by the bifurcation equation. It is shown that the damping distribution between the blades and bearings may shift the unstable mode. Depending on the nonlinearity type, subcritical and supercritical Hopf bifurcation are possible.