Stability in a case of motion of a paraboloid over a plane

We solve a nonlinear orbital stability problem for a periodic motion of a homogeneous paraboloid of revolution over an immovable horizontal plane in a homogeneous gravity field. The plane is assumed to be absolutely smooth, and the body–plane collisions are assumed to be absolutely elastic. In the unperturbed motion, the symmetry axis of the body is vertical, and the body itself is in translational motion with periodic collisions with the plane.The Poincare´ section surfacemethod is used to reduce the problemto studying the stability of a fixed point of an area-preserving mapping of the plane into itself. The stability and instability conditions are obtained for all admissible values of the problem parameters.     

Stability of a periodic motion of a rod suspended by an ideal thread

We consider the plane motion of a rod suspended by an ideal thread in a homogeneous field of gravity. We study the nonlinear orbital stability problem for the translational periodic motion of the rod along the vertical. Depending on two dimensionless parameters of the problem, we make conclusions on orbital instability, stability for a majority of initial conditions, or formal stability.     

On the exponential stability of the permanent rotational motion of a gyrostat

This paper is devoted to the study of the problem of exponential asymptotic stability of the rotational motion of a gyrostat using servo-control moments which are applied to the internal rotors. The servo-control moments which impose the rotational motion are obtained. The stabilizing servo-control moments are obtained from the conditions to ensure exponential asymptotic stability of the desired motion. Estimations of the phase coordinations as exponential functions are presented. The method based on a choice of the structural form of the servo-control moments such that the equations of motion reduce to a system of differential equations with exponential asymptotic stability of an special solution.     

末端带有刚体的旋转梁运动稳定性分析

在对含有柔性元件的复杂航天器进行稳定性等动力学行为的分析中, 通常采用的离散化方法, 可能会导致"动力刚化"等现 象.将梁作为带分布参数的子系统(无限自由度)分析, 基于Rumyancev定理, 通过计算系统相对势能泛函的一阶变分得到了系统的定常运动, 把系统定常运动稳定性的分析归结为系统变势能泛函存在孤立极小值的问题.在分析中不需要建立系统的运动微分方程, 简化了建模过程, 由系统相对势能泛函的二阶变分的正定性得到了使系统定常运动稳定的充分条件, 同时这个条件是使用基于李雅普诺夫直接法思想分析运动稳定性问题得到的最为广泛的充分条件.     

DISCUSSION ON TWO PROBLEMS OF THEORETICAL MECHANICS IN COLLEGE MECHANICS COMPETITION1)

针对两道力学竞赛试题,从欧拉动力学方程出发分别给出了更加简化的固连系选取方法,分别命名为"Serret-Andoyer近似固连系"和"虚固连系",在此基础上对第1届全国青年力学竞赛理论力学试题第9题,拓展讨论了大球同步旋转时,小球的稳 定性条件,结果表明后者的稳定临界转速要求更低,这将更有利于提高旋转结构的稳定性;对第12届全国周培源大学生力学 竞赛第3题,剖析了任一纬度的运动规律,发现当体系初始角动量为零时会出现一种简洁又优美的运动模式。     

Dynamics of a balanced rotor under the action of an elastic force with a hysteresis characteristic

Recently, the constructions of rotors rotating on passive-type magnetic bearings designed with the use of high-temperature superconductors have been developed [1, 2]. One still open problem in the stability analysis of rotors on such bearings is the problem on the influence of the bearing rigidity characteristic on the system dynamics. The stability of a steady-state motion of a rotor with arbitrary eccentricity is studied in [3]. The present paper deals with the dynamics of a steady-state motion of a balanced rotor rotated by an infinite-power motor; in this case, the elastic force acting on the rotor has a hysteresis characteristic [4]. The equations of motion are described by a nonautonomous system of differential equations which is reduced with prescribed accuracy to an autonomous system, and the latter is then analyzed [5].     

Stability problem for pendulum-type motions of a rigid body in the Goryachev-Chaplygin case

We consider the motion of a rigid body with a single fixed point in a homogeneous gravity field. The body mass geometry and the initial conditions for its motion correspond to the case of Goryachev—Chaplygin integrability. We study the orbital stability problem for periodic motions corresponding to vibrations and rotations of the rigid body rotating about the equatorial axis of the inertia ellipsoid.In [1], it was proved that these periodic motions are orbitally unstable in the linear approximation. It was also shown that, to solve the stability problem in the nonlinear setting, it does not suffice to analyze terms up to the fourth order in the expansion of the Hamiltonian function in the canonical variables.The present paper shows that in this problem one deals with a special case where standard methods for stability analysis based on the coefficients in the normal form of the Hamiltonian of the perturbed equations of motion do not apply. We use Chetaev’s theorem to prove the orbital instability of these periodic motions in the rigorous nonlinear statement of the problem. The proof uses the additional first integral of the Goryachev—Chaplygin problem in an essential way.     

Instability of a spherical gas bubble in a variable-pressure field

Only a few studies, of which we mention [1–5], have been addressed to the problem of the stability of the accelerated motion of a spherical interface of two fluids. In the present paper we consider the problem of the stability of radial motion of the spherical boundary of a gas bubble in an incompressible inviscid liquid under the action of variable external pressure. Surface tension is not taken into account. We study the possibility of the existence of stable motions for broad classes of time dependence of the external pressure, namely for monotonic and periodic dependences. It is shown that stability is possible only for infinitely large bubble radii or for very specific assumptions concerning the initial conditions and the pressure-time dependence law.     

On the stability of the rotational motion of a rigid body having a liquid filled cavity under finite initial disturbance

In this paper the problem of the stability of rotational motion of a rigid body which has a liquid filled cavity and a fixed point is investigated without any approximation. Criteria of stability and instability under finite disturbance are obtained. The region of stability is found out explicitly.     

Plane-parallel flow around a gas cavity

The stationary motion of a gas cavity in an ideal incompressible fluid is studied taking account of surface tension by using a variational equation. Approximate analytical dependences of the dimensionless parameters on the degree of cavity deformation are obtained. It is shown that the variational equation admits of an exact analytical solution. The stability of motion corresponding to the exact solution is proved relative to arbitrary perturbations in the cavity shape. A solution is given for the problem of stationary motion of an elliptical cavity in a gravity viscous fluid and the stability problem is investigated. Dependences are found for the velocity of cavity rise, the Reynolds number, and the Froude number as a function of the cavity size.     

Dynamic Bifurcation of Multibody Systems

In this paper, the process of loss of stability of multibody systems and structures is analyzed. A novel approach is presented and applied to the statically loaded spatial systems for the analysis of a dynamic response of systems imposed on impact, high velocity compulsive motion, or percussive forces. The analysis is based on the solution of the dynamic equations and eigenvalue problem of systems, and of the resultant motion simulation. The flexible systems are discretized using the finite element method. The dynamic equations are derived with respect to the relative coordinates of the finite elements. Large flexible deflections due to a loss of stability are simulated. The initial forms of the possible deformations are defined by the computed eigenvectors solving the eigenvalue problem for the system stiffness matrix. The critical forces and system deflections are then analyzed. Examples of bifurcation of beam and beam structure imposed on compulsive motion, percussive forces, and impact are presented.     

Secondary thermocapillary motions of soliton type

An exact analytic solution is obtained for the problem of the stability of the axisymmetric thermocapillary motion due to a point heat source of constant power located on the horizontal free surface of a viscous fluid. Analytic expressions are found for monotonic neutral disturbances of hydrodynamic and thermal type. The critical values of the dimensionless source power for disturbances with arbitrary quantum numbersl andm are determined, together with the secondary motions near the stability threshold. An exact solution of the problem of the axisymmetric thermocapillary motion due to a spherical heat source is presented and its stability is investigated. It is shown that it is always possible to select physical heater properties such that for arbitrarily small source power, the axisymmetric motion is unstable relative to the vortex motion. A comparison is made with experiment.Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No.4, pp. 20–27, July–August, 1992.     

On the instability of a car in the vertical plane under rectilinear motion with friction forces taken into account

We consider the problem on the stability and instability of the equilibrium in the vertical plane for a wheeled vehicle performing a uniform rectilinear motion in the presence of rolling friction forces. We assume that the dependence of the rolling friction coefficients on the motion velocity is known and derive necessary and sufficient conditions on the system parameters under which such equilibria are stable.     

Thermoelastic stability of first strain gradient solids

The problem of thermoelastic stability of a first strain gradient solid under noncons rvative loadings is studied. The Liapunov-Movchan method of elastic stability analysis is reviewed. An energy Liapunov functional is constructed and the sufficiency criteria for the stability of a loaded equilibrium configuration are derived. The effects of motion dependent surface tractions and couples are discussed. The special case of isothermal elastic stability of solids with couple stress is also considered.     

Poynting oscillations of a rigid disk supported by a neo-Hookean shaft

Simultaneous axial and torsional oscillations of a rigid disk attached to an elastomeric shaft are investigated. Five cases are solved exactly. The uncoupled, small amplitude axial and torsional oscillations of the disk are investigated for neo-Hookean and Mooney-Rivlin shafts with static stretch. The finite torsional vibration of the load superimposed on a static stretch of the shaft is studied for the Mooney-Rivlin model. Solutions for both small and finite amplitude, uniaxial vibrations of the body superimposed on a pretwisted neo-Hookean shaft with static stretch are derived. Simple bounds on the period for the finite motion are provided; and various universal frequency relations for neo-Hookean and Mooney-Rivlin materials are identified.Finally, the main problem of finite, uniaxial vibrations accompanied by a small twisting motion is studied for the neo-Hookean model. The exact periodic solution for the axial response is obtained; and the coupled, small torsional motion is then determined by Hill's equation. A stability criterion for the Mathieu-Hill equation is used to obtain stability maps in a physical parameter space. Geometrical conditions sufficient for universal stability of the motion are read from this graph. Instability of the torsional oscillation, the beating phenomenon and exchange of energies, and the relation of the stability diagram to amplitude bounds on the uncoupled, linearized motion sufficient to assure universal stability predicted for small amplitude vibrations, are discussed and described graphically with the aid of a numerical model. It is shown that an unstable configuration may be stabilized by increasing the diameter of the disk.     

Stability of a planar resonance satellite motion under spatial perturbations

The satellite motion relative to the center of mass in a central Newtonian gravitational field on an elliptic orbit is considered. The satellite is a rigid body whose linear dimensions are small compared with the orbit dimensions. We study a special case of planar motion in which the satellite rotates in the orbit plane and performs three revolutions in absolute space per two revolutions of the center of mass in the orbit. Perturbations are assumed to be arbitrary (they can be planar as well as spatial). In the parameter space of the problem, we obtain Lyapunov instability domains and domains of stability in the first approximation. In the latter, we construct third- and fourth-order resonance curves and perform nonlinear stability analysis of the motion on these curves. Stability was studied analytically for small eccentricity values and numerically for arbitrary eccentricity values.     

Instability of a Longitudinal Movement along the Cylindrical Surface for a Thermoelastic Web Simulated by Stretched and Heated String

On the basis of classical methods for mathematical physics and mechanics, the stability problem of a thermoelastic web moving at a constant speed without friction along a cylindrical surface is investigated. The web is modeled by a stretched and heated string. At a sufficiently high speed and heating of a string, a loss ofmotion stability and the stringmovement in a direction normal to the cylindrical surface occur. To study the instability, a static method based on the consideration of stationary nontrivial modes of stability loss, that is, on the study of the problem for bifurcation of solutions (eigenvalue problem) for the corresponding differential equations is used. The case of the web motion along the circular cylinder is separately considered and an expression for the critical velocity leading to the instability is found.     

Stability of convective motion in a vertical layer in the presence of longitudinal vibrations

The influence of vibrations of a cavity containing a fluid on the convective stability of the equilibrium has been investigated on a number of occasions [1]. The stability of convective flows in a modulated gravity field has not hitherto been studied systematically. There is only the paper of Baxi, Arpaci, and Vest [2], which contains fragmentary data corresponding to various values of the determining parameters of the problem. The present paper investigates the linear stability of convective flow in a vertical plane layer with walls at different temperatures in the presence of longitudinal harmonic vibrations of the cavity containing the fluid. It is assumed that the frequency of the vibrations is fairly high; the motion is described by the equations of the averaged convective motion. The stability boundaries of the flow with respect to monotonic perturbations in the region of Prandtl numbers 0 ? P ? 10 are determined. It is found that high-frequency vibrations have a destabilizing influence on the convective motion. At sufficiently large values of the vibration parameter, the flow becomes unstable at arbitrarily small values of the Grashof number, this being due to the mechanism of vibrational convection, which leads to instability even under conditions of weightlessness, when the main flow is absent [3, 4].     

Three-Dimensional Simulations for Convection in a Porous Medium with Internal Heat Source and Variable Gravity Effects

The problem of convection in a fluid-saturated porous layer which is heated internally and where the gravitational field varies with distance through the layer is studied. The accuracy of both the linear instability and global nonlinear energy stability thresholds is tested using a three-dimensional simulation. Our results support the assertion that the linear theory is very accurate in predicting the onset of convective motion, and thus, regions of stability.     

大变形轴向运动梁的精确动力学模型

轴向运动梁的横向振动是具有实际工程背景的动力学问题.该文应用Cosserat弹性杆模型讨论圆截面轴向运动梁的动力学建模及其运动稳定性.以沿梁中心线的弧坐标代替方向固定的坐标轴,根据梁截面的姿态随弧坐标和时间的变化确定梁的变形过程.从欧拉的速度场概念出发,考虑梁截面转动的惯性效应和剪切变形,建立大变形轴向运动梁的动力学方程.其小变形特例为轴向运动的三维Timoshenko梁.基于该模型分析了轴向运动梁准稳态运动的静态和动态稳定性,导出可导致失稳的临界轴向速度.证明空间域内的欧拉稳定性条件是时间域内的Lyapunov稳定性的必要条件.