Analysis of Machining Stability for a Parallel Machine Tool

Abstract

Machine tool chatter is a self-excited vibration generated by chip thickness variation. It severely degrades the quality of the machined surface. The incidence of chatter is greatly affected by the dynamic characteristics of machine tool structure. This article extends chatter stability analysis to a machine tool equipped with a parallel mechanism. The vibration model of a parallel machine tool is derived, in which the legs of the parallel mechanism are considered as spring-damper systems. Then, the regenerative cutting dynamics is combined with the vibration model and stability analysis is performed. The chatter stability charts for various machining parameters are examined, with the example of the cubic parallel mechanism that is specially designed for machine tool use.     

Stochastically Perturbed Linear Gyroscopic Systems

ABSTRACT

Dynamic stability of linear conservative gyroscopic systems under stochastic parametric excitations of small intensity is examined. Conditions for mean square stability of dynamic response are obtained. Results are shown to depend only on those values of the excitation spectral density near twice the natural frequencies and the combination frequencies of the system. These results are applied to the problem of flow induced vibration in a supported pipe conveying fluid with pulsating velocity. The effects of mean flow velocity and virtual mass on the extent of parametric instability regions are then discussed.     

Postbuckling Analysis of Nonconservative Elastic Systems

Abstract

Previous work on the postbuckling and imperfection-sensitivity of elastic structures has concentrated on conservative systems. The results of Koiterand others have led to a general theory of nonlinear stability behavior for these systems. The theory must be modified when nonconservative forces are present, and this is the aim of the present paper.

Discrete, nonconservative, elastic systems which exhibit static (divergence) instability are considered. The nonlinear behavior in the neighborhood of a critical point is analyzed by means of a perturbation procedure. When the critical point is simple, the results are similar to those for conservative systems. When a coincident critical point exists, however, different types of behavior occur. In many cases there is no bifurcation at all, with only the fundamental (trivial) equilibrium path passing through the critical point. Imperfection-sensitivity is more severe than for the typical bifurcation points and can even occur when the perfect system has no bifurcation. The results are illustrated with the use of a nonlinear double pendulum model subjected to a partial follower load.     

Dynamic Tensile Response of a Microwave Damaged Granitic Rock

Background

Understanding the dynamic tensile response of microwave damaged rock is of great significance to promote the development of microwave-assisted hard rock breakage technology. However, most of the current research on this issue is limited to static loading conditions, which is inconsistent with the dynamic stress circumstances encountered in real rock-breaking operations.

Objective

The objective of this work is to investigate the effects of microwave irradiation on the dynamic tensile strength, full-field displacement distribution and average fracture energy of a granitic rock.

Methods

The split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) system combined with digital image correlation (DIC) technique is adopted to conduct the experiments. The overload phenomenon, which refers to the strength over-estimation phenomenon in the Brazilian test, is validated using the conventional strain gauge method. Based on the DIC analysis, a new approach for calculating the average fracture energy is proposed.

Results

Experimental results show that both the apparent and true tensile strengths increase with the loading rate while decreasing with the increase of the irradiation duration; and the true tensile strength after overload correction is lower than the apparent strength. Besides, the overload ratio and fracture energy also show the loading rate and irradiation duration dependency.

Conclusions

Our findings prove clearly that microwave irradiation significantly weakens the dynamic tensile properties of granitic rock.

     

Transverse Vibrations and Stability of Systems with Gyroscopic Forces∗

Abstract

Rotating shafts and pipes conveying fluid are examples of systems involving gyroscopic forces. The vibration and stability properties of such systems are often of practical interest to structural engineers. In this paper attention is focused on the characteristic curves of gyroscopic conservative systems in an appropriately chosen loading-frequency space. An upper bound to the fundamental frequency is obtained via the concept of a “corresponding nongyroscopic system.” The choice of the parameters and the resulting

characteristic curves shed light on the stabilizing effect of gyroscopic forces. Special emphasis is placed on flutter instability. Three well-defined types of systems are discussed and several examples are analyzed. It is shown that various sequences of stable, divergence, and flutter regions may be exhibited as the loading parameter is increased, and that flutter instability may take place in an otherwise stable region.     

Real-Time Multibody System Dynamic Simulation: Part II. A Parallel Algorithm and Numerical Results

ABSTRACT

This paper presents a computational algorithm that exploits inherent parallelism in the modified recursive formulation presented in Part I of the paper. Computational data flows to implement the algorithm are defined. By combining the topological analysis method presented in Part 1 of the paper, an efficient general purpose dynamic simulation algorithm is developed. Examples using the code developed show that real-time simulation can be achieved for moderately complex mechanical systems using a shared memory multiprocessor.     

Prediction of Gear Dynamics Using Fast Fourier Transform of Static Transmission Error*

ABSTRACT

An analytical computer simulation procedure for dynamic modeling of low-contact-ratio spur gear systems is presented. The procedure computes the gear static transmission error and uses a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) to generate its frequency spectrum at various tooth profile modifications. The dynamic loading response of an unmodified (perfect involut) gear pair is compared with that of gears with profile modifications. Correlations are found between several profile modifications and the resulting dynamic loads. An effective error, obtained from frequency domain anal     

Sensitivity Analysis of Multiple Eigenvalues*

ABSTRACT

This paper is devoted to sensitivity analysis of eigenvalues of nonsym-metric operators that depend on parameters. Special attention is given to the case of multiple eigenvalues. Due to the nondifferentiability (in the common sense) of multiple roots, directional derivatives of eigenvalues and eigenvectors in parametric space are obtained. Sensitivity analysis is based on the perturbation method of eigenvalues and eigenvectors. The generalized eigenvalue problem and vibrational systems are also investigated. Strong and weak interaction of eigenvalues are distinguished and interactions in two- and three-dimensional space are treated geometrically. It is shown that the strong interaction of eigenvalues is a typical catastrophe. Simple examples that illustrate the main ideas are presented. The results obtained are important for qualitative and quantitative study of mechanical systems subjected to static and dynamic instability phenomena.     

Periodically Perturbed Linear Gyroscopic Systems*

ABSTRACT

This paper presents an analytical method to examine the dynamical behavior of periodically perturbed linear conservative gyroscopic systems. Explicit stability conditions for perturbations of small intensity are obtained using the method of averaging. The existence of combination resonance in addition to subharmonic parametric resonance is established. For large periodic excitation, a numerical method based on the Floquet theory is used to extend the stability boundaries. These results are applied to the problem of flow-induced vibration in a supported cylindrical pipe conveying fluid with pulsating velocity. The effects of the mean flow velocity, dissipative forces, boundary conditions, and virtual mass on the extent of the parametric instability regions are then discussed.     

Drone-Based StereoDIC: System Development,Experimental Validation and Infrastructure Application

Background

Digital Image Correlation (DIC) is widely used for remote and non-destructive structural health evaluation of infrastructure. Current DIC applications are limited to relatively small areas of structures and require the use of stationary stereo vision camera systems that are not easy to transfer and deploy in remote areas.

Objective

The enclosed work describes the development and validation of an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS, commonly known as drone) with an onboard stereo-vision system capable of acquiring, storing and transmitting images for analysis to obtain full-field, three-dimensional displacement and strain measurements.

Methods

The UAS equipped with a StereoDIC system has been developed and tested in the lab. The drone system, named DroneDIC, autonomously hovers in front of a prestressed railroad tie under pressure and DIC data are collected. A stationary DIC system is used in parallel to collect data for the railroad tie. We compare the data to validate the readings from the DroneDIC system.

Results

We present the analysis of the results obtained by both systems. Our study shows that the results we obtain from the DroneDIC system are similar to the ones gathered from the stationary DIC system.

Conclusions

This work serves as a proof of concept for the successful integration of DIC and drone technologies into the DroneDIC system. DroneDIC combines the high accuracy inspection capabilities of traditional stationary DIC systems with the mobility offered by drone platforms. This is a major step towards autonomous DIC inspection in portions of a structure where access is difficult via conventional methods.

     

Well posed formulations of holonomic mechanical system dynamics and design sensitivity analysis

Abstract

Manifold theoretic ordinary differential equations of motion for holonomic mechanical systems that depend on problem data, or design variables, are shown to be well posed; i.e., they have a unique solution that depends continuously on problem data. It is proved that these differential equations are equivalent to the d’Alembert variational formulation and the index 3 Lagrange multiplier formulation of differential-algebraic equations of motion, which are also shown to be well posed. These results provide a foundation for dynamic system design sensitivity analysis, which requires differentiability of solutions of the equations of motion with respect to design variables.     

Die umkehrung der stabilitätssätze von Lagrange-Dirichlet und Routh

Summary The Lagrange-Dirichlet theorem states that the equilibrium position of a discrete, conservative mechanical system is stable if the potential energy U(q) assumes a minimum in this position. Although everything seems to indicate that the equilibrium is always unstable in case of a maximum of the potential energy, this has yet to be proven. In all existing instability theorems the function U(q) has to satisfy additional requirements which are very restrictive.In this paper instability is proved in the case of a maximum of U(q)C ², without further restrictions. The instability follows directly from the existence of certain types of motions which are not found as solutions of differential equations, but as the solutions of a variational problem. Existence theorems are given for the variational problem, based on a result found by Carathéodory.In similar way an inversion of Routh's theorem on the stability of steady motions in systems with cyclic coordinates is also given. The result obtained here is not as general as the inversion of the Lagrange-Dirichlet theorem because the equations of motion are of a more complex type.

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Vorgelegt von C. Truesdell

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Von der Fakultät für Mathematik der Universität Karlsruhe (TH) angenommene Habilitationsschrift.     

The Potential Scope of the Ultrasonic Surface Reflection Method Towards Mechanical Characterisation of Isotropic Materials. Part 2. Experimental Results

Background

This paper is Part 2 of a study on the scope of the ultrasonic Surface Reflection Method (SRM). Part 1 deals with the theoretical conditions for a satisfactory usage of this method.

Objective

This second part validates the practical feasibility and reliability of the SRM method by comparison with the conventional Transmission Method (TM) in cases where the latter is applicable.

Methods

Two experimental devices (one for SRM and one for TM) are developed and measurements of shear and bulk moduli are carried out at ultrasonic frequency (610 kHz) and at room temperature.

Results

The experimental conditions in terms of sample geometry, pulse characteristics and interfacial transmission required to obtain a given accuracy on the measurement are stated. The SRM is then validated against other experimental methods and is used to determine the shear modulus of a carbon black filled neoprene at ambient temperature (T?=?21 °C) and ultrasonic frequency.

Conclusions

The benefit brought by this method is well demonstrated: a unique measurement allows the determination of all the moduli of a highly damping isotropic material (carbon black filled neoprene) not achievable by other methods.

     

Efficiency of randomised dynamic mode decomposition for reduced order modelling

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is the identification of a reduced order model (ROM) from numerical code output by non-intrusive techniques (i.e. not requiring projecting of the governing equations onto the reduced basis modes). In this paper, we perform a comparison between two methods of model order reduction based on dynamic mode decomposition (DMD). The first method is a deterministic (classic) DMD technique endowed with a dynamic filtering criterion of selection of modes used in the ROM model. The second method is an adaptive randomised DMD algorithm (ARDMD) based on a randomised singular value decomposition. This produced an accelerating algorithm, which is endowed with a few additional advantages. In addition, the reduced order model is guaranteed to satisfy the boundary conditions of the full model, which is crucial for surrogate modelling. For numerical illustration, we use the shallow water equations model.     

Scanning-Digital Image Correlation for Moving and Temporally Deformed Surfaces in Scanning Imaging Mode

Background

Images from scanning electron microscopes, transmission electron microscopes and atomic force microscopes have been widely used in digital image correlation methods to obtain accurate full-field deformation profiles of tested objects and investigate the object’s deformation mechanism. However, because of the raster-scanning imaging mode used in microscopic observation equipment, the images obtained from these instruments can only be used for quasi-static displacement measurements; otherwise, spurious displacements and strains may be introduced into the deformation results if these scanning microscopic images are used directly in general digital image correlation calculations for moving and temporally deformed surfaces.

Objective

Realizing kinematic parameter and dynamic deformation measurements on a scanning electron microscope platform.

Methods

Establishing a scanning imaging model of moving and temporally deformed objects that contains motion and deformation equations, a scanning equation and an intensity invariance assumption for small deformations. Then proposing a scanning-digital image correlation (S-DIC) method based on combing the characteristics of the scanning imaging mode with digital image correlation.

Results

Quantitatively investigating the effects of the spurious displacements and strains introduced when using scanning images to represent moving and temporally deformed surfaces in the measurement results. Numerical simulations verify that the accuracy of the S-DIC method is 10^?2pix for the displacement, 10^?4 for the strain, 10^?4pix/s for the velocity and 10^?6s^?1 for the strain rate. Experiments also show that the proposed S-DIC method is effective. Conclusions: The results of this work demonstrate the utility of S-DIC on the field of microscopic dynamic measurement.

     

Lyapunov’s first and second instability theorems for Caputo fractional-order systems

As well as proving stability, Lyapunov functions can also be used to prove instability, for which there are two well-known theorems: Lyapunov’s first and second instability theorems, in the integer-order (ordinary differential equation) case. However, these instability theorems for Caputo fractional-order systems remain blank, due to the long lack of general results on continuation of solution and Caputo fractional derivative of Lyapunov functions along trajectories. In this paper, based on recent advances in these two aspects, the Lyapunov’s first and second instability theorems for Caputo fractional-order systems are presented with proofs and then illustrated by examples.

     

Postbifurcation Equilibrium Paths Modified by Nonlinear Configuration-Dependent Conservative Loading Using Nonsmooth Analysis*

ABSTRACT

This paper discusses the effect of deformation-sensitive loading devices because the nature of loading is generally not perfectly dead, being independent of the deflections that occur. This paper presents the effect of nonlinear variable load. Postbifurcation equilibrium paths and structural tangent stiffness are modified on the basis of a polygonal approximation and nonsmooth analysis. The effects of dead and variable loads are compared.

Configuration-dependent loading devices can be characterized by some load-deflection functions, much like the nature of material behavior can be characterized by stress-strain functions. The effect of a deformation-sensitive load is similar to that of the material. Consequently, in the stability analysis of structures, a configuration-dependent loading program can be handled like material behavior. Thus, in the tangent stiffness of the structure, much like the tangent modulus of the material, the tangent modulus of the load appears.

Previous research has shown that nonlinear material behavior can be handled using nonsmooth analysis—approximating nonlinear material functions by polygonals. In this paper, this method and its results are extended to the case of nonlinear loading programs. The present analysis is based on earlier work in which a complete stability analysis was introduced for dead-loaded structures that have polygonal constitutive law, namely nonsmooth material functions and non-smooth internal potential. The aim of this paper is to extend these results to cases involving nonlinear configuration-dependent conservative loading by introducing nonsmooth loading functions.