行进绳索在横向流体激励下的运动

给出横向流体对行进绳索的作用力描述,建立了绳索的动力学方程。由于该方程具有零刚度特征,引入Pilipchuk变换,以自平衡状态起度量的径向振动和回转运动来描述绳的运动,获得非零刚度系统。然后,用两变量参数摄动法求得绳索关于扩张振动和回转运动的约化型,使得绳索运动可近似由一个二维动力系统来描述。最后,用数值方法讨论了行进速度和重力对绳索运动形态的影响。     

TWO-DIMENSIONAL VORTEX-INDUCED VIBRATION OF CABLE SUSPENSIONS

Resonant responses of suspended elastic cables driven by a steady current are investigated. Phenomenological fluid force models for alternate vortex-shedding are coupled with the nonlinear partial differential equations of cable motion. Decoupled cross-flow and in-line vortex-induced vibrations (VIV) are examined first using linearized and nonlinear cable models. The linearized cable model predicts well the basic characteristics of VIV and the nonlinear cable model captures the hysteresis often observed in experiments. Next, coupled cross-flow and in-line vibrations are evaluated by considering two principal coupling mechanisms: (i) cable structural nonlinearities, and (ii) coupled fluid lift and drag. Attention is focused on a “worst-case” resonant response where the natural frequencies for cable modes in the cross-flow and in-line directions are in the same 1:2 ratio as the excitation frequencies associated with lift and drag. The inclusion of cable structural nonlinearities alone leads to coupled responses that differ qualitatively (i.e., in number and stability of periodic motions) when compared to those of the decoupled model. The inclusion of coupled fluid lift and drag produces non-planar “figure eight” motions of the cable cross-section that exhibit similar characteristics to those previously measured on spring supported cylinders.     

Hydrodynamic and Geometric Stiffening Effects on the Out-of-Plane Waves of Submerged Cables

This study focuses on the relative importance of two sources of nonlinearities affecting submerged cable response. The first of these is the added fluid damping offered by the surrounding medium while the second is the geometric stiffening offered by the cable through finite extensions of its centerline. The contribution of each nonlinear effect, taken separately and in tandem, is evaluated herein through the study of structural waves that form in the (out-of-plane) direction normal to the cable equilibrium plane.Numerical solutions are pursued herein using a finite difference algorithm which is brought to bear on two nonlinear cable/fluid models including: (1)~a nonlinear submerged cable model in which hydrodynamic drag is the sole nonlinear mechanism (referred to herein as the 'nonlinear drag model'); and (2)~a nonlinear submerged cable model in which hydrodynamic drag and geometric stiffening are both active nonlinear mechanisms (the 'nonlinear elastic-drag model'). Numerical solutions for propagating cable waves are developed for the case of a long suspension subjected to a concentrated harmonic excitation source. Conclusions are subsequently drawn regarding the spatial decay of the resulting out-of-plane waves and the dynamic cable tension induced by these waves. The effect of these two nonlinear mechanisms is further explored through the analysis of two additional, linear models: (3)~a simple linear taut string model without drag (the 'simple model'); and (4)~a linear taut string model with linear drag (the 'linear drag model'). The results of all models are critically compared and the range of validity of the linear/cable fluid models are assessed.     

On modelling and linear vibrations of arbitrarily sagged inclined cables in a quiescent viscous fluid

A theory of free linear vibrations of arbitrarily sagged inclined cables in a viscous fluid is presented in the framework of the heavy fluid loading concept. The static equilibrium shape of the cable is found by using the model of inextensible catenary and the validity ranges of this approximation are assessed. The dynamics of the viscous fluid is described by the linearised Navier–Stokes equations and their solution is pursued analytically by formulating the fluid field variables via potential functions. The vibration problem of a submerged cable is solved by Galerkin's method and the modal added mass and modal viscous damping coefficients are calculated. As a prerequisite for this analysis, the free vibrations of a cable in vacuum are addressed and a very good agreement with known results is observed. The physical interpretation of the dependence of modal added mass and modal damping coefficients on the ‘design variables’ for a fluid-loaded cable is given and the possible extensions of the suggested theory to capture weakly nonlinear effects are highlighted.     

Unwinding characteristics of thin cables for inner and outer dispensers

When thin cables of materials such as yarn and tether are unwound from a spool dispenser, various balloon shapes are generated depending on the initial tensile force at the guide-eyelet point. The shapes are dependent on the properties of the cable because the point of unwinding depends on the thickness of the cable. In this paper, the unwinding characteristics are analyzed for inner and outer dispensers by using three types of thin cable. The dimensionless steady-state equation of motion is first derived from Hamilton’s principle for an open system and the perturbation scheme. The second-order differential equation is then solved by means of shooting method because the boundary conditions at the lift-off point are not fully sufficient. Several parameters such as cable diameter and initial tensile force are checked to study their effects on the balloon shapes. For a given material, the larger is the diameter of the cable, the higher is the air-drag coefficient on the cable, and the effect of the centrifugal force is weaker than that of the fluid resistance. Moreover, the maximum radius of the balloon and the total length of the control volume are small when the cable is thick.     

绳索系统的建模、动力学和控制

绳索系统具有无限自由度,当计入非线性因素的作用时,其面内和面外的振动相互耦合,呈现非常丰富的非线性动力学行为.另外,绳索系统经常工作在风、流体、微重力、电磁力等作用下,进一步加剧了其动力学的复杂性.绳索系统的动力学现象引起了工程界和力学界的关注.本文对绳索在重要工程系统中的应用及相应的动力学现象进行概述,给出了柔索的动力学建模过程,对绳索系统的动力学和控制研究进行了总结,并指出了值得进一步关注的若干问题.      

Fluid Flow-Induced Nonlinear Vibration of Suspended Cables

The nonlinear interaction of the first two in-plane modes of a suspended cable with a moving fluid along the plane of the cable is studied. The governing equations of motion for two-mode interaction are derived on the basis of a general continuum model. The interaction causes the modal differential equations of the cable to be non-self-adjoint. As the flow speed increases above a certain critical value, the cable experiences oscillatory motion similar to the flutter of aeroelastic structures. A co-ordinate transformation in terms of the transverse and stretching motions of the cable is introduced to reduce the two nonlinearly coupled differential equations into a linear ordinary differential equation governing the stretching motion, and a strongly nonlinear differential equation for the transverse motion. For small values of the gravity-to-stiffness ratio the dynamics of the cable is examined using a two-time-scale approach. Numerical integration of the modal equations shows that the cable experiences stretching oscillations only when the flow speed exceeds a certain level. Above this level both stretching and transverse motions take place. The influences of system parameters such as gravity-to-stiffness ratio and density ratio on the response characteristics are also reported.     

A numerical and experimental hybrid approach for the investigation of aerodynamic forces on stay cables suffering from rain-wind induced vibration

The aerodynamic forces on a stay cable under a rain-wind induced vibration (RWIV) are difficult to measure directly in a wind tunnel test. This paper presents a hybrid approach that combines an experiment with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for the investigation on aerodynamic forces of a stay cable under a RWIV. The stay cable and flow field were considered as two substructures of the system. The oscillation of the stay cable was first measured by using a wind tunnel test of a RWIV under an artificial rainfall condition. The oscillation of the cable was treated as a previously known moving boundary condition and applied to the flow field. Only the flow field with the known moving cable boundary was then numerically simulated by using a CFD method (such as Fluent 6.3). The transient aerodynamic forces of the stay cable with a predetermined cable oscillation were obtained from numerical calculations. The characteristics of the aerodynamic forces in the time domain and frequency domain were then analysed for various cases. To verify the feasibility and accuracy of the proposed hybrid approach, the transient aerodynamic forces were applied to a single-degree-of-freedom model (SDOF) of the stay cable to calculate the RWIV of the cable. A comparison was performed between the oscillation responses of the stay cable obtained from the calculated (SDOF model) and experimental results, and the results indicate that the hybrid approach accurately simulates the transient aerodynamic forces of the stay cable. The equivalent damping ratios induced by the aerodynamic forces were obtained for various wind speeds. Furthermore, a nonlinear model of the aerodynamic force is proposed based on the calculation results, and the coefficients in the model were identified by a nonlinear least-squares technique.     

Numerical simulation and analysis of the effects of water-film morphological changes on the aerodynamic lift of stay cables

The cables in cable-stayed bridges can vibrate at large amplitudes during rain and windy conditions, a phenomenon known as rain-wind induced vibration (RWIV). Previous studies have demonstrated that the formation and oscillation of rivulets on stay cable surfaces play an important role in RWIV.This paper presents a new numerical method for simulating the evolution of rivulets on stay cable surfaces based on a combination of the gas–liquid two-phase theory and the volume of fluid method (VOF method), which allows for the straightforward determination of the cables’ aerodynamic lift when RWIV occurs. To verify the accuracy of this method and analyze the effects of wind velocity on the water film and the aerodynamic lift around the cable, three cases with different loadings were investigated using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software CFX. To verify the method’s accuracy, the aerodynamic lifts calculated from these cases were applied to the cable to obtain its vibrational response. In accordance with the experimental results, the numerical results demonstrated that an upper rivulet with a periodic oscillation was formed at a specific wind speed, causing the aerodynamic lift to change with a similar periodicity. The aerodynamic lift’s frequency was approximately the cable’s natural frequency, and induced large vibrations in the cable. No obvious upper rivulets were formed at sufficiently low wind speeds. The frequency of an aerodynamic lift that was significantly larger than the cable’s natural frequency induced small vibrations in the cable. When the wind speed was sufficiently high, despite the eventual formation of a continuous upper rivulet, the frequencies of the upper rivulet’s oscillation and the aerodynamic lift remained distinct from the natural frequency, and the cable continued to exhibit small-amplitude vibrations. These observations confirmed the conclusion that periodic variations in the water film morphology could lead to periodic changes in the aerodynamic lift that would induce RWIV.     

Efficient modeling of cable-pulley system with friction based on arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian approach

In conventional modeling of a cable-pulley system, the cable must be finely meshed with Lagrangian elements for valid contact detections with pulleys, leading to extremely low efficiency. The sliding joint method based on the arbitrary-LagrangianEulerian(ALE) formulation still lacks an efficient cable element, and in particular, modeling of friction between a sliding joint and the cable has not been studied. This paper presents efficient multi-body modeling of a cable-pulley system with friction. A variablelength cable element with a node movable along the cable, which is described with ALE,is developed to mesh the cable. A transitional cable element is then proposed to model the contact part of the cable by fixing its two nodes to the two corresponding locations of the pulley. Friction of the cable-pulley is derived as a simple law of tension decay and embedded in the multi-body system modeling. It is simplified as a generalized friction force acting only on the arc-length coordinate. This approach can use a rough mesh on the cable, and is free of contact detections, thus significantly saving computation time.Several examples are presented to validate the proposed method, and show its effectiveness in real engineering applications.     

自锚式悬索桥主缆状态影响参数分析

对自锚式悬索桥主缆的空缆状态和成桥状态进行了影响参数分析。以主缆线形、主缆对主索鞍水平分力和合力作用点位置为控制目标,定义了主缆合理成桥状态;以吉林市雾凇大桥为例,建立了主缆有限元模型。改变模型参数,计算主缆在不同参数下的空缆状态和成桥状态,并将其与基准状态进行比较,具体研究各影响参数对主缆状态的影响情况。主缆自重和空缆架设温度均对主缆状态影响甚微,中跨主缆无应力索长主要影响其自身线形,而边跨无应力索长会对各控制目标均造成较大影响;以空缆架设线形为控制条件时,发生在空缆架设前的主索鞍和后锚面位置偏差对主缆成桥状态不构成影响,但其发生在成桥运营阶段的变形会严重影响主缆成桥状态。工程实例分析结果表明,主缆抗拉刚度和成桥吊杆力均会对主缆成桥状态造成一定影响,建议在空缆架设前实测主缆抗拉刚度和梁段标准节间重量,控制两者偏差在合理范围内;建议对空缆架设线形设置预抬高,以抵消主索鞍和后锚面在成桥阶段的变形,该结论对自锚式悬索桥的空缆架设工作具有较强的指导意义和参考价值。     

On the efficiency of energy harvesting using vortex-induced vibrations of cables

Many technologies based on fluid–structure interaction mechanisms are being developed to harvest energy from geophysical flows. The velocity of such flows is low, and so is their energy density. Large systems are therefore required to extract a significant amount of energy. The question of the efficiency of energy harvesting using vortex-induced vibrations (VIV) of cables is addressed in this paper, through two reference configurations: (i) a long tensioned cable with periodically-distributed harvesters and (ii) a hanging cable with a single harvester at its upper extremity. After validation against either direct numerical simulations or experiments, an appropriate reduced-order wake-oscillator model is used to perform parametric studies of the impact of the harvesting parameters on the efficiency. For both configurations, an optimal set of parameters is identified and it is shown that the maximum efficiency is close to the value reached with an elastically-mounted rigid cylinder. The variability of the efficiency is studied in light of the fundamental properties of each configuration, i.e. body flexibility and gravity-induced spatial variation of the tension. In the periodically-distributed harvester configuration, it is found that the standing-wave nature of the vibration and structural mode selection plays a central role in energy extraction. In contrast, the efficiency of the hanging cable is essentially driven by the occurrence of traveling wave vibrations.     

Parameters for Modeling Stranded Cables as Structural Beams

This paper presents a method for determining the effective homogenous beam parameters for stranded cables made up of non-homogenous wires, as well as characterization of the attachment method commonly used for cable harnesses on space structures. There is not yet a predictive model for quantifying the structural impact of cable harnesses on space flight structures, and towards this goal, the authors aim to predict cable resonance behavior from basic cable measurements. Cables can be modeled as shear beams, but the shear beam model assumes a homogenous, isotropic material, which a stranded cable is not. Thus, the cable-beam model requires both knowledge of the cable constraints and calculation of effectively homogenous properties, including density, area, bending stiffness, and modulus of rigidity to predict the natural frequencies of the cable. Through a combination of measurement and correction factors, upper and lower bounds for effective cable properties and attachment stiffness are calculated and shown to be effective in a cable-beam model for natural frequency prediction. Although the cables investigated are spaceflight cables, the method can be applied to any stranded cable for which the constituent material properties can be determined.     

Modeling and simulation of aerial refueling by finite element method

The aerial refueling hose-and-drogue system is a special case of a generalized aerial cable towed system. The present work investigates the effect of pertinent parameters such as the cable tension, tow point disturbance and vortex wake on the dynamic behavior and stability of the generalized model by using the finite element method with an accurate and computationally efficient three-noded, curved beam element. The analysis results show that the conventional modal and spectrum analysis method is inappropriate for the dynamic stability analysis of the aerial cable towed system. This is because the mechanism of instability due to the tow point disturbance is not the resonance of the aerial cable towed system but the wave propagation downstream along the cable absorbing energy from the airflow when the wave propagation speed is less than the airflow speed. The study also demonstrates that the vortex wake has a significant impact on the dynamics of the aerial cable towed system. The short cable system will orbit with the vortex and the orbiting behavior will diminish as the cable length increases.     

斜拉索各参数取值对索力测定结果的影响

为了确保频率法测定斜拉索索力的精度，以某斜拉桥中的拉索为例，采用平面非线性有限元法探讨了斜拉索各参数取值对索力值的影响，并讨论了各参数的合理取值．利用分析结果找到了不同的测试单位在该斜拉桥的索力联测中存在较大索力偏差的原因，可对施工过程中的索力精确测定提供帮助．分析结果同样适用于悬索桥和悬挂屋顶等索结构的索力测定．     

Fluid-structure interaction with an application to a body immersed and anchored in a fluid flow

In this paper, an implicit coupling algorithm for fluid–structure interaction problems with under-time steps for the solid is presented. Its implementation on two configurations is achieved by using the CASTEM finite-elements code. First, the free oscillations of a cylinder in an annular fluid domain where its movement is determined by the coupled fluid–solid action is considered in the case of viscous fluid. It should be noted that the implicit coupling algorithm gives the best prediction of the structure oscillations. The under-time steps for the solid are introduced in order to obtain better results. Then, an application whose final objective is to model a floating barrage is studied. The main goal of this application is to predict the displacements of a ring completely immersed and anchored by a cable to the lower boundary of the fluid domain. The finite-element discretization of the Navier–Stokes equations in the ALE formulation is used     

Control of Wind-Induced Nonlinear Oscillations in Suspended Cables

In this paper, the along-wind and across-wind responses of suspended cables are studied. The mean wind direction is assumed to be perpendicular to the plane of the suspended cable. It is shown that the cable gallops in the across-wind direction, when the mean wind speed exceeds a critical wind speed. To control the galloping response, a vertical viscous damper, in the vertical plane of the cable, is introduced at a certain location on the cable to a near fixed platform such as a bridge deck. The efficiency of the vertical viscous damper and its location in controlling the galloping of the suspended cable is investigated.     

In-plane non-linear dynamics of the stay cables

Stay cables used in cable-stayed bridge and cable-stayed arch bridge are prone to vibration due to their inherent susceptibility to external deflection. The present work is devoted to the mitigation of a stay cable from the point of view of its nonlinear dynamics. The Galerkin integral, multiple scales perturbation method, and numerical techniques are applied to analyze the primary and subharmonic resonances of the stay cable. The nonlinear dynamic response of the stay cable subjected to parametrical and forced excitations is investigated numerically. The effects of some key parameters of the stay cable, such as initial tension force, damping and inclination angle, and the excitation frequency and amplitude are discussed. The carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) cable is also studied to understand the effect of the material properties of cable. The results show that these parameters have a considerable effect on the dynamic behavior of the cable. In particular, unreasonable tension force and inclination angle of stay cable may cause excessive vibration. It is suggested that CFRP cable replaces steel cable, which can mitigate the vibration of a stay cable.     

单层平面索网幕墙结构的几何非线性问题研究

单层平面索网支承式玻璃幕墙结构是近年来在国内外应用较为广泛的一种新型幕墙结构形式,由于单层平面索网不具有负高斯曲面形式,结构在平面外方向的刚度偏柔,表现出较明显的几何非线性特征.本文采用连续化方法建立了单层平面索网结构考虑几何非线性影响的静力平衡方程和振动方程,得到了结构刚度的解析表达式,并采用谐波平衡法求得非线性频率的简化解析表达式,以此为基础研究了单层平面索网结构的静力非线性和动力非线性问题.研究结果表明:结构的非线性和结构的初始位置密切相关;结构的非线性频率主要取决于索的初始应变、结构振动幅值与跨度的比值,几何非线性对于结构动力性能的影响要小于对结构静力性能的影响;本文得到的结构在地震荷载和平均风荷载作用下的非线性振动方程和非线性频率为结构在地震荷载和脉动风荷载作用下动力响应的求解奠定了基础.     

滑轮在索上滑行分析的索-轮单元法

为了分析索结构中滑轮在悬索上行走及连续长索从滑轮下绕行问题,创建了一种新的单 元. 被称为索-滑轮单元的三节点新单元模拟一段索支承滑轮,滑轮的中心取为中间节点, 索的两端点为另外两节点. 基于有限元分析的基本原理,并利用处于平衡状态时单元内力之间的关系,推导了单元的算法. 这种新单元可以通过自动调整滑轮两侧索段的长度使单元处于平衡状态,从而简化了计算. 算例证明了新单元的算法及所编制程序的正确性,同时说明了它在工程中的应用. 给出了构成刚度阵的各矩阵的显式表达式. 新单元可以直接用于常规的有限元分析中,分析处于工作状态或施工中的索结构.