Suppression of super-harmonic resonance response using a linear vibration absorber

Super-harmonic resonances may appear in the forced response of a weakly nonlinear oscillator having cubic nonlinearity, when the forcing frequency is approximately equal to one-third of the linearized natural frequency. Under super-harmonic resonance conditions, the frequency-response curve of the amplitude of the free-oscillation terms may exhibit saddle-node bifurcations, jump and hysteresis phenomena. A linear vibration absorber is used to suppress the super-harmonic resonance response of a cubically nonlinear oscillator with external excitation. The absorber can be considered as a small mass-spring-damper oscillator and thus does not adversely affect the dynamic performance of the nonlinear primary oscillator. It is shown that such a vibration absorber is effective in suppressing the super-harmonic resonance response and eliminating saddle-node bifurcations and jump phenomena of the nonlinear oscillator. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the absorber in attenuating the super-harmonic resonance response.     

时变参数时滞减振控制研究

时滞动力吸振器对谐波激励有着良好的减振控制效果,但对随机激励的减振控制效果却并不明显,具体表现为时滞动力吸振器对随机激励的减振控制效果与被动吸振器几乎相同。针对上述问题,本文提出了一种新的时变参数时滞减振控制方法。在原有时滞减振控制方法的基础上,首先将时滞增益系数由定值形式变为时间函数形式,然后通过时变优化得到多组时滞控制参数并使其以一定时间周期循环作用于减振控制过程,通过这种方法进一步改善了时滞动力吸振器减振性能。本文最后以二自由度时滞动力吸振器减振模型为例,以主系统的振动响应为仿真对象,运用精细积分法求解了具有时变时滞参数的时滞动力学方程,以此得到了在谐波激励和随机激励作用下主系统振动的时域仿真结果。研究结果表明,在时变参数时滞动力吸振器的控制下,主系统无论是受谐波激励作用还是受随机激励作用,其振动位移、振动速度和振动加速度均比在定值参数时滞动力吸振器控制下时有大幅的减少,时滞动力吸振器的减振性能有了明显的改善。      

NONLINEAR VIBRATION OF THE COUPLED STRUCTURE OF SUSPENDED-CABLE-STAYED BEAM-1:2 INTERNAL RESONANCE

Through the Galerkin method the nonlinear ordinary differential equations （ODEs） in time are obtained from the nonlinear partial differential equations （PDEs） to describe the mo- tion of the coupled structure of a suspended-cable-stayed beam. In the PDEs, the curvature of main cables and the deformation of cable stays are taken into account. The dynamics of the struc- ture is investigated based on the ODEs when the structure is subjected to a harmonic excitation in the presence of both high-frequency principle resonance and 1：2 internal resonance. It is found that there are typical jumps and saturation phenomena of the vibration amplitude in the struc- ture. And the structure may present quasi-periodic vibration or chaos, if the stiffness of the cable stays membrane and frequency of external excitation are disturbed.     

Approximate analytical solution in slow-fast system based on modified multi-scale method

A simple, yet accurate modified multi-scale method (MMSM) for an approximately analytical solution in nonlinear oscillators with two time scales under forced harmonic excitation is proposed. This method depends on the classical multi-scale method (MSM) and the method of variation of parameters. Assuming that the forced excitation is a constant, one could easily obtain the approximate analytical solution of the simplified system based on the traditional MSM. Then, this solution for the oscillator under forced harmonic excitation could be established after replacing the harmonic excitation by the constant excitation. To certify the correctness and precision of the proposed analytical method, the van der Pol system with two scales subject to slowly periodic excitation is investigated; this system presents rich dynamical phenomena such as spiking (SP), spiking-quiescence (SP-QS), and quiescence (QS) responses. The approximate analytical expressions of the three types of responses are given by the MMSM, and it can be found that the precision of the new analytical method is higher than that of the classical MSM and better than that of the harmonic balance method (HBM). The results obtained by the present method are considerably better than those obtained by traditional methods, quantitatively and qualitatively, particularly when the excitation frequency is far less than the natural frequency of the system.     

A DQ based approach to simulate the vibrations of buckled beams

In this paper, the nonlinear planar response of a hinged–hinged buckled beam to a primary-resonance excitation of its first vibration mode is computed by a new numerical scheme. The beam is subjected to an axial force beyond the critical load of the first buckling mode and to a transverse harmonic excitation. The nonlinear dynamical problem is solved by deducing directly the discretized equations governing the problem thanks to a new approach, here called DQ based approach, since it is based on the application of the quadrature rules of the DQM. As it will be shown, for the problem here considered, the minimum number of degrees of freedom to be retained to limit the numerical errors is four. Computer simulations of the dynamic behaviour of the discretized system are conducted by means of the IDQ method, a method proposed and recently generalized by the author. A sequence of supercritical period-doubling bifurcations leading to chaos, snapthrough motions and quasi-periodic motions can be observed, similarly to some cases existing in literature.     

Detection and description of non-linear phenomena in experimental modal analysis via linearity plots

Ground vibration tests (GVTs) on aircraft prototypes are mainly performed to experimentally identify the structural dynamic behaviour in terms of a modal model. This assumes a linear dynamic behaviour of the structure. However, in the practice of ground vibration testing it is often observed that structures do not behave in a perfectly linear manner. Non-linearities can be determined, for example, by free play in junctions, hydraulic systems in control surfaces, or friction. This paper compiles measured, typical, non-linear phenomena from various GVTs on large aircraft. The standard procedure in GVTs nowadays is the application of the Harmonic Balance method which linearizes the dynamic behaviour on the level of excitation. The procedure requires a harmonic excitation of the structure which is usually performed during phase resonance testing. The non-linear behaviour is investigated in terms of linearity plots in which the resonance frequency of a mode is plotted as a function of the excitation level. The experimental data is then compatible with all post-processing procedures for the measured results, e.g. updating of the finite element model or flutter calculations. This paper shows measured linearity plots for some typical non-linear phenomena. In the second part of the paper analytical linearity plots for different non-linear stiffness and damping models are considered in order to investigate whether the type of non-linearity can be identified from measured linearity plots. The analytical linearity plots are discussed with respect to their application limits. The analytical linearity plots are used to interpret the experimental linearity plots stemming from various GVTs on different aircraft prototypes. Finally, the observability of non-linear stiffness and non-linear damping characteristics via linearity plots is assessed.     

附磁阶梯变厚度悬臂梁压电俘能器的理论建模及分析

论文建立了一种附磁阶梯变厚度压电悬臂梁的动力学模型并分析了系统的俘能特性。基于Euler-Bernoulli梁理论分段建立系统能量函数并引入非线性磁势能，利用Lagrange方程建立了系统机电耦合动力学方程；利用数值方法分析了磁间距对系统振动特性的影响，此外还研究了系统单稳态和双稳态响应，探讨了厚度比、长度比、磁间距和外激励幅值对系统动力学响应和俘能特性的影响。结果表明，磁间距是影响系统势能的主要因素，调节磁间距可使系统产生单稳态和双稳态响应，从而有效提高俘能器俘能特性；与传统等截面悬臂梁压电俘能器相比，通过优化结构参数，附磁阶梯变厚度悬臂梁压电俘能器能够发生明显的非线性振动现象，实现宽频带振动能量采集。     

含机械调频式动力吸振器的准零刚度隔振系统隔振性能分析

基于动力吸振器原理,在单自由度准零刚度隔振器基础上耦合可调频动力吸振器构成两自由度隔振系统。首先,对动力吸振器工作原理进行理论分析并提出其力学模型;其次,通过静力学分析,推导出系统满足零刚度条件时,各参数间的关系并分析其对系统刚度特性的影响;然后,建立两自由度隔振系统非线性动力学方程,利用谐波平衡法进行幅频响应解析分析,得到力传递率表达式;最后,数值分析动力吸振器阻尼、刚度、质量、激励力幅值和弹簧片有效长度对力传递率的影响规律,并与单自由度准零刚度隔振系统及两自由度线性隔振系统对比分析。结果表明：通过选择适当的动力吸振器参数不仅可以减小系统的起始隔振频率,增宽隔振频带,且还能加快系统力传递率在特定频段内的衰减速率,改善系统的低频隔振性能,实现激励频率的可适应性。     

Imposing nodes for linear structures during harmonic excitations using SMURF method

Vibration absorbers are usually designed using the finite element (FE) model of structures. It is generally believed that the modal models are more accurate than FE models, because in modal testing the model is built by direct measurement of the test structure. In this paper, a method is proposed to design a translational vibration absorber using the measured frequency response functions of a primary structure. The designed vibration absorber imposes a node on the structure when it is excited by a harmonic force. The method is based on the structural modification using experimental frequency response functions technique and determines the required receptance of the absorber at the excitation frequency. Moreover, a procedure is developed to suppress the vibration amplitude of two arbitrary points on a linear structure subjected to harmonic excitations by attaching two sprung mass absorbers. A cantilever beam is considered for the numerical case study, and the sprung masses are designed to suppress the vibration amplitude of the beam at the selected arbitrary points. A U-shape plate was considered for the experimental validation of the method for imposing a node using one absorber. Also, a beam was tested to demonstrate the effectiveness of method for imposing two nodes on the structures. The experimental results show that the designed absorbers can considerably suppress the vibration amplitude at the selected points on the structure.     

Dynamic characteristics of a rub-impact rotor-bearing system for hydraulic generating set under unbalanced magnetic pull

Electromagnetic and mechanical forces are main reasons resulting in vibrations in hydraulic generating set. The non-symmetric air-gap between the rotor and stator creates an attraction force called unbalanced magnetic pull (UMP). The UMP can produce large oscillations which will be dangerous to the machines. In this paper, the nonlinear dynamic characteristics of a rotor-bearing system with rub-impact for hydraulic generating set under the UMP are studied. The rubbing model is established based on the classic impact theory. Through the numerical calculation, the excitation current, mass eccentricity, stiffness of shaft and radial stiffness of stator are used as control parameters to investigate their effect on the system, by means of bifurcation diagrams, Poincaré maps, trajectories and frequency spectrums. Various nonlinear phenomena including periodic, quasi-periodic and chaotic motions are observed. The results reveal that the UMP has significant influence in the response of the rotor system that the continuous increase in the excitation current induces the alternation of quasi-periodic and chaotic motions, the co-occurrence of oil whip and rub in a wide excitation range aggravates the vibration and leads to the instability of the system. In addition, the large eccentricity and radial stiffness of stator, as well as the small stiffness of shaft may lead to the occurrence of full annular rubbing while increasing the stiffness of the shaft can play an important role of suppressing the chaotic motion, reducing the vibration and improving stability of the system.     

Noise influenced elastic cantilever dynamics with nonlinear tip interaction forces

In this work, the authors study the influence of noise on the dynamics of base-excited elastic cantilever structures at the macroscale and microscale by using experimental, numerical, and analytical means. The macroscale system is a base excited cantilever structure whose tip experiences nonlinear interaction forces. These interaction forces are constructed to be similar in form to tip interaction forces in tapping mode atomic force microscopy (AFM). The macroscale system is used to study nonlinear phenomena and apply the associated findings to the chosen AFM application. In the macroscale experiments, the tip of the cantilever structure experiences long-range attractive and short-range repulsive forces. There is a small magnet attached to the tip, and this magnet is attracted by another one mounted to a high-resolution translatory stage. The magnet fixed to the stage is covered by a compliant material that is periodically impacted by the cantilever’s tip. Building on their earlier work, wherein the authors showed that period-doubling bifurcations associated with near-grazing impacts occur during off-resonance base excitations of macroscale and microscale cantilevers, in the present work, the authors focus on studying the influence of Gaussian white noise when it is included as an addition to a deterministic base excitation input. The repulsive forces are modeled as Derjaguin–Muller–Toporov (DMT) contact forces in both the macroscale and microscale systems, and the attractive forces are modeled as van der Waals attractive forces in the microscale system and magnetic attractive forces in the macroscale system. A reduced-order model, based on a single mode approximation is used to numerically study the response for a combined deterministic and random base excitation. It is experimentally and numerically found that the addition of white Gaussian noise to a harmonic base excitation facilitates contact between the tip and the sample, when there was previously no contact with only the harmonic input, and results in a response that is nominally close to a period-doubled orbit. The qualitative change observed with the addition of noise is associated with near-grazing impacts between the tip and the sample. The numerical and experimental results further motivate the formulation of a general analytical framework, in which the Fokker–Planck equation is derived for the cantilever-impactor system. After making a set of approximations, the moment evolution equations are derived from the Fokker–Planck equation and numerically solved. The resulting findings support the experimental results and demonstrate that noise can be added to the input to facilitate contact between the cantilever’s tip and the surface, when there was previously no contact with only a harmonic input. The effects of Gaussian white noise are numerically studied for a tapping mode AFM application, and it is shown that contact between the tip and the sample can be realized by adding noise of an appropriate level to a harmonic excitation.     

Electromechanical control of vibration on a plate submitted to a non-ideal excitation

This paper deals with the enhancement of electromechanical control of vibration on a thin plate submitted to non-ideal excitation. Modelling of the systems displays the non-ideal source used as external excitation above the structure on a particular surface and control force acting at specific points under the structure. The electromechanical device is composed by a RL circuit with a saturated inductance and stings connected to the plate is used as connection between the structure and the controller. Routh–Hurwitz criteria are used to obtain the stability condition of the controlled system and some dynamics exploration leads us to the condition for which the amplitude of vibration is reduced in the mechanical structure.     

The non-linear phenomena in vibration cutting system: The establishment of dynamic model

It is well-known that vibration cutting is an effective method to cut materials with accuracy. However, it often suffers from unevenness of surface roughness caused by the non-linear vibration phenomena in tool-work vibration system. To solve this problem, we propose a vibration cutting model described by two-dimensional differential equations to analyze the non-linear phenomena. This non-linear model reproduces the basic features of the real vibration cutting systems, that is, the reduction of the cutting force and the displacement of work by pulsing of the cutting force. In this report, our experiment shows that various non-linear phenomena exist in the vibration cutting system. Our non-linear model for the vibration cutting produce behaviors which qualitatively agree with these various non-linear phenomena. These behaviors can be classified by the Lyapunov exponents.     

复合干摩擦的准零刚度隔振系统的亚谐共振

利用增量平均法研究了复合干摩擦阻尼器的准零刚度非线性隔振系统在外部简谐激励作用下的1/3次亚谐共振. 首先利用平均法得到了复合干摩擦的准零刚度隔振系统的主共振近似解析解, 然后在系统主共振近似解析解的基础上将系统的亚谐共振响应看作增量, 并利用平均法得到了准零刚度隔振系统的亚谐共振近似解析解. 利用李雅普诺夫方法得到了准零刚度隔振系统主共振和亚谐共振稳态解的稳定性条件, 并推导了系统1/3次亚谐共振的存在条件. 根据近似解析解分别得到了复合干摩擦的准零刚度隔振系统的主共振和亚谐共振力传递率. 利用数值解验证了准零刚度隔振系统主共振和亚谐共振近似解析解的准确性. 利用系统的近似解析解详细分析了准零刚度参数和干摩擦力对系统主共振和亚谐共振的幅频响应以及力传递特性的影响. 分析结果表明, 通过选取合适的干摩擦力参数, 可以消除准零刚度隔振系统在主共振区域的亚谐共振. 通过复合干摩擦阻尼器不但可以提高准零刚度隔振系统在低频区域的振幅抑制效果, 而且可以降低准零刚度隔振系统的起始隔振频率, 但是会增大系统在有效隔振频带内的力传递率.      

Nonlinear dynamics of two harmonic oscillators coupled by Rayleigh type self-exciting force

The present paper reports some interesting phenomena observed in the nonlinear dynamics of two self-excitedly coupled harmonic oscillators. The system under consideration consists of two mechanical oscillators coupled by the Rayleigh type self-exciting force. Both autonomous and nonautonomous cases for weakly coupled systems are analyzed. When the natural frequencies of the two oscillators are close to each other, only one mode of oscillation exists. As two modes of oscillations get locked to a single mode, the system is said to be in a mode-locked condition. Under a mode-locked condition, the oscillators can oscillate with only a single frequency. However, when two oscillators are sufficiently detuned, the mode-locking condition does not persist and two distinct modes of oscillations emerge. Under these circumstances, particularly when detuning is large, one of the oscillators, depending on the initial conditions, oscillates with much larger amplitude as compared to the other oscillator, and hence mode localization is observed. When one of the oscillators is subject to a harmonic excitation, at two different frequencies, termed here as the decoupling frequencies, the coupling between the oscillators is almost lost, resulting in almost zero response of the unexcited oscillator. Analytical and numerical results are presented to analyze the above mentioned phenomena. Some potential applications of the aforesaid phenomena are also discussed.     

Exploiting the subharmonic parametric resonances of a buckled beam for vibratory energy harvesting

The potential of harvesting vibratory energy via a bistable beam subjected to subharmonic parametric excitations is investigated. The vibrating structure is a buckled beam with two stable equilibria separated by a potential barrier. The beam is subjected to a superposition of a static axial load beyond its buckling load and a harmonic axial excitation whose frequency is around twice the frequency of the buckled beam’s first vibration mode. A macro-fiber composite patch is attached to one side of the beam to convert the strain energy resulting from the beam’s oscillation into electricity. The study considers two regimes of excitations: an amplitude sweep and a frequency sweep. In the first regime, the amplitude of excitation is quasi-statically varied while the excitation frequency is tuned at twice the natural frequency of the first vibration mode. In the second regime, the excitation frequency is swept forward and backward around the subharmonic resonant frequency while the amplitude of excitation is kept constant. A theoretical model which governs the electromechanical coupling of the transverse vibrations of the beam and the output voltage is used to monitor the response as the excitation parameters are changed. An experimental setup is also built and a series of tests is performed to validate the theoretical findings. It is shown that, depending on the amplitude and frequency of excitation, the harvester can perform small-amplitude periodic intra-well motion, intra- and inter-well chaotic motions, as well as periodic inter-well motions. Experimental results also show that, as compared to the classical linear resonance, utilizing the sub-harmonic resonance of a bistable energy harvesters can result in a broadband frequency response.     

Stabilization of a 1/3-order subharmonic resonance using nonlinear dynamic vibration absorber

The paper proposes a stabilization method for a 1/3-order subharmonic resonance with a new type of nonlinear vibration absorber using nonlinear coupling between a main system and the absorber. The main system with nonlinear restoring force and harmonic excitation, i.e., subjected to a sinusoidally changed magnetic force, is introduced as a model which produces a 1/3-order subharmonic resonance. A damped pendulum, whose natural frequency is tuned to be in the neighborhood of twice that of the main system, is connected through a link to the main system as a nonlinear vibration absorber. Theoretical results using the method of multiple scales show that only a stable nontrivial steady state is changed into an unstable one due to the effect of absorber. In addition, we numerically confirm the validity of the proposed absorber using Runge–Kutta method.     

Vibration reduction evaluation of a linear system with a nonlinear energy sink under a harmonic and random excitation

The nonlinear behaviors and vibration reduction of a linear system with a nonlinear energy sink(NES)are investigated.The linear system is excited by a harmonic and random base excitation,consisting of a mass block,a linear spring,and a linear viscous damper.The NES is composed of a mass block,a linear viscous damper,and a spring with ideal cubic nonlinear stiffness.Based on the generalized harmonic function method,the steady-state Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov equation is presented to reveal the response of the system.The path integral method based on the Gauss-Legendre polynomial is used to achieve the numerical solutions.The performance of vibration reduction is evaluated by the displacement and velocity transition probability densities,the transmissibility transition probability density,and the percentage of the energy absorption transition probability density of the linear oscillator.The sensitivity of the parameters is analyzed for varying the nonlinear stiffness coefficient and the damper ratio.The investigation illustrates that a linear system with NES can also realize great vibration reduction under harmonic and random base excitations and random bifurcation may appear under different parameters,which will affect the stability of the system.     

磁耦合式双稳态宽频压电俘能器的设计和俘能特性

为了同时提高振动能量俘获系统的效率和实用性, 俘能器主结构的振动特性与环境振动特性的匹配度显得尤为重要. 非线性系统复杂的动力学行为为设计高效的俘能器奠定了基础, 但结构一旦被设计、生成出来, 其工作频率往往是固定的, 无法根据环境中的振动而发生相应的改变. 本文利用可移动铰支座和非线性磁力设计了一种具有双稳态特性的宽频压电俘能器, 通过拓宽压电俘能器的工作频带, 来匹配环境中较宽的振动频率. 为了保证系统低频宽带的俘能效果, 详细分析了结构的长度比、磁间距、负载阻抗、外激励频率和幅值等对系统线性刚度、非线性刚度以及动力学行为的影响, 并进行了实验验证. 首先将系统简化为欧拉-伯努力梁, 利用拉格朗日方程建立系统的非线性动力学方程, 并利用谐波平衡法进行求解. 针对理论分析给出的不同外激励频率下的最优长度比, 搭建了实验平台进行验证. 理论和实验的结果表明: 非线性磁力的引入使系统呈现负刚度特性, 使俘能器能够在单稳态和双稳态之间的变换, 实现低频俘能效果; 通过调节可移动铰支座的位置, 改变系统的长细比, 能够实现从0到16 Hz的宽频俘能效果.      

Nonlinear dynamics of axially moving beam with coupled longitudinal–transversal vibrations

In this study, the nonlinear vibrations of an axially moving beam are investigated by considering the coupling of the longitudinal and transversal motion. The Galerkin method is used to truncate the governing partial differential equations into a set of coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations. By detuning the axially velocity, the exact parameters with which the system may turn to internal resonance are detected. The method of multiple scales is applied to the governing equations to study the nonlinear dynamics of the steady-state response caused by the internal–external resonance. The saturation and jump phenomena of such system have been reported by investigating the nonlinear amplitude–response curves with respect to external excitation, internal, and external detuning parameters. The longitudinal external excitation may trigger only longitudinal response when excitation amplitude is weak. However, beyond the critical excitation amplitude, the response energy will be transferred from the longitudinal motion to the transversal motion even the excitation is employed on the longitudinal direction. Such energy transfer due to saturation has the potential to be used in the vibration suppression.