一种准零刚度系统隔振性能的几何参数优化分析

提出了一种采用菱形连杆组件作为负刚度机构的准零刚度隔振器(下文简称菱形准零刚度隔振器)。通过静力学分析方法,建立了菱形准零刚度隔振器数学模型,并与其他调节变量较少的隔振器模型进行了对比;以被测量曲线在隔振器平衡位置处的曲率作为评价参数,研究了负刚度机构几何参数对系统刚度、阻尼非线性的影响,推导了利用几何参数进行隔振优化的条件;采用谐波平衡法求解系统动力学方程,对隔振器在不同几何参数下的隔振性能进行了分析。结果表明:菱形准零刚度隔振器具有体积相对较小且非线性调节能力较好的特点,可通过调节杆长,或满足相关临界值条件时调节杆长偏差量(下文简称杆长差)对刚度及阻尼非线性特征进行优化;刚度与阻尼的非线性优化方向不同,但通常情况下,刚度非线性因素对隔振优化起主导作用;归一化振动相对位移小于0.1时,由刚度曲线曲率得到的临界值可以较好地作为杆长差参数的隔振优化调节依据。本文提出的非线性评价方法与几何非线性优化临界值计算方法,对于类似隔振器研究和设计具有一定的指导意义。     

Geometrically nonlinear vibration of laminated composite cylindrical thin shells with non-continuous elastic boundary conditions

The geometrically nonlinear forced vibration response of non-continuous elastic-supported laminated composite thin cylindrical shells is investigated in this paper. Two kinds of non-continuous elastic supports are simulated by using artificial springs, which are point and arc constraints, respectively. By using a set of Chebyshev polynomials as the admissible displacement function, the nonlinear differential equation of motion of the shell subjected to periodic radial point loading is obtained through the Lagrange equations, in which the geometric nonlinearity is considered by using Donnell’s nonlinear shell theory. Then, these equations are solved by using the numerical method to obtain nonlinear amplitude–frequency response curves. The numerical results illustrate the effects of spring stiffness and constraint range on the nonlinear forced vibration of points-supported and arcs-supported laminated composite cylindrical shells. The results reveal that the geometric nonlinearity of the shell can be changed by adjusting the values of support stiffness and distribution areas of support, and the values of circumferential and radial stiffness have a more significant influence on amplitude–frequency response than the axial and torsional stiffness.

     

A novel eight-legged vibration isolation platform with dual-pyramid-shape struts

An eight-legged vibration isolation platform (ELVIP) with dual-pyramid-shape (DPS) struts is proposed in this paper to achieve six-degree-of-freedom vibration isolation. The DPS strut has higher static stiffness and lower dynamic stiffness than the equivalent linear strut due to geometric nonlinearity, and therefore the ELVIP with DPS struts possesses high-static–low-dynamic-stiffness characteristic which is desirable for widening the frequency range of isolation. The layout of the ELVIP legs is conducive to vibration decoupling and has higher reliability than six-legged platforms. Firstly, the stiffness characteristics of the DPS strut are derived; then the dynamic model of the ELVIP with DPS struts is established and the steady-state responses are obtained analytically; finally, the isolation performance is studied and the effects of damping and excitation amplitudes are investigated. It is shown that the ELVIP with DPS struts, as a passive approach, can achieve good isolation performance in all six directions with a small static deflection.

     

Nonlinear vibration analysis of geometrically nonlinear shell structures

The nonlinear vibration analysis of a geometrically nonlinear shell structure is investigated in this study. In general, when the shell structure is subjected to excessive loadings, the large deformation of the shell structures must be considered, and the governing equation of the shell structure becomes nonlinear since the stiffness matrix of the governing equation is related to the deflection. Therefore, the natural frequency of the shell structure is varied with respect to the time which is quite different from that of the linear structures. In order to solve the nonlinearity of the governing equations of the shell structures, the well known Newton-Raphson iteration procedure in conjunction with Newmark scheme is adopted to perform the frequency analysis of the nonlinear-shell structures. Incidentally, the natural frequencies for various curvatures of the shell structures are also investigated from the practical engineering point of view.     

Modeling,analysis, and simulation of X-shape quasi-zero-stiffness-roller vibration isolators

Existing quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) isolators are reviewed. In terms of their advantages, a novel X-shape QZS isolator combined with the cam-roller-spring mechanism (CRSM) is proposed. Different from the existing X-shape isolators, oblique springs are used to enhance the negative stiffness of the system. Meanwhile, the CRSM is used to eliminate the gravity of the loading mass, while the X-shape structure leaves its static position. The existing QZS isolators are demonstrated and classified according to their nonlinearity mechanisms and classical shapes. It is shown that the oblique spring can realize negative stiffness based on the simplest mechanism. The X-shape has a strong capacity of loading mass, while the CRSM can achieve a designed restoring force at any position. The proposed isolator combines all these advantages together. Based on the harmonic balance method (HBM) and the simulation, the displacement transmissibilities of the proposed isolator, the X-shape isolators just with oblique springs, and the X-shape isolators in the traditional form are studied. The results show that the proposed isolator has the lowest beginning isolation frequency and the smallest maximum displacement transmissibility. However, it still has some disadvantages similar to the existing QZS isolators. This means that its parameters should be designed carefully so as to avoid becoming a bistable system, in which there are two potential wells in the potential energy curve and thus the isolation performance will be worsened.

     

Large amplitude free vibration analysis of thermally post-buckled composite doubly curved panel embedded with SMA fibers

Thermal post-buckled vibration of laminated composite doubly curved panel embedded with shape memory alloy (SMA) fiber is investigated and presented in this article. The geometry matrix and the nonlinear stiffness matrices are derived using Green–Lagrange type nonlinear kinematics in the framework of higher order shear deformation theory. In addition to that, material nonlinearity in shape memory alloy due to thermal load is incorporated by the marching technique. The developed mathematical model is discretized using a nonlinear finite element model and the sets of nonlinear governing equations are obtained using Hamilton’s principle. The equations are solved using the direct iterative method. The effect of nonlinearity both in geometric and material have been studied using the developed model and compared with those published literature. Effect of various geometric parameters such as thickness ratio, amplitude ratio, lamination scheme, support condition, prestrains of SMA, and volume fractions of SMA on the nonlinear free vibration behavior of thermally post-buckled composite flat/curved panel been studied in detail and reported.     

基于永磁体间的磁性负刚度的分析与优化

为了有效地降低磁性负刚度结构的非线性程度,从简单三磁体结构出发,引入新型负刚度结构模型——五磁体对称结构,运用MATLAB建立新型负刚度结构的磁力学模型并应用Ansoft Maxwell进行仿真验证。研究永磁体间的相对位置参数对五磁体对称结构的负刚度曲线走势的影响,在微幅振动下对基于磁引力的负刚度曲线拟合后使用谐波平衡法求解动力学方程。最终得出结论:在给定的条件下,五磁体负刚度结构的负刚度曲线的非线性相较于简单三磁体结构,一定程度上得到了改善,且其隔振性能相较于传统线性隔振系统有了大幅提高,为磁性负刚度结构的负刚度曲线非线性的优化和应用提供了理论上的参考。     

NONLINEAR DYNAMIC INSTABILITY OF DOUBLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES UNDER PERIODIC EXCITATION

A multiple-elastic beam model based on Euler-Bernoulli-beam theory is presented to investigate the nonlinear dynamic instability of double-walled nanotubes. Taking the geometric nonlinearity of structure deformation, the effects of van der Waals forces as well as the non- coaxial curvature of each nested tube into account, the nonlinear parametric vibration governing equations are derived. Numerical results indicate that the double-walled nanotube （DWNT） can be considered as a single column when the van der Waals forces are sufficiently strong. The stiffness of medium could substantially reduce the area of the nonlinear dynamic instability region, in particular, the geometric nonlinearity can be out of account when the stiffness is large enough. The area of the principal nonlinear instability region and its shifting distance aroused by the nonlinearity both decrease with the increment of the aspect ratio of the nanotubes.     

The nonlinear vibration analysis of a clamped-clamped beam by a reduced multibody method

The nonlinear response characteristics for a dynamic system with a geometric nonlinearity is examined using a multibody dynamics method. The planar system is an initially straight clamped-clamped beam subject to high frequency excitation in the vicinity of its third natural mode. The model includes a pre-applied static axial load, linear bending stiffness and a cubic in-plane stretching force. Constrained flexibility is applied to a multibody method that lumps the beam into N elements for three substructures subjected to the nonlinear partial differential equation of motion and N-1 linear modal constraints. This procedure is verified by d'Alembert's principle and leads to a discrete form of Galerkin's method. A finite difference scheme models the elastic forces. The beam is tuned by the axial force to obtain fourth order internal resonance that demonstrates bimodal and trimodal responses in agreement with low and moderate excitation test results. The continuous Galerkin method is shown to generate results conflicting with the test and multibody method. A new checking function based on Gauss' principle of least constraint is applied to the beam to minimize modal constraint error.     

Analysis of an electromechanical energy harvester system with geometric and ferroresonant nonlinearities

Enhancing the performance of vibrating energy harvesting systems has been the backbone of several research contributions for the last few years, and it is considered in this paper. Specifically, an electromechanical energy harvester is analyzed, and the effects of geometric and ferroresonant nonlinearities on the electric power are discussed. The geometric nonlinearity includes the small- and high-order terms in Euler internal force while the ferroresonant nonlinearity is included by assuming different levels of saturation in the circuit. Our results reveal regions in the parameter space where nonlinear stiffness is better than linear stiffness and vice versa. Similarly, increasing the saturation parameter can be used to enhance the electric power.     

Identification of the nonlinear vibration characteristics in hydropower house using transfer entropy

The nonlinear behavior is the primary attribute of the dynamic system stability. In this study, the time-delayed transfer entropy method is proposed to identify the nonlinear dynamic behavior of hydropower house and civil construction, including the transport directionality of information, cracked damage location, and degree of dynamic nonlinearity. Differing from the objects investigated in currently available literature, large-scale civil engineering structures such as hydropower house are more complex and larger size, which stimulate the demand for special identification techniques. Due to the fact that nonlinearity of hydropower house can be induced by many types of interactions between structure and mechanism, a simple similarity model of a multistory building, including damaged contact nonlinearity is studied first following by a discussion of the method for identifying information transmission directionality of the linear or nonlinear structure. The method for identifying the source and degrees of structural nonlinearity vibration is described. Furthermore, the procedure for identification of nonlinearity dynamic behavior in the hydropower house structure based on transfer entropy is studied based on a prototype field experiment under various load cases. Rather than the traditional linear signal processing tools and identification methods, the advantage of this proposed method is to identify the nonlinearity dynamic characteristics of hydropower house structure. This study provides a valuable reference for identifying the damage-induced nonlinearities in civil engineering structures as well as studying the nonlinear dynamic characteristics of hydropower house.     

Nonlinear vibration of viscoelastic laminated composite plates

The dynamic behavior of laminated composite plates undergoing moderately large deflection is investigated by considering the viscoelastic properties of the material. Based on von Karman's nonlinear deformation theory and Boltzmann's superposition principle, nonlinear and hereditary type governing equations are derived through Hamilton's principle. Finite element analysis and the method of multiple scales are applied to examine the effect of large amplitude on the dissipative nature as well as on the natural frequency of viscoelastic laminated plates. Numerical experiments are performed for the nonlinear elastic case and linear viscoelastic case to check the validity of the procedure presented in this paper. Limitations of the method are discussed also. It is shown that the geometric nonlinearity does not affect the dissipative characteristics in the cases that have nonlinearity of perturbed order.     

Tuning methods for tuned inerter dampers coupled to nonlinear primary systems

This study develops displacement- and kinetic energy-based tuning methods for the design of the tuned inerter dampers (TIDs) coupled to both linear and nonlinear primary systems. For the linear primary system, the design of the TID is obtained analytically. The steady-state frequency–response relationship of the nonlinear primary system with a softening or hardening stiffness nonlinearity is obtained using the harmonic balance (HB) method. Analytical and numerical tuning approaches based on HB results are proposed for optimal designs of the TID to achieve equal peaks in the response curves of the displacement and the kinetic energy of the primary system. Via the developed approaches, the optimal stiffness of the TID can be obtained according to the stiffness nonlinearity of the primary system and the inertance of the absorber. Unlike the linear primary oscillator case, for a nonlinear primary oscillator the shape of its resonant peaks is mainly affected by the damping ratio of the TID, while the peak values depend more on the stiffness ratio. The proposed designs are shown to be effective in a wide range of stiffness nonlinearities and inertances. This study demonstrates the benefits of using inerters in vibration suppression devices, and the adopted methods are directly applicable for nonlinear systems with different types of nonlinearities.

     

Nonlinear vibration of a beam with asymmetric elastic supports

Nonlinear Dynamics - Under the conditions of horizontal placement and only considering geometric nonlinearity, depending on the boundary constraints, primary resonances of an elastic beam exhibit...     

折叠结构几何非线性分析

本文提出了一种推导折叠结构宏单元刚度矩阵的新方法,即在所假设普通单元位移模式的基础上直接引入位移约束条件,得到宏单元的形函数矩阵,进而给出宏单元的力与位移间关系。利用该思路,文中简捷地推导出剪式单元三节点梁大位移小变形的几何非线性切线刚度矩阵,并给出了线性刚度矩阵的显式。算例表明,分析折叠结构承载能力和自稳定结构的展开或收纳过程,考虑几何非线性的影响是必要的。     

Hysteretic linear and nonlinear acoustic responses from pressed interfaces

An analysis of the linear and nonlinear acoustic responses from an interface between rough surfaces in elastoplastic contact is presented as a model of the ultrasonic wave interactions with imperfect interfaces and closed cracks. A micromechanical elastoplastic contact model predicts the linear and second order interfacial stiffness from the topographic and mechanical properties of the contacting surfaces during a loading–unloading cycle. The effects of those surface properties on the linear and nonlinear reflection/transmission of elastic longitudinal waves are shown. The second order harmonic amplitudes of reflected/transmitted waves decrease by more than an order of magnitude during the transition from the elastic contact mode to the elastoplastic contact mode. It is observed that under specific loading histories the interface between smooth surfaces generates higher elastoplastic hysteresis in the interfacial stiffness and the acoustic nonlinearity than interfaces between rough surfaces. The results show that when plastic flow in the contacting asperities is significant, the acoustic nonlinearity is insensitive to the asperity peak distribution. A comparison with existing experimental data for the acoustic nonlinearity in the transmitted waves is also given with a discussion on its contact mechanical implication.     

Nonlinear Deformation and Stability of a Noncircular Cylindrical Shell Under Combined Loading with Bending and Twisting Moments

A previously developed technique is used to solve problems of strength and stability of discretely reinforced noncircular cylindrical shells made of a composite material with allowance for the moments and nonlinearity of their subcritical stress–strain state. Stability of a reinforced bay of the aircraft fuselage made of a composite material under combined loading with bending and twisting moments is studied. The effects of straining nonlinearity, stiffness of longitudinal ribs, and shell thickness on the critical loads that induce shell buckling are analyzed.     

杆件纵向振动中联接刚度的识别

以传递矩阵法为基础，用计算机代数系统编程，导出以联接刚度为未知量的方程，输入杆件纵向振动的第二阶固有频率，从而识别出杆件的联接刚度，并通过实验来验证该法的正确性。     

Nonlinear thickness-shear vibration of an infinite piezoelectric plate with flexoelectricity based on the method of multiple scales

This paper presents a nonlinear thickness-shear vibration model for onedimensional infinite piezoelectric plate with flexoelectricity and geometric nonlinearity. The constitutive equations with flexoelectricity and governing equations are derived from the Gibbs energy density function and variational principle. The displacement adopted here is assumed to be antisymmetric through the thickness due to the thickness-shear vibration mode. Only the shear strain gradient through the thickness is considered in the present model. With geometric nonlinearity, the governing equations are converted into differential equations as the function of time by the Galerkin method. The method of multiple scales is employed to obtain the solution to the nonlinear governing equation with first order approximation. Numerical results show that the nonlinear thickness-shear vibration of piezoelectric plate is size dependent, and the flexoelectric effect has significant influence on the nonlinear thickness-shear vibration frequencies of micro-size thin plates. The geometric nonlinearity also affects the thickness-shear vibration frequencies greatly. The results show that flexoelectricity and geometric nonlinearity cannot be ignored in design of accurate high-frequency piezoelectric devices.     

波纹管式液固混合介质隔振器的动力学特性

波纹管式液固混合介质隔振器是一种主要用于低频重载动力机械隔振的新型隔振器, 主要由波纹管弹性单元体和多层波纹管容器组成. 首先建立了弹性单元体的弹性板壳模型, 在考虑波纹管结构几何非线性及内部气体耦合的前提下, 利用参数摄动法推导了单元体在外部油压和内部气压共同作用下的非线性轴向刚度. 在此基础上, 推导了隔振器的轴向刚度, 发现刚度具有分段线性-非线性的特点, 并且与弹性单元体和波纹管容器的各参数密切相关. 进而建立了等效的分段双线性隔振系统的动力学方程, 利用平均法与数值仿真分析了隔振系统的非线性频响特性, 结果表明系统具有软弹簧特性, 而主共振稳态幅值关于频率的分岔会导致幅值跳跃现象的出现.