FRICTIONAL BEHAVIOUR OF A BELT-DRIVEN AND PERIODICALLY EXCITED OSCILLATOR

A single-degree-of-freedom system with the parallel presence of a linear spring, a viscous damper and a contact dry friction device is studied here. The mass may slide or stick on the belt when the driver moves periodically or at a constant speed. We derive closed-form solutions according to a more complete two-phase formulation, and some interesting behaviours of the considered system are displayed. For the non-damping oscillator belt with fixed, we offer closed-form formulae for estimating the maximum displacement and the minimum driving speed amplitude needed to prevent sticking. Two friction laws are considered. For the Coulomb friction system, the positive damping term suffices to avoid the climb motion of the mass slider. We also investigate the friction behaviour of the mass slider under the influence of the friction force bound on mass speed, whose curve has negative slope when the mass speed is less than a certain value v_min. For the speed-dependent friction system we identify a critical speed denoted by v^*. According to the qualitative analysis in the phase plane we give simple criteria of the parameter values for stable equilibrium point as well as for stable limit cycle. When v varies from vv^* to v<v^*, subcritical Hopf bifurcation occurs. For the latter case the mass slider undergoes a slide-stick motion, but by increasing the driving speed the slide-stick motion can be avoided.     

Approximate formulae for the overlap integral of two harmonic oscillator wave functions

The use of second-order perturbation theory to derive approximate formulae for the overlap integral of two harmonic oscillator wave functions is discussed, and the results applied to the theory of intensity distributions in vibrational progressions in electronic spectra. For the vibrational progression m←0 an approximate formula is given which, when the vibrational frequencies of the initial and final states differ by less than 10%, reproduces to an accuracy of 1% or less the intensity profile calculated using the exact formulae for the overlap integrals.     

Model studies on the systematics and interpolation of Franck-Condon factor arrays

A simple harmonic oscillator approximation is used to derive approximate algebraic expressions for low vibrational quantum number Franck-Condon factors for band systems for which molecular data are sparse. These simple expressions involve a transition parameter u which is characteristic of the electronic transition involved. The expressions provide Franck-Condon factors which agree quite well with RKR values when these are available. The formulae are used to explain quantitatively the dependence on u of the systematic properties of Franck-Condon factor arrays and to provide a method for their interpolation. The formulae are also used to describe quantitatively the dependence on u of the gross appearance of molecular band systems in emission and absorption.     

Semiclassical treatment of quadrupole shape effects in the elastic scattering of heavy ions below the Coulomb barrier

A perturbative semiclassical approximation for the elastics-matrix is used to derive simple and accurate formulae describing the effects of a nuclear quadrupole deformation on the elastic scattering of aligned nuclei. Expressions are derived for the second rank tensor components of the analysing power, the ratios of which turn out to be simple trigonometric functions of the scattering angle in agreement with experimental observations. The approximations are discussed in some detail and higher order corrections are derived. In an appendix we derive a semiclassical first-order perturbation formula describing the effect of a non-central complex perturbation in the presence of a non-perturbatively treated central term. Our formula is in disagreement with some earlier published formulae which fail to treat the real part of the perturbation correctly.     

Modelling of a two-dimensional Coulomb friction oscillator

Xia proposes a model for investigating the stick-slip motion caused by dry friction of a two-dimensional oscillator under arbitrary excitations. Instead of the harmonic balance method used by most investigators, a numerical approach to investigate the system is provided. The concept of the friction direction angle is introduced to determine the components of the static and kinetic friction force vector and the hyperbolic secant function is introduced to deal with the transition of the friction force from the static to the kinetic state. The friction direction angle is determined by either relative velocities or input forces. With this method the switch conditions for stick state, slip state and stick-slip state can be easily derived. The orbits of the responses, which are either straight line segments, circular or elliptic are obtained. In the general case, the orbit of the response is a complex planar curve. Zero-stop, one-stop, two-stops and more than two-stops per cycle are also found.     

Hysteresis from dynamically pinned sliding states

We report a surprising hysteretic behavior in the dynamics of a simple one-dimensional nonlinear model inspired by the tribological problem of two sliding surfaces with a thin solid lubricant layer in between. In particular, we consider the frictional dynamics of a harmonic chain confined between two rigid incommensurate substrates which slide with a fixed relative velocity. This system was previously found, by explicit solution of the equations of motion, to possess plateaus in parameter space exhibiting a remarkable quantization of the chain center-of-mass velocity (dynamic pinning) solely determined by the interface incommensurability. Starting now from this quantized sliding state, in the underdamped regime of motion and in analogy to what ordinarily happens for static friction, the dynamics exhibits a large hysteresis under the action of an additional external driving force F_ext. A critical threshold value F_c of the adiabatically applied force F_ext is required in order to alter the robust dynamics of the plateau attractor. When the applied force is decreased and removed, the system can jump to intermediate sliding regimes (a sort of “dynamic” stick-slip motion) and eventually returns to the quantized sliding state at a much lower value of F_ext. Hysteretic behavior is also observed as a function of the external driving velocity.     

Propagator for the Chebyshev q object

We propose an alternative role of the harmonic oscillator algebra. Observing that the q-deformed harmonic oscillator algebra defines the Chebyshev q object, we show that the q-free particle and the pulsed oscillator are special cases of the Chebyshev q object, characterized by a common deformation parameter q and reduced to a usual free particle as q tends to unity. For the deformed free particle, q is a real number, whereas for the pulsed oscillator it belongs to S ¹. Then, we derive the propagator for the Chebyshev q object, from which we obtain the propagators for the deformed free particle and the pulsed oscillator.     

Einstein-Hopf drag,Doppler shift of thermal radiation and blackbody drag: Three perspectives on quantum friction

The thermal friction force acting on an atom moving relative to a thermal photon bath has recently been calculated on the basis of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem. The thermal fluctuations of the electromagnetic field give rise to a drag force on an atom provided one allows for dissipation of the field energy via spontaneous emission. The drag force exists if the atomic polarizability has a nonvanishing imaginary part. Here, we explore alternative derivations. The damping of the motion of a simple harmonic oscillator is described by radiative reaction theory (result of Einstein and Hopf), taking into account the known stochastic fluctuations of the electromagnetic field. Describing the excitations of the atom as an ensemble of damped harmonic oscillators, we identify the previously found expressions as generalizations of the Einstein-Hopf result. In addition, we present a simple explanation for blackbody friction in terms of a Doppler shift of the thermal radiation in the inertial frame of the moving atom: The atom absorbs blue-shifted photons from the front and radiates off energy in all directions, thereby losing energy. The original plus the two alternative derivations provide for additional confirmation of an intriguing quantum friction effect, and leave no doubt regarding its existence.     

Study on effect of dimples on friction of parallel surfaces under different sliding conditions

The influence of rectangle dimples with flat bottom on the friction of parallel surfaces at different sliding conditions is investigated based on lubrication equations. The elastic deformation of rough surfaces is evaluated using continuous convolution fast Fourier transform (CC-FFT). The friction coefficients for dimpled and non-dimpled parallel surfaces by simulation are compared with experimental results. Results show that this kind of dimples can reduce the friction coefficient for cases with the smaller ratio of film thickness to roughness (h/R_q), small roughness or large applied load. The friction force for the parallel surfaces can decrease due to the dimple effect over the range of the larger sliding speed, larger load or smoother surfaces.     

Approach to the quantum evolution for underdamped, critically damped, and overdamped driven harmonic oscillators using unitary transformation

Exact solution of the Schrödinger equation is derived for underdamped, critically damped, and overdamped harmonic oscillators with a driving force. A unitary operator transforming Hamiltonian into a simple form is introduced. The transformed Hamiltonian, represented in terms of a modified frequency ω, is identical with the Hamiltonian of the standard harmonic oscillator for the underdamped oscillator, with the Hamiltonian of a free particle for the critically damped oscillator, and with the Hamiltonian of a system with a harmonic parabolic potential for the overdamped oscillator. The eigenvalues of underdamped oscillator are discrete while those of the critically damped and the overdamped oscillators are continuous.     

Remark on the solution of the Schrödinger equation for anharmonic oscillators via the Feynman path integral

We give a simple proof of Feynman's formula for the Green's function of the n-dimensional harmonic oscillator valid for every time t with Im t ≤ 0. As a consequence the Schrödinger equation for the anharmonic oscillator is integrated and expressed by the Feynman path integral on Hilbert space.     

Casimir friction force between polarizable media

This work is a continuation of our recent series of papers on Casimir friction, for a pair of particles of low relative particle velocity. Each particle is modeled as a simple harmonic oscillator. Our basic method, as before, is the use of quantum mechanical statistical mechanics, involving the Kubo formula, at finite temperature. In this work we begin by analyzing the Casimir friction between two particles polarizable in all spatial directions, this being a generalization of our study in [J.S. Høye, I. Brevik, Europhys. Lett. 91, 60003 (2010)], which was restricted to a pair of particles with longitudinal polarization only. For simplicity the particles are taken to interact via the electrostatic dipole-dipole interaction. Thereafter, we consider the Casimir friction between one particle and a dielectric half-space, and also the friction between two dielectric half-spaces. Finally, we consider general polarizabilities (beyond the simple one-oscillator form), and show how friction occurs at finite temperature when finite frequency regions of the imaginary parts of polarizabilities overlap.     

Critical assessment of the Schrödinger picture of quantum mechanics

We provide an example in which the Heisenberg and the Schrödinger pictures of quantum mechanics give different results, thus confirming the statement of P.A.M. Dirac that the two pictures may lead to inequivalent results. We consider a one-dimensional nonrelativistic charged harmonic oscillator (frequency ω₀ and mass m), and take into account the action of the radiation reaction and the vacuum electromagnetic forces on the charged oscillator. We show that the Heisenberg picture gives the correct value, ℏω₀/2, for the ground state energy of the harmonic oscillator in both cases of classical and quantized vacuum fields. In the case of the Schrödinger picture, considering classical vacuum fields, and using a simple calculation for the classical radiation reaction force that is valid in the limit of large mass (mc²⪢ℏω₀), we obtain the value ℏω₀ for the ground state energy of the harmonic oscillator. We show that the vacuum electromagnetic forces play a very important role in the understanding of this discrepancy.     

The propagator of the Calogero-Moser system in an external quadratic potential

We obtain the Hamilton operator of the Calogero-Moser quantum system in an external quadratic potential by conjugating the radial part for the action of SO(n) by conjugacy of the Hamilton operator of the quantum harmonic oscillator on the Euclidean vector space of real symmetric matrices. Then, with Mehler's formula, we derive the propagator of the problem. We also investigate some schemes to change the interaction constant. For two-particle systems, we obtain explicit formulae, whereas for many-particle systems, we reduce the computation of the propagator to finding a definite integral. We give also the short time approximation, the energy levels and the trace of the propagation operator.     

On the Wigner distribution function for an oscillator

We present two new derivations of the Wigner distribution function for a simple harmonic oscillator Hamiltonian. Both methods are facilitated using a formula which expresses the Wigner function as a simple trace. The first method of derivation then utilizes a modification of a theorem due to Messiah. An alternative procedure makes use of the coherent state representation of an oscillator. The Wigner distribution function gives a semiclassical joint probability for finding the system with given coordinates and momenta, and the joint probability is factorable for the special case of an oscillator. An important application of this result occurs in the theory of nuclear fission for calculating the probability distributions for the masses, kinetic energies, and vibrational energies of the fission fragments at infinite separation.     

Damping in beams and plates due to slipping at the support boundaries

Dry friction damping due to axial sliding surfaces normal to the principal lateral direction of structural motion is studied. Primary emphasis is on sufficiently large motion that slipping occurs throughout a cycle. Beams with arbitrary support conditions and vibrating in an arbitrary mode are considered; also a pinned-pinned rectangular plate is studied. In all cases, a simple explicit formula is obtained for an equivalent, linear, viscous critical damping ratio.     

Fundamental quantum limit to waveform estimation

We derive a quantum Cramér-Rao bound (QCRB) on the error of estimating a time-changing signal. The QCRB provides a fundamental limit to the performance of general quantum sensors, such as gravitational-wave detectors, force sensors, and atomic magnetometers. We apply the QCRB to the problem of force estimation via continuous monitoring of the position of a harmonic oscillator, in which case the QCRB takes the form of a spectral uncertainty principle. The bound on the force-estimation error can be achieved by implementing quantum noise cancellation in the experimental setup and applying smoothing to the observations.     

分数阶质量涨落谐振子的共振行为

针对黏性介质引起的Brown粒子质量存在随机涨落以及阻尼力对历史速度具有记忆性等问题, 本文首次提出分数阶质量涨落谐振子模型, 以考察黏性介质中Brown粒子的动力学特性. 首先, 将Shapiro-Loginov 公式分数阶化, 使之适用于对含指数关联随机系数的分数阶随机微分方程的求解. 然后, 利用随机平均法和分数阶Shapiro-Loginov公式推导系统稳态响应振幅的解析表达式, 并据此研究系统的共振行为; 最后, 通过仿真实验验证理论结果的可靠性. 研究表明: 1)质量涨落噪声可诱导系统产生随机共振行为; 2)记忆性阻尼力可诱导系统产生参数诱导共振行为; 3)不同参数条件下, 系统表现出单峰共振、双峰共振等多样化的共振形式. 关键词： 黏性介质 质量涨落 阻尼记忆性 分数阶谐振子     

Tribological properties of silicate materials on nano and microscale

We studied the friction properties of four model silicate materials at the nanoscale and microscale. From nanotribology, we characterized the tribological properties at single asperity contact scale and from microtribology, we characterized the tribological properties at multi asperity contact scale. First, for each material we measured chemical composition by XPS, Young's modulus by acoustical microscopy and roughness σ by atomic force microscopy (AFM). Second, we measured the nanofriction coefficients with an AFM and the microfriction coefficients with a ball probe tribometer, for three hardnesses of the ball probe. We identified one friction mechanism at the nanoscale (sliding friction) and two friction mechanisms at the microscale (sliding friction and yielding friction). Comparison of the nano and microfriction coefficients at the same sliding friction regime shown, that the tribological properties of these materials didn’t depend on roughness.