Free vibration characteristics of a rectangular plate carrying multiple three-degree-of-freedom spring–mass systems using equivalent mass method

This paper aims at presenting a technique to replace each three-degree-of-freedom (3-dof) spring–mass system (or substructure) by a set of equivalent masses so that the dynamic characteristics of a rectangular plate (or main structure) carrying any number of elastically mounted lumped masses may be obtained from the same plate carrying the same sets of rigidly attached equivalent masses. Because the three degrees-of-freedom (dof’s) of the substructure are embedded in its equivalent masses, the total dof of the entire vibrating system (i.e., the main structure together with all the substructures) is independent on the total number of the substructures attached to the main structure in the presented equivalent mass method (EMM). However, in the conventional finite element method (FEM), the total dof of the entire vibrating system increases by three when one more substructure is attached to the main structure. Compared with FEM, the merits of EMM are double: Firstly, since the total dof of the entire vibrating system in EMM is smaller than that in FEM, some computer storage memory may be saved. Secondly, since the dof’s for all the substructures are eliminated, the associated natural frequencies and mode shapes are excluded from those of the main structure and some effort required for the analysis of computer-output data may also be saved. It is evident that the last merits of EMM will be more predominant if the total number of substructures attached to the main structure is large.     

Some dynamic properties of axially loaded wire ropes

Results are presented on the transverse damping, the transverse fundamental natural frequency as well as the longitudinal fundamental natural frequency for axially loaded wire ropes. Twelve different wire ropes are tested. During the test, a mass is centrally attached to the rope. The results indicate an increasing transverse damping with an increasing axial load. This damping is primarily attributed to a Coulomb damping. Although core material and construction influence the transverse damping of the wire rope, no relationships are found when comparing this damping with the structural strength, the number of wires used in the rope, the alloy composition or the heat treatment of the rope materials. The transverse and longitudinal fundamental natural frequencies of the axially loaded wire ropes with a mass centrally attached has been satisfactorily modeled.     

Nonlocal Galerkin Strip Transfer Function Method for Vibration of Double-Layered Graphene Mass Sensor

Double-layered graphene sheets(DLGSs) can be applied to the development of a new generation of nanomechanical sensors due to their unique physical properties. A rectangular DLGS with a nanoparticle randomly located in the upper sheet is modeled as two nonlocal Kirchhoff plates connected by van der Waals forces. The Galerkin strip transfer function method which is a semi-analytical method is developed to compute the natural frequencies of the massplate vibrating system. It can give exact closed-form solutions along the longitudinal direction of the strip. The results obtained from the semi-analytical method are compared with the previous ones, and the differences between the single-layered graphene sheet(SLGS) and the DLGS mass sensors are also investigated. The results demonstrate the similarity of the in-phase mode between the SLGS and DLGS mass sensors. The sensitivity of the DLGS mass sensor can be increased by decreasing the nonlocal parameter, moving the attached nanoparticle closer to the DLGS center and making the DLGS smaller. These conclusions are helpful for the design and application of graphene-sheet-based resonators as nano-mass sensors.     

多场作用下输流单层碳纳米管的动力学特性

以非局部弹性理论为基础,采用欧拉-伯努利梁模型,考虑管型区域内滑移边界条件以及碳纳米管的小尺度效应,应用哈密顿原理获得了温度场与轴向磁场共同作用下的输流单层固支碳纳米管（SWCNT）的振动控制方程以及边界条件,依靠微分变换法（DTM法）对此高阶偏微分方程进行求解,通过数值计算研究了多场中单层固支输流碳纳米管的振动与失稳问题。结果表明：温度场、轴向磁场强度、Knudsen数及小尺度参数都会对系统振动频率以及失稳临界流速产生影响。     

Simultaneous determination of position and mass of a particle by the vibration of a diaphragm-based nanomechanical resonator

We present a theoretical analysis of the vibration of a suspended circular diaphragm resonator with a particle at an arbitrary location when considering the effects of plate stiffness and membrane tension in the diaphragm. The analytical expression relating position and mass of a particle attached on a stretched diaphragm with varying residual stress to the resulting shifts in diaphragm resonant frequency is derived. It has been shown that the particle position and mass for the diaphragm configuration can be unambiguously resolved by combining resonant frequencies of the first three consecutive symmetric vibration modes. This finding is verified numerically in finite element modeling using a freestanding circular diaphragm with and without an added particle, and it proves that the method resolves the particle position and mass with high accuracy.     

基于辛理论的载流碳纳米管能带分析

基于连续介质力学理论和辛弹性理论,将载流碳纳米管等效为铁木辛柯梁,采用哈密顿变分原理建立了载流碳纳米管的振动控制方程;引入对偶变量将振动控制方程从拉格朗日体系导入到哈密顿体系下;通过波传播方法分析了载流碳纳米管的能带结构;研究了流体密度、流速对载流碳纳米管能带结构的影响;同时计算了载流碳纳米管的散射矩阵. 研究发现:管内流速以及流体密度对剪切频率和弯曲频率有着非常重要的影响. 研究结果表明:载流碳纳米管的剪切频率和弯曲频率因流体的加入而减小,并随流速及流体密度的增大而减小;通过对数值结果的分析发现:载流碳纳米管由于管内流体、流速以及流体密度的作用,会使得载流碳纳米管变的更“软”. 其中,哈密顿体系下所得出的载流碳纳米管弯曲频率随管内流体密度的增加而变小,有别于在拉格朗日体系下非局部梁理论所得的结论. 同时,数值结果表明散射矩阵是酉矩阵,辛体系下的入射波功率流与反射波功率流相等,即功率流守恒,体现了辛弹性力学理论的优越性.      

An image encryption algorithm based on compound homogeneous hyper-chaotic system

A new dynamic model of a rotating flexible beam with a concentrated mass located in arbitrary position is derived based on the absolute nodal coordinate formulation, and its modal characteristics are investigated in this paper. To consider the concentrated mass at an arbitrary location of the beam, a Dirac’s delta function is used to express the mass per unit length of the beam. Based on the proposed dynamic model, the frequency analysis is performed. The nonlinear equation is transformed into the linear one via employing the linear perturbation analysis method. The stiffness matrix of static equilibrium of the system under the deformed condition is obtained, in which the effect of coupling between the longitudinal deformation and transversal deformation is included. This means even if only the chordwise bending equation is solved, the longitudinal vibration effect can be still considered. As we know, once the longitudinal deformation is large, it will significantly affect the chordwise bending vibration. So the proposed model in this paper is more accurate than the traditional dynamic models which are usually lack of the coupling terms between the longitudinal deformation and transversal deformation. In fact, the traditional dynamic models for the chordwise vibration analysis in the existing literature are usually linear due to neglecting the coupling terms, and consequently, they are only suitable for the modal characteristic analysis of a beam under small deformations. In order to get some general conclusions of the natural frequencies and mode shapes, the equation which governs the chordwise bending vibration of the rotating beam is transformed into a dimensionless form. The dynamic model presented in this paper is nonlinear and can be conveniently used to analyze the modal characteristics of a rotating flexible beam with large deformations. To demonstrate the power of the new dynamic model presented in this paper, the dynamic simulations involving the comparisons between the different frequencies obtained using the model proposed in this paper and the models in the existing literature and the investigating in frequency veering and mode shift phenomena are given. The simulation results show that the angular velocity of the flexible beam will give rise to the phenomena of the natural frequency loci veering and the associated mode shift which is verified in the previous studies. In addition, the phenomena of the natural frequency loci veering rather than crossing can be observed due to the changing of the magnitude of the concentrated mass or of the location of the concentrated mass which are found for the first time. Furthermore, there is an interesting phenomenon that the natural frequency loci will veer more than once due to different types of mode coupling between the bending and stretching vibrations of the rotating beam. At the same time, the mode shift phenomenon will occur correspondingly. Additionally, the characteristics of the vibration nodes are also investigated in this paper.     

On the dynamics of vibro-impact systems with ideal and non-ideal excitation

This study is concerned with modelling and analyses of a vibro-impact system consisting of a crank-slider mechanism and one oscillator attached to it, where the system is exposed to a non-ideal excitation. The impact occurs during the motion of the oscillator when it fits a base, and the excitation of the driving source is affected by this behaviour. The aim is to determine the interaction between a driving torque and the motion of the oscillator. To achieve this aim in a methodologically sound manner, both vibrating and vibro-impact systems with an ideal and non-ideal excitation are analysed. Analytical and numerical solutions are obtained for the vibrating system with the ideal excitation. Numerical analyses of the vibrating system with the non-ideal excitation is then conducted, where the characteristic curves for this system are found analytically. Numerical simulations are also carried out for other two systems and the results obtained are shown in terms of frequency–response diagrams, time-displacement diagrams and basins of attraction. The results found for different systems are compared mutually, and the differences between them are pointed out. Impact solutions for different regions of the excitation frequency are shown. For the vibro-impact system with the non-ideal excitation, the average value of its frequency is used.

     

Shape memory elastic foundation and supports for passive vibration control of composite plates

The paper presents an approach to passive vibration control of shear deformable and thin plates. The first of two methods of vibration control employs prestressed shape memory alloy (SMA) wires embedded in sleeves attached to the surface of the plate. The spacing between the wires can be arbitrary and variable enabling the development of a SMA support system for maximum control with minimum additional weight. The other method considered in the paper utilizes SMA wires supporting the plate at strategically selected points. The mechanism of passive control includes two components: (1) SMA wires prestressed as a result of constrained phase transformation act as an elastic foundation with a variable stiffness and (2) energy dissipation occurs as a result of hysteresis in superelastic wires vibrating together with the structure. As follows from examples, it is possible to achieve a significant reduction of the vibration amplitude over a broad spectrum of driving frequencies using any of two methods considered in the paper.     

Solution of Boundary-Value Problems of the Dynamics of a Liquid in Horizontal Cylindrical Cavities with Partitions

We propose methods for the construction of approximate solutions of main boundary-value problems. These methods enable one to determine frequencies and attached masses of an ideal liquid in a moving horizontal cylinder that has an arbitrary symmetric cross section and structural elements in the form of longitudinal edges-partitions.     

NONLINEAR AND QUASI-LINEAR BEHAVIOR OF A CURVED CARBON NANOTUBE VIBRATING IN AN ELECTRIC FORCE FIELD; AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH

The nonlinear vibrational model of a slightly curved single-walled carbon nanotube （SWCNT） resting on a Winkler-type elastic foundation is developed using nonlocal Euler- Bernoulli elastic theory. The SWCNT is assumed to vibrate under an external harmonic electric force field and an analytical solution is proposed to obtain the nonlinear resonant frequencies. The results show good agreement with the numerical simulation and the obtained analytical frequency is com- pletely related to the curvature of the nanotube. Our model predicts that although the model is nonlinear in nature, the curved SWCNT could behave linearly in a certain amount of curvatures and this quasi-linear vibrational behavior of curved SWCNT is a function of aspect ratio, nonlocal parameter, and stiffness of the foundation.     

COUPLED VIBRATORY CHARACTERISTICS OF A RECTANGULAR CONTAINER BOTTOM PLATE

The natural frequencies of an elastic thin plate placed into a rectangular hole and connected to the rigid bottom slab of a rectangular container filled with fluid having a free surface are studied. The fluid is assumed to be incompressible, inviscid and irrotational, and the effect of surface waves is neglected. An analytical-Ritz method is developed to study the vibratory characteristics of the plate in contact with the fluid. First of all, the exact expression of the motion of the fluid is obtained, in which the unknown coefficients are determined by using the method of separation of variables and the method of Fourier series expansion. Then, the Ritz approach is used to obtain the frequency equation of the system. The vibrating beam functions are adopted as the admissible functions for the wet-mode expansion of the plate, and the added virtual mass incremental (AVMI) matrices are obtained for plates with arbitrary boundary conditions. Finally, a convergence study is carried out and some numerical results are given. The accuracy of AVMI factor solutions is discussed by comparing with the more accurate analytical-Ritz solutions presented in this paper. Furthermore, It is seen that the present method is also suitable for the vibration analysis of rectangular plates in contact with infinite fluid by taking the finite, but larger size fluid domain as an approximation in the computation.     

Nonlinear vibrations of a single-walled carbon nanotube for delivering of nanoparticles

The capability of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in efficient transporting of drug molecules into the biological cells has been the focus of attention of various scientific disciplines during the past decade. From applied mechanics points of view, translocation of a nanoparticle inside the pore of a CNT would result in vibrations. The true understanding of the interactive forces between the moving nanoparticle and the inner surface of the CNT is a vital step in factual realization of such vibrations. Herein, by employing the nonlocal Rayleigh beam theory, nonlinear vibrations of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) as nanoparticle delivery nanodevices are studied. The existing van der Waals interactional forces between the constitutive atoms of the nanoparticle and those of the SWCNT, frictional force, and both longitudinal and transverse inertial effects of the moving nanoparticle are taken into account in the proposed model. The nonlinear-nonlocal governing equations are explicitly obtained and then numerically solved using Galerkin method and a finite difference scheme in the space and time domains, respectively. The roles of the velocity and mass weight of the nanoparticle, small-scale effect, slenderness ratio, and vdW force on the maximum longitudinal and transverse displacements as well as the maximum nonlocal axial force and bending moment within the SWCNT are examined. In general, the obtained results reveal that the nonlinear analysis should be performed when the nanotube structure is traversed by a moving nanoparticle with high levels of the mass weight and velocity.     

Wave-based control of planar motion of beam-like mass–spring arrays

Wave-based control (WBC) is a simple and relatively new technique for motion control of under-actuated flexible systems. To date it has been mainly applied to rectilinear lumped flexible systems. The current work focuses on a development of WBC to control two-dimensional beam-like structures in which an actuator, attached to one end, acts to translate and rotate the structure through an arbitrary path in the plane. In this work, first a lumped model of a beam is developed using mass–spring arrays. The lumped beam model is of interest here as a benchmark control challenge. It can also be considered as a model of various lumped or distributed mass structures. To check the latter, the mode shapes and frequencies are first compared with those of classical beam theory. This involved a new technique to find mode shapes and frequencies for arrays. The control strategy is then presented and tested for a range of manoeuvres. As a system to be controlled, the mass–spring array presents many challenges. It has many degrees of freedom, many undamped vibration modes, is highly under-actuated, and sensing of system states is difficult. Despite these challenges, WBC performs well, combining a fairly rapid response with active vibration damping and zero steady-state error. The controller is simple to implement and of low order. It does not need or use any system model and is very robust to system changes.     

振荡燃烧的动态测试及信息处理

作者用随机信息处理方法研究了某型火箭发动机的燃烧状况,不仅发现该型发动机存在有振荡燃烧,而且获得了振荡燃烧信息的功率谱及功率谱阵。针对振荡燃烧信息在时间域和频率域上的随机性特点,作者精心地设计了测试系统,并对系统的性能参数进行了全面标定。经多次实测证明该系统工作可靠,信噪比较高。测试与分析结果表明:该型发动机振荡燃烧的主振测率为800Hz,最大振幅为43dB;并存在有1600Hz和2500Hz两个次级振荡频率;而且该发动机的振荡燃烧是以纵向振荡为主。为研究该型火箭发动机振荡燃烧的产生原因和消除方法提供了科学依据。     

地震作用下基于ADMF和系统参数组合的最优MTMD

多重调谐质量阻尼器 ( MTMD)是由许多频率成线性分布的调谐质量阻尼器组成。可能的系统参数组合形成 5种 MTMD,即 MTMD-1～MTMD-5。基于在基底加速度作用下具有一般 MTMD时结构的加速度传递函数 ,建立了 MTMD-1～ MTMD-5加速度动力放大系数 ( ADMF)的统一模式。利用 ADMF和数值寻优技术进行了详细的最优参数研究。最优参数包括 :最优频率间隔、最优阻尼比、最优调谐频率比。大量的数值比较表明 :在MTMD地震反应控制工程中 ,应优先选择 MTMD-1。     

The free bending vibration of cylindrical tank partially filled with liquid and submerged in water

This paper studies the free bending vibration of cylindrical tank partially filled with liquid and submerged in water. The depths of liquid and water may be completely arbitrary. The exact calculating formulae of mode shape functions and inherent frequencies are deduced. The results can be gained by means of computer. The analysis shows that the effect of liquid and water on vibration of cylindrical tank is respectively equivalent to a generalized distributive mass attached to the tank.     

Erratum to: Vibration Analysis of Perforated Plates Using Time-Average Digital Speckle Pattern Interferometry

Digital Speckle Interferometry is a non invasive full-field coherent optical technique used in mechanical vibration measurement. In this research, it is used for tuning resonant frequencies of vibrating plates in order to investigate the dynamical behavior of perforated plates. The plate was excited to resonant vibration by a sinusoidal acoustic source. Fringe pattern produced during the time-average recording of the vibrating plate, for several resonant frequencies were registered. Results of plates fixed at one edge having internal holes and attached masses are presented. Experimental natural frequencies and modal shapes are compared to those obtained by an analytical approximate solution based on the Rayleigh–Ritz method with the use of orthogonal polynomials as coordinate function. A high degree of correlation between computational analysis and experimental results was observed, proving the potentiality of the optical technique as experimental validation of the numerical simulations.     

Vibration Analysis of Perforated Plates Using Time-Average Digital Speckle Pattern Interferometry

Digital Speckle Interferometry is a non invasive full-field coherent optical technique used in mechanical vibration measurement. In this research, it is used for tuning resonant frequencies of vibrating plates in order to investigate the dynamical behavior of perforated plates. The plate was excited to resonant vibration by a sinusoidal acoustic source. Fringe pattern produced during the time-average recording of the vibrating plate, for several resonant frequencies were registered. Results of plates fixed at one edge having internal holes and attached masses are presented. Experimental natural frequencies and modal shapes are compared to those obtained by an analytical approximate solution based on the Rayleigh–Ritz method with the use of orthogonal polynomials as coordinate function. A high degree of correlation between computational analysis and experimental results was observed, proving the potentiality of the optical technique as experimental validation of the numerical simulations.     

Residual frequency autocorrelation as an indicator of non-linearity

A new temporal analysis approach using discrete frequency models has recently been introduced by the authors. These models relate the steady-state output of non-linear vibrating systems at each frequency to the excitation at that frequency and the output at other frequencies. The discrete frequency modeling approach is used here to derive an experimental frequency domain indicator function for non-linear vibrations. These indicator functions are autocorrelation functions of residuals from multiple input, multiple output frequency response function estimates. Unlike ordinary spectral coherence functions, which only indicate input–output linearity locally at a single frequency, the autocorrelation functions relate the error at each frequency to the errors at frequencies across the frequency band of interest. This feature enables residual autocorrelation functions to distinguish between system non-linearities and bias errors localized in frequency. Non-linearities in a simulated single-degree-of-freedom system, an analog computer system, and a complicated multiple-degree-of-freedom system are detected using the new indicator function.