接触非线性对声黑洞梁减振效果的影响

声黑洞(acoustic black hole, ABH)效应是基于弯曲波在变厚度薄壁结构中的传播性质发展起来的一种被动减振技术. 本文针对传统的线性声黑洞在高频段具有显著减振效果,而在低频段减振性能欠佳的问题,利用接触非线性提出了将能量从低频段传递到高频段的想法,旨在提升声黑洞的总体性能. 考虑声黑洞梁和位于其下方的接触挡板的碰撞振动问题,首先,通过实验验证了引入接触碰撞后系统的非线性机制及能量传递效应. 随后,基于欧拉-伯努利梁理论建立了声黑洞梁和挡板碰撞振动的数值模型,并分析了模型的收敛性. 该模型遵循模态法的求解过程,并利用有限差分法处理变厚度梁的特征值问题. 接触作用力借鉴于Hertzian接触定律来刻画,阻尼层的影响则通过Ross-Kerwin-Ungard模型求解. 基于数值模型,着重分析了含接触非线性时,声黑洞梁的能量传递与衰减特性及其对声黑洞减振性能的提升,并考察了接触刚度、接触点位置和初始间隙等接触参数的影响. 结果表明引入接触非线性后,振动能量可以从声黑洞性能欠佳的低频段传递到声黑洞效果显著的高频区域,梁的能量衰减速度显著加快,声黑洞的整体减振性能得到了有效地提高.      

Improvement of the acoustic black hole effect by using energy transfer due to geometric nonlinearity

Acoustic Black Hole effect (ABH) is a passive vibration damping technique without added mass based on flexural waves properties in thin structures with variable thickness. A common implementation is a plate edge where the thickness is locally reduced with a power law profile and covered with a viscoelastic layer. The plate displacement in the small thickness region is large and easily exceeds the plate thickness. This is the origin of geometric nonlinearity which can generate couplings between linear eigenmodes of the structure and induce energy transfer between low and high frequency regimes. This phenomenon may be used to increase the efficiency of the ABH treatment in the low frequency regime where it is usually inefficient. An experimental investigation evidenced that usual ABH implementation gives rise to measurable geometric nonlinearity and typical nonlinear phenomena. In particular, strongly nonlinear regime and wave turbulence are reported. The nonlinear ABH beam is then modeled as a von Kármán plate with variable thickness. The model is solved numerically by using a modal method combined with an energy-conserving time integration scheme. The effects of both the thickness profile and the damping layer are then investigated in order to improve the damping properties of an ABH beam. It is found that a compromise between the two effects can lead to an important gain of efficiency in the low frequency range.     

Merging phononic crystals and acoustic black holes

Phononic crystals(PCs) have recently been developed as effective components for vibration suppression and sound absorption. As a typical design of PCs, wave attenuation occurs in the so-called stop-band. However, the structural response is still significantly large in the pass-band. In this paper, we combine PCs and acoustic black holes(ABHs) in a unique device, achieving a versatile device that can attenuate vibration in the stop-band, while suppress vibration in the pass-band. This approach pr...     

Nonlinearly coupled vibrations of thin-walled elastic beams of open section

An account of certain subharmonic vibrations as observed during a resonant testing of thin-walled beams of monosymmetric open section for coupled torsional and bending vibrations is presented. The phenomenon can be described in terms of the vibrational modes of the beam. When the beam is excited at the resonant frequency of a higher mode, there is a tendency for the lowest mode to be excited, resulting in a high-order subharmonic oscillation. It is found that when such phenomenon occurs, the high-mode frequency is a multiple or near multiple of the fundamental frequency of the beam. Under such condition, the response of the beam consists of a superposition of the response of the high mode (harmonic response) and that of the fundamental mode (subharmonic response). The amplitude of the subharmonic motion is generally much larger than that of the harmonic response.     

The response of clamped-clamped microbeams under mechanical shock

We present modeling, simulation, and characterization for the dynamic response of clamped-clamped microbeams under mechanical shock. A Galerkin-based reduced-order model is utilized and its results are verified by comparing to finite-element results. The results indicate that the response of a microbeam to mechanical shock is inherently non-linear because of the dominating effect of mid-plane stretching. The effect of the shock pulse shape is investigated. It is concluded that the shape of the shock pulse can result in significant dynamic amplification in the response of the microbeam even in cases where the shock load is considered quasi-static.The combined effect of the electrostatic force and mechanical shock is investigated. The results show that this combined effect can lead to early instability in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices through dynamic pull-in. This could explain some of the reported experimental evidences for the existence of strange modes of failure of MEMS devices under mechanical shock and impact. These failures are characterized by overlaps between moving microstructures and stationary electrodes, which cause electrical shorts. The shock-electrostatic interaction is shown to be promising to design smart MEMS switches triggered at predetermined level of shock and acceleration. Finally, the mechanical shock combined with the packaging effect of MEMS devices is analyzed. A single-degree-of-freedom model representing the motion of the package, which is mounted over a printed circuit board, coupled with the continuous beam model is utilized. Our results reveal that neglecting the effect of the package motion on the response of microbeams can overestimate or underestimate their response. It is concluded that a poor design of the package may result in severe amplification of the shock effect leading to a device failure.     

Finite element analysis of the dynamic response of clamped sandwich beams subject to shock loading

The finite element (FE) method is employed to analyse the response of clamped sandwich beams subject to shock loadings. Pressure versus time histories representative of shock loadings are applied uniformly to the outer face of the sandwich beam; an impulse applied uniformly to the outer face of the sandwich beam is shown to model adequately shock loadings. Material elasticity and strain hardening representative of structural steels have only a minor effect upon the beam response. Further, the magnitude of the compressive strength of the core has only a limited influence upon the dynamic response of the sandwich beam for the representative range of core strengths considered. The FE results for the deflections and structural response time agree well with the rigid ideally-plastic analytical predictions of Fleck and Deshpande (J. Appl. Mech. (2003), in press).     

应用浮动冲击平台考核舰载设备响应分析

为研究安装甲板模拟器的浮动冲击平台系统考核舰载设备的机理,对整个系统建立有限元模型进行数值模拟并建立力学模型进行了理论分析。根据船体甲板结构产生的垂向低通滤波特性,提出甲板模拟器具有减缓高频冲击并满足设备安装频率要求的作用。将被试设备的浮动冲击平台考核系统简化为有阻尼的三自由度系统强迫振动模型,通过拉普拉斯变换方法求解了不同冲击环境下被试设备的响应。数值模拟与理论计算结果比较吻合,被试设备响应迅速达到峰值后逐渐衰减,振动频率由高频向低频过渡,在分析浮动冲击平台舰载设备考核系统长时间响应时需考虑阻尼的影响。     

A sensitive thrust-measuring device

A centilevered beam with mounted strain gages is used to indirectly measure the velocity of a stream of drops by measuring the thrust produced by this stream. A design procedure is explained and implemented to determine a suitable geometry for this device. Sensitivity, frequency response and fragility are the factors considered in the design. Laboratory-test results show the usefulness of this device.     

Piecewise-linear restoring force surfaces for semi-nonparametric identification of nonlinear systems

A method for identifying a piecewise-linear approximation to the nonlinear forces acting on a system is presented and demonstrated using response data from a micro-cantilever beam. It is based on the Restoring Force Surface (RFS) method by Masri and Caughey, which is very attractive when initially testing a nonlinear system because it does not require the user to postulate a form for the nonlinearity a priori. The piecewise-linear fitting method presented here assures that a continuous piecewise-linear surface is identified, is effective even when the data does not cover the phase plane uniformly, and is more computationally efficient than classical polynomial based methods. A strategy for applying the method in polar form to sinusoidally excited response data is also presented. The method is demonstrated on simulated response data from a cantilever beam with a nonlinear electrostatic force, which highlights some of the differences between the local, piecewise-linear model presented here and polynomial-based models. The proposed methods are then applied to identify the force-state relationship for a micro-cantilever beam, whose response to single frequency excitation, measured with a Laser Doppler Vibrometer, contains a multitude of harmonics. The measurements suggest that an oscillatory nonlinear force acts on the cantilever when its tip velocity is near maximum during each cycle.     

旋转中心刚体-FGM梁刚柔热耦合动力学特性研究

对旋转中心刚体-功能梯度材料(functionally graded material,FGM)梁刚柔热耦合动力学特性进行研究.FGM梁为物理性能参数沿厚度方向呈幂律分布的欧拉伯努利梁.考虑柔性梁的横向弯曲变形和轴向拉伸变形, 并计入横向弯曲变形引起的纵向缩短,即非线性耦合变形量.考虑变截面空心梁在外部高温、内冷通道冷却情况下的热力耦合对系统动力学特性的影响,求解得到FGM梁沿厚度方向分布的温度场, 进而在本构关系中计入热应变.采用假设模态法对柔性梁变形场进行离散,运用第二类拉格朗日方程推导得到系统的刚柔热耦合动力学方程,并编制动力学仿真软件, 然后通过仿真算例对系统的动力学问题进行研究.结果表明:不同截面梁动力学响应差异较大, 因此需对实际系统合理建模;大范围运动已知时, 考虑热冲击载荷的FGM梁将有效抑制横向弯曲变形,而大范围运动恒定时随热冲击的叠加会出现高频振荡; 大范围运动未知时,外力矩和热冲击载荷相互作用产生热力耦合效应, 导致系统呈现高频振荡,同时与中心刚体大范围旋转运动产生刚柔热耦合效应.      

Experimental investigation of structural response to generalized ground shock excitations

High-frequency ground motions (referred to as “ground shocks”) of potentially damaging magnitude are produced from blasting and heavy construction activities. Up to now, quantification of the ground shock response and damage has remained empirical on the basis of general field observations. Systematic test data that allow for a rigorous interpretation of the response characteristics and calibration of analytical models are scarce. In this investigation, a unique experimental program was conducted to simulate the ground shock response on scaled reinforced concrete frame models with an electromagnetic shaker. Different response characteristics under high frequency excitations as compared to the familiar earthquake response are observed. In particular, the structural significance of local modes in high frequency response is clearly identified. The measured response allowed for the construction of spectral concrete strain curves for a given ground motion peak particle velocity (PPV), based on which a benchmark allowable PPV vs. input frequency relationship is obtained and is compared with relevant code provisions.     

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.     

梁在固有振动中的对偶关系

本文研究具有齐次边界的Euler-Bernoulli梁在固有振动中的对偶关系.将两种截面变化不同、但固有频率完全相同的梁定义为异截面对偶梁.通过位移描述和弯矩描述,指出具有齐次边界条件的变截面梁共有如下7类异截面对偶:一是自由-自由梁与固支-固支梁,二是滑支-自由梁与滑支-固支梁(及其镜像),三是铰支-自由梁与铰支-固支梁(及其镜像),四是铰支-滑支梁与铰支-滑支梁(及其镜像),五是滑支-滑支梁与滑支-滑支梁,六是铰支-铰支梁与铰支-铰支梁,七是固支-自由梁与自由-固支梁.在此基础上,将两种截面变化相同、固有频率也相同的梁定义为同截面对偶梁.研究表明,当且仅当梁的截面积函数和截面惯性矩函数具有特定指数函数形式时,前4类异截面对偶梁能成为同截面对偶梁.对于等截面梁,上述前3类同截面对偶仍可保持,而第4类同截面对偶退化为彼此镜像.此时,通过引入转角描述可发现等截面梁产生新对偶,即滑支-滑支梁与铰支-铰支梁对偶.上述等截面梁的对偶均具有如下特征,即对偶中的一种梁具有静定约束,另一种梁具有静不定约束.      

Accurate modeling,comparative analysis,and performance enhancement of broadband piezoelectric energy harvesters with single and dual magnetic forces

The accurate electromechanical modeling and effectiveness of a piezoelectric energy harvester having dual magnetic forces at its tip is evaluated for low-frequency excitation purposes. To accurately represent the magnetic force, the exact finite element magnetic force is accurately fitted with a fifth-order polynomial representation in order to use it for low spacing distances between the two magnets. A comparative study is then carried out between the performances of piezoelectric energy harvesters having single and dual magnetic forces. It is indicated that hardening nonlinear behaviors take place in the dual attractive magnets compared to softening behaviors in the single magnet design. Static and eigenvalue problem analyses are also performed in order to determine the impacts of the spacing distance between the magnets on the static deflection and fundamental natural frequency of the energy harvester. The results show that the inclusion of a second magnetic force with an attractive interaction results in a delay in the static pull-in and a decrease in the fundamental natural frequency for same spacing distances. After that, a nonlinear distributed-parameter model is derived using the Galerkin discretization and used to study the performance and effectiveness of a piezoelectric energy harvester with dual attractive magnetic forces. The results show that the attractive dual magnets with same spacing distances lead to the presence of broadband resonance regions when the spacing distance between the magnets decreases to lower values. In addition, unlike the dual magnetic forces configuration which has only cubic nonlinearity, it is demonstrated that the single magnetic force configuration results in the presence of the quadratic nonlinearity which allows the energy harvester to have a softening behavior.     

两自由度参数激励摆旋转运动分析和实验

研究具有支撑参数激励摆系统的支撑结构振动对摆旋转的影响,其中支撑结构是受到扭簧约束的刚性悬臂梁,参数激励摆与刚性悬臂梁的悬臂段铰接．首先,通过拉格朗日方程建立了系统两自由度的动力学方程．其次,利用多尺度法对建立的模型进行理论分析,得到悬臂梁的振动与上摆不同运动形式的关系,从而得到上摆不同运动形式下的参数平面分类和悬臂梁在上摆转动时的振动频响．最后,通过建立实验装置,观察理论预测,实验结果验证了理论分析的正确性．实验与理论对照得到,当参数激励频率接近悬臂梁的一阶固有频率时,悬臂梁的振幅变大,会破坏摆的转动稳定性．     

Parametrically Excited Vibration of a Timoshenko Beam on Random Viscoelastic Foundation jected to a Harmonic Moving Load

The vibration response of a Timoshenko beam supported by a viscoelastic foundation with randomly distributed parameters along the beam length and jected to a harmonic moving load, is studied. By means of the first-order two-dimensional regular perturbation method and employing appropriate Green's functions, the dynamic response of the beam consisting of the mean and variance of the deflection and of the bending moment are obtained analytically in integral forms. Results of a field measurement for a test track are utilized to model the uncertainty of the foundation parameters. A frequency analysis is carried out and the effect of the load speed on the response is studied. It is found that the covariance functions of the stiffness and the loss factor both have the shape of an exponential function multiplied by a cosine function. Furthermore, it is shown that in each frequency response there is a peak value for the frequency, which changes inversely with the load speed. It is also found that the peak value of the mean and also standard deviation of the deflection and bending moment can be a decreasing or increasing function of the load speed depending on its frequency. An erratum to this article is available at .     

Natural frequencies of an infinite beam on a simple inertial foundation model

A simple inertial foundation model consisting of a 3-D shear layer resting on a bed of closely spaced individual rods capable of wave propagation in the axial direction is suggested here. The frequency equation for an infinite beam resting on such a foundation is determined. It is found to be the same as one given for a beam resting on a 3-D inertial layer. Therefore, this model can be successfully used for considering the effect of the inertia of the foundation on the dynamic response of the structures resting on it.     

框架梁试验台的研制与应用

介绍了新型框架梁试验台的原理和构造, 该装置能够有效地在梁端产生轴 向和转动约束来模拟框架梁的实际受力状态. 应用该装置对钢筋混凝土框架梁进行了试验研 究, 试验结果证明了理论分析的结果, 并表明该试验台稳定可靠, 测试数据准确.     

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.