Stability and Hopf bifurcation in a three-neuron unidirectional ring with distributed delays

In this paper, we consider the effect of distributed delays in a three-neuron unidirectional ring. Sufficient conditions for existence of unique equilibrium, multiple equilibria and their local stability are derived. Taking the average delay as a bifurcation parameter, we find two critical values at which the system undergoes Hopf bifurcations. The orbital asymptotic stability of the Hopf bifurcating periodic solutions is investigated by using the method of multiple scales. The global Hopf bifurcation is also studied. Finally, the theoretical results are illustrated by some numerical simulations.     

Vibrations of asymmetric rotors supported by asymmetric bearings

Summary In this paper the vibrations of an asymmetric flexible rotor supported by asymmetric bearings is theoretically analyzed by using Galerkin's method and the perturbation method, and numerically calculated. The effects of the asymmetries of the rotor and the bearings and the changes of the main instability regions and the ultraharmonic resonance due to the external and internal dampings are investigated. The experimental tests are performed on a smaller laboratory model in order to verify the validity of the theoretical results.The following results are obtained; the instability regions divide into two ones by the lack of the symmetries in the rotor and the bearings. The ultraharmonic resonances appear at fractional values of the main critical speed. The character of the internal damping is changed by the magnitude of the asymmetries of the rotor and the bearings.

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Übersicht Es werden die Schwingungen eines unsymmetrischen Rotors in unsymmetrischen Lagern analysiert. Dabei wird sowohl das Galerkin-Verfahren als auch eine Störungs-Methode angewendet. Untersucht werden die durch die Unsymmetrien von Rotor und Lagerung entstehenden Effekte sowie die durch äußere und innere Dämpfung entstehenden Änderungen der wichtigsten Instabilitätsbereiche und der ultraharmonischen Resonanzen. Zur Stützung der theoretischen Ergebnisse wurden Versuche an einem Laboratoriumsmodell durchgeführt.Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse sind folgende: Die Instabilitätsbereiche werden durch die Unsymmetrie von Rotor und Lagerung aufgespalten; ultraharmonische Resonanzen treten bei gebroochenen Werten der Hauptkritischen auf; der Charakter der inneren Dämpfung wird durch die Größe der Unsymmetrien von Rotor und Lagerung verändert.

     

Enhancing vibration mitigation in a Jeffcott rotor with active magnetic bearings through parametric excitation

Nonlinear Dynamics - In previous studies of linear rotary systems with active magnetic bearings, parametric excitation was introduced as an open-loop control strategy. The parametric excitation was...     

Stability and bifurcation of unbalance rotor/labyrinth seal system

The influence of labyrinth seal on the stability of unbalanced rotor system was presented . Under the periodic excitation of rotor unbalance , the whirling vibration of rotor is synchronous if the rotation speed is below stability threshold, whereas the vibration becomes severe and asynchronous which is defined as unstable if the rotation speed exceeds threshold . The. Muszynska model of seal force and shooting method were used to investigate synchronous solution of the dynamic equation of rotor system. Then , based on Floquet theory the stability of synchronous solution and unstable dynamic characteristic of system were analyzed.     

Nonlinear modeling and analysis of rotors supported by magnetorheological squeeze film journal bearings

Meccanica - The driver coupled to a driven system through mechanical couplings is very common in rotating machinery. These couplings can present angular and parallel misalignments with more or less...     

Influence of periodic excitation on self-sustained vibrations of one disk rotors in arbitrary length journals bearings

Interaction of forced and self-sustained vibrations of one disk rotor is described by nonlinear finite-degree-of-freedom dynamical system. The shaft of the rotor is supported by two journal bearings. The combination of the shooting technique and the continuation algorithm is used to study the rotor periodic vibrations. The Floquet multipliers are calculated to analyze periodic vibrations stability. The results of periodic motions analysis are shown on the frequency response. The quasi-periodic motions are investigated. These nonlinear vibrations coexist with the periodic forced vibrations.     

Stability Analysis of Sliding Whirl in a Nonlinear Jeffcott Rotor with Cross-Coupling Stiffness Coefficients

An analytical study is carried out on the stability of the fullannular rub solutions of an externally excited, modified Jeffcott rotorwith a given rotor/stator clearance and cross-coupling influences. Theobtained analytical stability conditions provide an opportunity for abetter understanding of the dynamical phenomena of rotor/stator systemswith rubs, such as jump phenomena and the transition between periodicand quasi-periodic full rub responses as well as between the fullannular rubs and the partial rubs. A systematic study on the influenceof the system parameters on these phenomena is carried out. It is foundthat the simultaneous presence of the coefficient of friction and thecross-coupling stiffness coefficient with a proper value may benefit thedynamics of the rotor/stator system with rubs.     

Stability and bifurcation analysis in the delay-coupled nonlinear oscillators

This paper investigates the dynamical behavior of two oscillators with nonlinearity terms, which are coupled with finite delay parameters. Each oscillator is a general class of second-order nonlinear delay-differential equations. The system of delay differential equations is analyzed by reducing the delay equations to a system of ordinary differential equations on a finite-dimensional center manifold, the corresponding to an infinite-dimensional phase space. In addition, the characteristic equation for the linear stability of the trivial equilibrium is completely analyzed and the stability region is illustrated in the parameters space. Our analysis reveals necessary coefficients of the reduced vector field on the center manifold for studying the bifurcations of the trivial equilibrium such as transcritical, pitchfork, and Hopf bifurcation. Finally, we consider the delay-coupled van der Pol equations.     

Stability and Bifurcation Analysis of a Modified Geometrically Nonlinear Orthotropic Jeffcott Model with Internal Damping

In this paper, a modified Jeffcott model is proposed and studied in order to shed light into the dynamics of a complex system, the Short Electrodynamic Tether (SET), which is similar to an unbalanced rotor. Due to the internal damping, a geometrically linear SET model appears to be unstable as predicted by the linear rotordynamics theory. Some studies in the field of rotordynamics suggest that this instability caused by internal damping do not appear if geometric nonlinearities are taken into account in the system equations of motion. Stability and bifurcation analysis have been carried out on the modified Jeffcott model, which accounts for geometric nonlinearities, orthotropy in the shaft's cross section, and a viscous damping-based internal damping model. The stability results analytically obtained have been compared with a nonlinear multibody model by means of time simulations and good agreement has been found.     

Oil whirl,oil whip and whirl/whip synchronization occurring in rotor systems with full-floating ring bearings

High-speed rotors are often supported in floating ring bearings because of their good damping behavior. In contrast to conventional hydrodynamic bearings with a single oil film, full-floating ring bearings consist of two oil films: An inner and an outer oil film. As single oil-film bearings, full-floating ring bearings also show the typical fluid-film-induced instabilities (self-excited vibrations). Both inner and outer oil films can become unstable and exhibit oil whirl/whip instabilities. The paper at hand considers a Laval (Jeffcott) rotor, which is symmetrically supported in full-floating ring bearings, and investigates the occurring oil whirl/whip effects by means of run-up simulations. It is shown that the inner oil film, which usually becomes unstable first, gives rise to a limit-cycle oscillation with an exactly circular rotor orbit, if gravity and imbalance are neglected. Interesting is the instability generated by the outer oil film. The calculations demonstrate that instability in the outer oil film does not lead to a simple circular limit-cycle orbit. Whirl/whip-induced limit-cycle oscillations generated by the outer oil film are more complex and entail a coupled circumferential and radial motion, although the mechanical problem is radially symmetric, if gravity and imbalance are neglected. Thus, whirl/whip instability in the outer fluid film may be interpreted as symmetry breaking. Finally, a further kind of bifurcation/instability occurring in rotors supported in full-floating ring bearings—called Total Instability in this paper—is analyzed. It is shown that Total Instability is caused by synchronization of two limit cycles, namely synchronization of the inner and outer oil whirl/whip. Total Instability is of practical interest and observed in real technical rotor systems, and frequently leads to complete rotor damage.     

Stability switches and global Hopf bifurcation in a nutrient-plankton model

This paper is devoted to the analysis of a nutrient-plankton model with delayed nutrient cycling. Firstly, stability and Hopf bifurcation of the positive equilibrium are given, and the direction and stability of Hopf bifurcation are also studied. We show that delay, which is considered in the decomposition of dead phytoplankton, can induce stability switches, such that the positive equilibrium switches from stability to instability, to stability again and so on. One can observe that the influence of delay on the system dynamics is essential. Then, we prove that there exists at least one positive periodic solution as the time delay varies in some regions using the global Hopf bifurcation result of Wu (1998, Trans Am Math Soc 350:4799–4838) for functional differential equations. Furthermore, the impact of input rate of nutrient is discussed along with numerical results, and the role of delay in the nutrient cycling is interpreted ecologically. Finally, several groups of illustrations are performed to justify analytical findings.     

Stability and bifurcation in an electromechanical system with time delays

The effect of time delays occurring in a proportional-integral-derivative feedback controller on the linear stability of a simple electromechanical system is investigated by analyzing the characteristic transcendental equation. It is found that the trivial fixed point of the system can lose its stability through Hopf bifurcations when the time delay crosses certain critical values. Codimension two bifurcations, which result from non-resonant and resonant Hopf–Hopf bifurcation interactions, are also found to exist in the system.     

Stability and bifurcation analysis in tri-neuron model with time delay

A simple delayed neural network model with three neurons is considered. By constructing suitable Lyapunov functions, we obtain sufficient delay-dependent criteria to ensure global asymptotical stability of the equilibrium of a tri-neuron network with single time delay. Local stability of the model is investigated by analyzing the associated characteristic equation. It is found that Hopf bifurcation occurs when the time delay varies and passes a sequence of critical values. The stability and direction of bifurcating periodic solution are determined by applying the normal form theory and the center manifold theorem. If the associated characteristic equation of linearized system evaluated at a critical point involves a repeated pair of pure imaginary eigenvalues, then the double Hopf bifurcation is also found to occur in this model. Our main attention will be paid to the double Hopf bifurcation associated with resonance. Some Numerical examples are finally given for justifying the theoretical results.     

Stability and bifurcation analysis in the cross-coupled laser model with delay

The dynamics of the cross-coupled laser model with delay has been investigated. The investigation confirms that a Hopf bifurcation occurs due to the existence of stability switches when the product of the coupling strengths varies. An algorithm for determining the stability and direction of the Hopf bifurcation is derived by applying the normal form theory and the center manifold theorem. Finally, some numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate the analytic results.     

Stability and Hopf bifurcation of a delayed ratio-dependent predator-prey system

Since the ratio-dependent theory reflects the fact that predators must share and compete for food, it is suitable for describing the relationship between predators and their preys and has recently become a very important theory put forward by biologists. In order to investigate the dynamical relationship between predators and their preys, a so-called Michaelis-Menten ratio-dependent predator-prey model is studied in this paper with gestation time delays of predators and preys taken into consideration. The stability of the positive equilibrium is investigated by the Nyquist criteria, and the existence of the local Hopf bifurcation is analyzed by employing the theory of Hopf bifurcation. By means of the center manifold and the normal form theories, explicit formulae are derived to determine the stability, direction and other properties of bifurcating periodic solutions. The above theoretical results are validated by numerical simulations with the help of dynamical software WinPP. The results show that if both the gestation delays are small enough, their sizes will keep stable in the long run, but if the gestation delays of predators are big enough, their sizes will periodically fluc-tuate in the long term. In order to reveal the effects of time delays on the ratio-dependent predator-prey model, a ratiodependent predator-prey model without time delays is considered. By Hurwitz criteria, the local stability of positive equilibrium of this model is investigated. The conditions under which the positive equilibrium is locally asymptotically stable are obtained. By comparing the results with those of the model with time delays, it shows that the dynamical behaviors of ratio-dependent predator-prey model with time delays are more complicated. Under the same conditions, namely, with the same parameters, the stability of positive equilibrium of ratio-dependent predator-prey model would change due to the introduction of gestation time delays for predators and preys. Moreover, with the variation of time delays, the positive equilibrium of the ratio-dependent predator-prey model subjects to Hopf bifurcation.