Performance analysis of a nonlinear inerter-based vibration isolator with inerter embedded in a linkage mechanism

This study presents an inerter-based nonlinear vibration isolator with geometrical nonlinearity created by configuring an inerter in a diamond-shaped linkage mechanism. The isolation performance of the proposed nonlinear isolator subjected to force or base-motion excitations is investigated. Both analytical and alternating frequency-time harmonic balance methods as well as numerical integration method are used to obtain the dynamic response. Beneficial performance of the nonlinear isolator is demonstrated by various performance indices including the force and displacement transmissibility as well as power flow variables. It is found that the use of the nonlinear inerter in the isolator can shift and bend the peaks of the transmissibility and time-averaged power flow to the low-frequency range, creating a larger frequency band of effective vibration isolation. It is also shown that the inertance-to-mass ratio and the initial distance of the nonlinear inerter can be effectively tailored to achieve reduced transmissibility and power transmission at interested frequencies. Anti-resonant peaks appear at specific frequency, creating near-zero energy transmission and significantly reducing vibration transmission to a base structure on which the proposed isolator is mounted.

     

Autoparametric amplification of two nonlinear coupled mass–spring systems

The gearboxes of machines generally operate under a time-varying state rather than under steady-state conditions. However, it is difficult to investigate the nonlinear dynamics of a time-varying gear system. A gear system model of a railway vehicle was proposed in consideration of its time-varying mesh stiffness, nonlinear backlash, transmission error, time-varying external excitation, and rail irregularity. To obtain the nonlinear behaviors of a time-varying stochastic gear system, a quasi-static analysis was performed to observe its doubling-periodic bifurcation, chaotic motion, and transition from a lower to a higher power periodic motion. Based on the energy comparison results, the time-varying stochastic gear system was degraded to a time-varying system to simplify the calculation. Furthermore, the nonlinear response of the time-varying system was computed using the Runge–Kutta method and was compared with the results of a quasi-static analysis that employed a short-time Fourier transform method. The results of the quasi-static analysis were consistent with the results of the time–frequency analysis for the time-varying gear system except for the result at 3180 r/min, which represented a short period wherein the process transitioned to chaos. Hence, the comparison demonstrates the applicability of the quasi-static analysis for the nonlinear behavior analysis of a time-varying stochastic system.     

Power system transient stability analysis through a homotopy analysis method

As an important function of energy management systems, online contingency analysis plays an important role in providing power system security warnings of instability. At present, N-1 contingency analysis still relies on time-consuming numerical integration to assess transient stability. To reduce computational cost, this paper proposes a transient stability analysis method based on homotopy analysis. The proposed method analyzes power system transient stability by computing bifurcation points of nonlinear differential equations. These bifurcation points constitute transient stability region boundaries. The method judges if the post-fault system can survive a disturbance by analyzing whether the initial values following fault clearance locate within the boundaries. The proposed method provides an alternative approach to assessing power system transient stability instead of traditional numerical integration. A simple case is presented to demonstrate application of the proposed method; the analysis results of the proposed method are consistent with the results of numerical integration.     

Nonlinear dynamic singularity analysis of two interconnected synchronous generator system with 1:3 internal resonance and parametric principal resonance

The bifurcation analysis of a simple electric power system involving two synchronous generators connected by a transmission network to an infinite-bus is carried out in this paper. In this system, the infinite-bus voltage are considered to maintain two fluctuations in the amplitude and phase angle. The case of 1:3 internal resonance between the two modes in the presence of parametric principal resonance is considered and examined. The method of multiple scales is used to obtain the bifurcation equations of this system. Then, by employing the singularity method, the transition sets determining different bifurcation patterns of the system are obtained and analyzed, which reveal the effects of the infinite-bus voltage amplitude and phase fluctuations on bifurcation patterns of this system. Finally, the bifurcation patterns are all examined by bifurcation diagrams. The results obtained in this paper will contribute to a better understanding of the complex nonlinear dynamic behaviors in a two-machine infinite-bus (TMIB) power system.     

Global bifurcation and chaos analysis in nonlinear vibration of spur gear systems

The global homoclinic bifurcation and transition to chaotic behavior of a nonlinear gear system are studied by means of Melnikov analytical analysis. It is also an effective approach to analyze homoclinic bifurcation and detect chaotic behavior. A generalized nonlinear time varying (NLTV) dynamic model of a spur gear pair is formulated, where the backlash, time varying stiffness, external excitation, and static transmission error are included. From Melnikov method, the threshold values of the control parameter for the occurrence of homoclinic bifurcation and onset of chaos are predicted. Additionally, the numerical bifurcation analysis and numerical simulation of the system including bifurcation diagrams, phase plane portraits, time histories, power spectras, and Poincare sections are used to confirm the analytical predictions and show the transition to chaos.     

Nonlinear numerical simulation method for galloping of iced conductor

Based on the principle of virtual work, an updated Lagrangian finite element formulation for the geometrical large deformation analysis of galloping of the iced conductor in an overhead transmission line is developed. In numerical simulation, a three-node isoparametric cable element with three translational and one torsional degrees-of-freedom at each node is used to discretize the transmission line. The nonlinear dynamic system equation is solved with the Newmark time integration method and the Newton-Raphson nonlinear iteration. Numerical examples demonstrate the efficiency of the presented method and the developed finite element program. A new possible galloping mode, which may reflect the saturation phenomenon of a nonlinear dynamic system, is discovered under the condition that the lowest order of vertical natural frequency of the transmission line is approximately two times of the horizontal one.     

具有曲率和惯性非线性以及材料内阻的旋转复合材料轴的主共振

旋转复合材料轴作为一类典型的转子动力学系统,在先进直升机和汽车动力驱动系统中有着广阔的应用前景.研究旋转复合材料轴的非线性振动特性具有重要的理论与实用价值.然而,目前有关旋转轴的非线性振动研究仅限于各向同性金属材料轴,很少考虑材料内阻的影响.本文研究具有材料内阻的旋转非线性复合材料轴的主共振.非线性来源于不可伸长复合材料轴的大变形引起的非线性曲率和非线性惯性,材料内阻来源于复合材料的黏弹性.动力学建模计入转动惯量和陀螺效应.基于扩展的Hamilton原理,导出具有偏心激励的旋转复合材料轴的弯-弯耦合非线性振动偏微分方程组.采用Galerkin法将偏微分方程离散化为常微分方程,采用多尺度法对常微分方程进行摄动分析,导出主共振响应的解析表达式.对内阻、外阻、铺层角、长径比、铺层方式和偏心距进行数值分析,研究上述参数对旋转非线性复合材料轴的稳态受迫振动响应行为的影响.研究发现,角铺设复合材料轴的内阻系数随着铺层角的增大而增大;内阻对主共振响应特性的影响主要体现在对抑制振幅和改变频率响应的稳定性方面;发生在正进动固有频率附近的主共振响应具有典型的硬弹簧非线性特性.本文提出的模型能够用于描述旋转复合材料轴的主共振特性,是对不可伸长旋转金属轴非线性动力学模型的重要推广.     

On the controlled propagation of wave signals in a sinusoidally forced two-dimensional continuous Frenkel-Kontorova model

The nonlinear processes of supratransmission and infratransmission are employed here in order to show numerically that binary information may be transmitted into (2 + 1)-dimensional, continuous Frenkel-Kontorova media spatially defined on a square, by perturbing harmonically two adjacent boundaries by means of Neumann conditions. The presence of these nonlinear phenomena is established numerically through a computational method that preserves the positivity of the energy operators, and that consistently approximates the solution of the model, the local energy density, the total energy and its dissipation; the existence of a region of bistability where two regimes coexist (conducting and insulating) is established as a corollary. The transmission of binary information is accomplished by fixing a frequency in the forbidden band-gap of the system, and modulating the amplitude of the signals as the sum of a seed (whose amplitude oscillates sinusoidally between the supratransmission and infratransmission thresholds) and small, positive, constant perturbations associated to nonzero bits. Our simulations show that a reliable transmission of information is indeed feasible.     

砂岩全应力应变试验曲线阶段特征的Kolmogorov熵分析

应用K o lm ogorov熵评价准则,进行砂岩全应力应变曲线阶段特征的非线性动力学研究,定量描述了峰前、峰后和全程三个层次的分段特征。通过与功率谱分析结论的比较研究,得出砂岩全应力应变曲线阶段特征的K o lm ogorov熵分析具有高度的可靠性,是对功率谱分析方法的科学验证与有益补充,开辟了岩石全应力应变曲线分段特征定量研究的新途径,具有一定的理论意义。     

A Volterra Series Approach to the Approximation of Stochastic Nonlinear Dynamics

A response approximation method for stochastically excited, nonlinear, dynamic systems is presented. Herein, the output of the nonlinear system isapproximated by a finite-order Volterra series. The original nonlinear system is replaced by a bilinear system in order to determine the kernels of this series. The parameters of the bilinear system are determined by minimizing, in a statistical sense,the difference between the original system and the bilinear system. Application to a piecewise linear modelof a beam with a nonlinear one-sided supportillustrates the effectiveness of this approach in approximatingtruly nonlinear, stochastic response phenomena in both the statistical momentsand the power spectral density of the response of this system in case ofa white noise excitation.     

Controlling chaotic oscillations of visco-elastic plates by the linearization via output feedback

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On the existence of non-polarized azimuthal-symmetric electromagnetic waves in circular dielectric waveguide filled with nonlinear isotropic homogeneous medium

The propagation of monochromatic nonlinear symmetric hybrid waves in a cylindrical nonlinear dielectric waveguide is considered. The physical problem is reduced to solving a transmission eigenvalue problem for a system of ordinary differential equations. Spectral parameters of the problem are propagation constants of the waveguide. The problem is reduced to the new type of nonlinear eigenvalue problem. The analytical method of solving this problem is presented. New propagation regime is found.     

Inertialess Nonlinear Systems for Information Coding

Linear properties of primary information converters are mostly used in conventional information coding methods and devices. The more converters are considered suitable for information transmission purposes, the more linear their characteristics are. However, purely linear converters are usually unavailable. Therefore, the devices should operate only in a narrow range, where the converter characteristic is close to linear. Unfortunately, only a low signal-to-noise ratio can be thus obtained. When trying to increase the output level, nonlinear distortions are encountered. If nonlinear elements are employed for information transmission, they are only constituents of the entire conversion system. However, even in this case only linear properties of the system are used. The above conflict is characteristic not only of primary information converters, but also of converters operating on the basis of amplitude, phase, or frequency modulation. A new information coding method is proposed in this work that employs the nonlinear properties of a converter described by a monotonous conversion function f(x). It allows one to avoid the effect of nonlinear distortions and to increase the signal-to-noise ratio. Calculations are presented that concern application of the proposed method for measurements, in the transmission of analog and digital information. Possible applications of the method in analog-to-digital converters are discussed.     

Stochastic averaging of energy harvesting systems

A stochastic averaging method is proposed for nonlinear energy harvesters subjected to external white Gaussian noise and parametric excitations. The Fokker–Planck–Kolmogorov equation of the coupled electromechanical system of energy harvesting is a three variables nonlinear parabolic partial differential equation whose exact stationary solutions are generally hard to find. In order to overcome difficulties in solving higher dimensional nonlinear partial differential equations, a transformation scheme is applied to decouple the electromechanical equations. The averaged Itô equations are derived via the standard stochastic averaging method, then the FPK equations of the decoupled system are obtained. The exact stationary solution of the averaged FPK equation is used to determine the probability densities of the displacement, the velocity, the amplitude, the joint probability densities of the displacement and velocity, and the power of the stationary response. The effects of the system parameters on the output power are examined. The approximate analytical outcomes are qualitatively and quantitatively supported by the Monte Carlo simulations.     

Numerical analysis of nonlinear modes of piecewise linear systems torsional vibrations

The nonlinear modes of essentially nonlinear piecewise-linear finite degrees of freedom systems are calculated by the numerical methods, which are suggested in this paper. The basis of these methods is numerical solutions of the equations of the systems motions in configuration space. The numerical method for the nonlinear modes of essentially nonlinear piecewise-linear systems forced vibrations is suggested. The basis of this approach is the combination of the Rauscher method and the calculations of the autonomous system nonlinear modes. The nonlinear modes of the diesel engine transmission torsional vibrations are analyzed numerically. The vibrations are described by essentially nonlinear piecewise-linear system with fifteen degrees of freedom. The NNMs of this system forced vibrations are observed in the resonance regions. Both NNMs and the motions, which are essentially differ from NNMs, are observed in the distance from the resonances. NNMs of the forced vibrations of the systems with dissipation are close to NNMs of the system without dissipation.     

Primary pulse transmission in a strongly nonlinear periodic system

The aim of this work is to study the transmission of stress waves in an impulsively forced semi-infinite repetitive system of linear layers which are coupled by means of strongly nonlinear coupling elements. Only primary pulse transmission and reflection at each nonlinear element is considered. This permits the reduction of the problem to an infinite set of first-order strongly nonlinear ordinary differential equations. A subset of these equations is solved both analytically and numerically. For a system possessing clearance nonlinearities it is found that the primary transmitted pulse propagates to only a finite number of layers, and that further transmission of energy to additional layers can occur only through time-delayed secondary pulses or does not occur at all. Hence, clearance nonlinearities in a periodic layered system can lead to energy entrapment in the leading layers. An alternative continuum approximation methodology is also outlined which reduces the problem of primary pulse transmission to the solution of a single strongly nonlinear partial differential equation. The use of the continuum approximation for studying maximum primary pulse penetration in the system with clearance nonlinearities is discussed.     

Nonlinear energy harvesting from vibratory disc-shaped piezoelectric laminates

Implementing resonators with geometrical nonlinearities in vibrational energy harvesting systems leads to considerable enhancement of their operational bandwidths. This advantage of nonlinear devices in comparison to their linear counterparts is much more obvious especially at small-scale where transition to nonlinear regime of vibration occurs at moderately small amplitudes of the base excitation. In this paper the nonlinear behavior of a disc-shaped piezoelectric laminated harvester considering midplane-stretching effect is investigated. Extended Hamilton's principle is exploited to extract electromechanically coupled governing partial differential equations of the system. The equations are firstly order-reduced and then analytically solved implementing perturbation method of multiple scales. A nonlinear finite element method(FEM) simulation of the system is performed additionally for the purpose of verification which shows agreement with the analytical solution to a large extent. The frequency response of the output power at primary resonance of the harvester is calculated to investigate the effect of nonlinearity on the system performance. Effect of various parameters including mechanical quality factor, external load impedance and base excitation amplitude on the behavior of the system are studied. Findings indicate that in the nonlinear regime both output power and operational bandwidth of the harvester will be enhanced by increasing the mechanical quality factor which can be considered as a significant advantage in comparison to linear harvesters in which these two factors vary in opposite ways as quality factor is changed.     

柔性多体碰撞问题的多变量方法

针对柔性多体系统碰撞问题的特点, 提出了柔性多体系统碰撞问题的多变量方法. 在未碰撞阶段和分离后的阶段, 多变量方法考虑了物体大范围运动与变形的耦合.在碰撞阶段, 考虑非碰撞区域的变形, 对非碰撞区域用浮动参考系方法求解, 对发生碰撞的局部区域用非线性有限元方法求解. 非碰撞区域采用浮动基位形坐标和柔性体相对浮动基的变形模态坐标描述, 大大减缩了变量的维数,提高了计算效率. 碰撞局部区域采用非线性有限元节点坐标描述, 可以得到碰撞局部区域高精度的应力、应变响应, 而且可以反映碰撞局部区域的大变形、塑性等非线性响应. 该方法既能体现碰撞对系统大范围运动和长期动力学仿真的影响, 又能精确反映出碰撞发生的微小时间段内物体碰撞局部区域的应力、应变响应, 表现出碰撞过程中物体接触区域的演化历程.介绍了两杆正碰撞与铅垂面内双摆撞击自由圆盘的算例, 设计了两柔性杆正碰撞实验,多变量方法的数值仿真结果与实验测量结果很好地吻合.      

The design of nonlinear disturbance attenuation controller for TCSC robust model of power system

The control problem of the single machine infinite bus system with TCSC is dealt with. Based on the maximization of the external disturbances on the system model, an adaptive nonlinear controller for large disturbance attenuation and a parameter updating law are designed by using the backstepping method. The parameter uncertainty of the transmission line is considered, as well as the influences of large external disturbances to the system output are mainly discussed. The nonlinear controller does not have the sensitivity to the influences of external disturbances, but also has strong robustness for system parameters variation. The simulation results show that the control effect of the large disturbance attenuation controller more advantages by comparing with the control performance of conventional nonlinear robust controller.     

Elastic-bound conditions for energetically optimal elasticity and their implications for biomimetic propulsion systems

Minimising the energy consumption associated with periodic motion is a priority common to a wide range of technologies and organisms. These include many forms of biological and biomimetic propulsion system, such as flying insects. Linear and nonlinear elasticity can play an important role in optimising the energetic behaviour of these systems, via linear or nonlinear resonance. However, existing methods for computing energetically optimal nonlinear elasticities struggle when actuator energy regeneration is imperfect: when the system cannot reuse work performed on the actuator, as occurs in many realistic systems. Here, we develop a new analytical method that overcomes these limitations. Our method provides exact nonlinear elasticities minimising the mechanical power consumption required to generate a target periodic response, under conditions of imperfect energy regeneration. We demonstrate how, in general parallel- and series-elastic actuation systems, imperfect regeneration can lead to a set of non-unique optimal nonlinear elasticities. This solution space generalises the energetic properties of linear resonance, and is described completely via bounds on the system work loop: the elastic-bound conditions. The choice of nonlinear elasticities from within these bounds leads to new tools for systems design, with particular relevance to biomimetic propulsion systems: tools for controlling the trade-off between actuator peak power and duty cycle; for using unidirectional actuators to generate energetically optimal oscillations; and further. More broadly, these results lead to new perspectives on the role of nonlinear elasticity in biological organisms, and new insights into the fundamental relationship between nonlinear resonance, nonlinear elasticity, and energetic optimality.