Suppression of self-excited vibrations by a random parametric excitation

Previous theoretical and experimental studies have shown that some vibrating systems can be stabilized by zero-averaged periodic parametric excitations. It is shown in this paper that some zero-mean random parametric excitations can also be useful for this stabilization. Under some conditions, they can be even more efficient compared to the periodic ones. Two-mass mechanical system with self-excited vibrations is considered for this comparison. The so-called bounded noise is used as a model of the random parametric excitation. The mean-square stability diagrams are obtained numerically by considering an eigenvalue problem for large matrices.     

A method for analysis of non-linear vibrations caused by modulated random excitation

A method for analyzing the response of a class of weakly non-linear and lightly damped systems to a separable non-stationary random excitation is presented. The random excitation is represented as the product of a slowly varying modulating deterministic function and a broad-band stationary process. Using an averaging procedure a first order equation governing the time evolution of the response amplitude is derived. The Fokker-Planck equation which describes the diffusion of the probability density function of the response amplitude is considered. A particularly convenient basis of orthonormal functions, as well as, necessary formulae for the determination of an approximate solution of the Fokker-Planck equation by means of the Galerkin technique are presented. Furthermore, based on this solution an equation is given for the determination of the statistical moments of the response amplitude.     

Effect of random longitudinal vibrations on the Poiseuille flow of a complex liquid

In this work, the rectilinear Poiseuille flow of a complex liquid flowing in a vibrating pipe is analyzed. The pipe wall performs oscillations of small amplitude that can be adequately represented by a weakly stochastic process, for which a quasi-static perturbation solution scheme is suggested. The flow is analyzed using the Bautista–Manero–Puig constitutive equation, consisting on the upper-convected Maxwell equation coupled to a kinetic equation to account for the breakdown and reformation of the fluid structure. A drastic enhancement of the volumetric flow is predicted in the region where the fluid experiences pronounced shear-thinning. Finally, flow enhancement is predicted using experimental data reported elsewhere for wormlike micellar solutions of cetyl trimethyl ammonium tosilate.     

Nonlinear vibrations of a rotating shaft with broadband random variations of internal damping

A simple Jeffcott rotor is considered with broadband temporal random variations of internal damping which are described using the theory of Markov processes. Transverse response of the rotor with stiffening nonlinearity either in external damping or in restoring force is studied by stochastic averaging method. This method reduces the problems to stochastic differential equations (SDEs) for which analytical solutions are obtained for the Fokker–Planck–Kolmogorov (FPK) equations for stationary probability density functions (PDFs) of the squared whirl radius of the shaft. These PDFs do exist beyond the dynamic instability threshold and they correspond to forward whirl of the rotor. At rotation speeds just slightly above the instability threshold, the response PDF has integrable singularity at zero which corresponds to intermittency in the response.     

A spectral resolving method for analyzing linear random vibrations with variable parameters

This paper is a development of ref. [1]. Consider the following random equation: Z(t)+2βZ(t)+ω₀²Z(t)=(a⁰+a¹Z(t))I(t)+c in which excitation I(t) and response Z(y) are both random processes, and it is proposed that they are mutually independent. Suppose that a(t) is a known function of time and I(t) is a stationary random process. In this paper, the spectral resolving form of the random equation stated above, the numerical solving method and the solutions in some special cases are considered.     

Nonlinear vibrations and stability of elastic and viscoelastic systems under random stationary loads

The paper deals with numerical analysis of nonlinear vibrations of viscoelastic systems under a stochastic action in the form of a Gaussian stationary process with rational spectral density. The analysis is based on numerical simulation of the original stationary process, numerical solution of the differential equations describing the motion of the system, and computation of the maximum Lyapunov exponent if the stability of this motion is studied. An example of a plate subjected to a random stationary load applied in its plane is used to consider specific issues concerning the application of the proposed method and the peculiarities of the behavior of geometrically nonlinear elastic and viscoelastic stochastic systems. Special attention is paid to the interaction of a deterministic periodic action and a stochastic action from the viewpoint of stability of the system motion. It is shown that in some cases imposing a “colored” noise may stabilize an unstable system subjected to a periodic load.