Normal Vibrations in Near-Conservative Self-Excited and Viscoelastic Nonlinear Systems

A perturbation methodology and power series are utilizedto the analysis of nonlinear normal vibration modes in broadclasses of finite-dimensional self-excited nonlinear systems closeto conservative systems taking into account similar nonlinear normal modes.The analytical construction is presented for some concretesystems. Namely, two linearly connected Van der Pol oscillatorswith nonlinear elastic characteristics and a simplesttwo-degrees-of-freedom nonlinear model of plate vibrations in agas flow are considered.Periodical quasinormal solutions of integro-differentialequations corresponding to viscoelastic mechanical systems areconstructed using a convergent iteration process. One assumesthat conservative systems appropriate for the dominant elasticinteractions admit similar nonlinear normal modes.     

Nonlinear Normal Modes in a System with Nonholonomic Constraints

We investigate the dynamics of a system involving the planar motionof a rigid body which is restrained by linear springs and whichpossesses a skate-like nonholonomic constraint known as aplygin'ssleigh. It is shown that the system can be reduced to one with 2 degrees of freedom. The resulting phase flow is shownto involve a curve of nonisolated equilibria. Using second-orderaveraging, the system is shown to possess two families of nonlinearnormal modes (NNMs). Each NNM involves two amplitude parameters.The structure of the NNMs is shown to depart from the generic formin the neighborhood of a 1:1 internal resonance.     

Bifurcations of Nonlinear Normal Modes of Linear Oscillator with Strongly Nonlinear Damped Attachment

Linear oscillator coupled to damped strongly nonlinear attachment with small mass is considered as a model design for nonlinear energy sink (NES). Damped nonlinear normal modes of the system are considered for the case of 1:1 resonance by combining the invariant manifold approach and multiple scales expansion. Special asymptotical structure of the model allows a clear distinction between three time scales. These time scales correspond to fast vibrations, evolution of the system toward the nonlinear normal mode and time evolution of the invariant manifold, respectively. Time evolution of the invariant manifold may be accompanied by bifurcations, depending on the exact potential of the nonlinear spring and value of the damping coefficient. Passage of the invariant manifold through bifurcations may bring about destruction of the resonance regime and essential gain in the energy dissipation rate.     

Dynamic Analysis of a Two-Mass System with Essentially Nonlinear Vibration Damping

A nonlinear system with two degrees of freedom is considered. The system consists of an oscillator with relatively large mass, which approximates some continuous elastic system, and an oscillator with relatively small mass, which damps the vibrations of the elastic system. A modal analysis reveals a local stable mode that exists within a rather wide range of system parameters and favors vibration damping. In this mode, the vibration amplitudes of the elastic system and the damper are small and high, respectively__________Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 102–111, January 2005.     

Normal Modes and Boundary Layers for a Slender Tensioned Beam on a Nonlinear Foundation

In this paper, the nonlinear normal modes (NNMs) of a thin beamresting on a nonlinear spring bed subjected to an axial tension isstudied. An energy-based method is used to obtain NNMs. In conjunction with amatched asymptotic expansion, we analyze, through simple formulas, thelocal effects that a small bending stiffness has on the dynamics, alongwith the secular effects caused by a symmetric nonlinearity. Nonlinearmode shapes are computed and compared with those of the unperturbedlinear system. A double asymptotic expansion is employed to compute theboundary layers in the nonlinear mode shape due to the small bendingstiffness. Satisfactory agreement between the theoretical and numericalbackbone curves of the system in the frequency domain is observed.     

A Degenerate Bifurcation Structure in the Dynamics of Coupled Oscillators with Essential Stiffness Nonlinearities

We study the degenerate bifurcations of the nonlinear normal modes(NNMs) of an unforced system consisting of a linear oscillator weaklycoupled to a nonlinear one that possesses essential stiffnessnonlinearity. By defining the small coupling parameter , we study thedynamics of this system at the limit 0. The degeneracy in the dynamics ismanifested by a 'bifurcation from infinity' where a bifurcation point isgenerated at high energies, as perturbation of a state of infiniteenergy. Another (nondegenerate) bifurcation point is generated close tothe point of exact 1:1 internal resonance between the linear andnonlinear oscillators. The degenerate bifurcation structure can bedirectly attributed to the high degeneracy of the uncoupled system inthe limit 0, whose linearized structure possesses a double zero, and aconjugate pair of purely imaginary eigenvalues. First we construct localanalytical approximations to the NNMs in the neighborhoods of thebifurcation points and at other energy ranges of the system. Then, we`connect' the local approximations by global approximants, and identifyglobal branches of NNMs where unstable and stable mode and inverse modelocalization between the linear and nonlinear oscillators take place fordecreasing energy.     

Nonlinear Normal Modes and Their Bifurcations for an Inertially Coupled Nonlinear Conservative System

This work concerns the nonlinear normal modes (NNMs) of a 2 degree-of-freedom autonomous conservative spring–mass–pendulum system, a system that exhibits inertial coupling between the two generalized coordinates and quadratic (even) nonlinearities. Several general methods introduced in the literature to calculate the NNMs of conservative systems are reviewed, and then applied to the spring–mass–pendulum system. These include the invariant manifold method, the multiple scales method, the asymptotic perturbation method and the method of harmonic balance. Then, an efficient numerical methodology is developed to calculate the exact NNMs, and this method is further used to analyze and follow the bifurcations of the NNMs as a function of linear frequency ratio p and total energy h. The bifurcations in NNMs, when near 1:2 and 1:1 resonances arise in the two linear modes, is investigated by perturbation techniques and the results are compared with those predicted by the exact numerical solutions. By using the method of multiple time scales (MTS), not only the bifurcation diagrams but also the low energy global dynamics of the system is obtained. The numerical method gives reliable results for the high-energy case. These bifurcation analyses provide a significant glimpse into the complex dynamics of the system. It is shown that when the total energy is sufficiently high, varying p, the ratio of the spring and the pendulum linear frequencies, results in the system undergoing an order–chaos–order sequence. This phenomenon is also presented and discussed.     

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.     

Nonlinear Dynamics of a Flexible Spinning Disc Coupled to a Precompressed Spring

This paper analyses the nonlinear transverse vibrations of a rotating, clamped-free, flexible disc coupled to a precompressed spring. This is representative of a large class of loadings in rotating disc systems such as air jet and electromagnetic excitation commonly used in experiments. Such a loading induces a simultaneous critical speed resonance and parametric instability. The disc is modelled as a Von Kármán plate, and the equations of motion are discretised by a Galerkin projection onto a pair of 1:1 internally resonant modes. The large amplitude wave motions and their stabilities are studied using the averaging method and via numerical continuation techniques. The analysis is carried out in a co-rotating as well as a ground-fixed frame. Numerical simulations are used to verify the above analyses. The response predicted by these analyses is substantially different from that arising from a critical speed resonance or of a parametric instability alone. As many as five equilibrium solutions can coexist at supercritical speed. Two distinct regimes of large amplitude response appear to exist depending on the relationship between the strength of the parametric excitation and the damping. The existence of these regimes underscores the subtle competition between critical speed resonance and parametric instability that is likely to be observed in experiments near critical speed in such systems.Contributed by Prof. A.K. Bajaj.     

Allowing for Rotations about the Normal in Nonlinear Theories of Shells

Consideration is given to three versions of nonlinear strain–displacement relations in the case of small strains and moderately small angles of rotation: (i) relations that neglect rotations about the normal in conformity with the hypotheses of the Donnel–Mushtary–Vlasov theory; (ii) relations, derived from the elasticity equations using Novozhilov's tensor, that exactly allow for rotations; and (iii) relations, proposed by Sanders, that allow for rotations but neglect shear strains. These versions are compared by comparing the solutions of the stability problem for a corrugated cylindrical shell. It is established that the critical loads are close when rotations are allowed for exactly and when Sanders' technique is used     

Nonlinear vibrations of cylindrical shells with initial imperfections in a supersonic flow

The paper studies the dynamics of nonlinear elastic cylindrical shells using the theory of shallow shells. The aerodynamic pressure on the shell in a supersonic flow is found using piston theory. The effect of the flow and initial deflections on the vibrations of the shell is analyzed in the flutter range. The normal modes of both perfect shells in a flow and shells with initial imperfections are studied. In the latter case, the trajectories of normal modes in the configuration space are nearly rectilinear, only one mode determined by the initial imperfections being stable __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 9, pp. 63–73, September 2007.     

Normal vibrations of a general class of conservative oscillators

This paper considers normal vibrations with curvilinear trajectories in a configuration space of systems which are close to systems permitting rectilinear normal modes of vibration. Analysis of trajectories of normal vibrations in the configuration space is used.     

Singular Characteristics of Nonlinear Normal Modes in a Two Degrees of Freedom Asymmetric Systems with Cubic Nonlinearities

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Transition of Energy to a Nonlinear Localized Mode in a Highly Asymmetric System of Two Oscillators

Redistribution of energy in a highly asymmetric system consisting ofcoupled linear and highly nonlinear damped oscillators isinvestigated. Special attention is paid to the excitation of a nonlinearnormal mode while the energy is initially stored in other modes of thesystem. The transition proceeds via the mechanism of subharmonicresonance which is possible because of the strong nonlinearity of thesystem. The conditions of the energy transition to NNM being effectiveare revealed and guidelines to design such a systems are formulatedin detail.     

步进摩擦分析测试平台的研制

研制了步进摩擦分析测试平台,可用于检测人体在静止及运动路面上的步进摩擦特性.该平台主要由六自由度摇摆台、三维测力台和数据采集系统三部分构成,六自由度摇摆台可提供六个自由度的任意组合运动,用来模拟舰船、海浪和地震等工况;三维测力台可测量出人体在行走时的三维力和力矩;数据采集系统将六自由度运动平台和三维测力台的输出数据采集并保存到计算机中,用来分析人体运动时的步进摩擦特性.采用研制平台进行了一组试验,结果表明:人在上、下坡行走时的垂直地面反作用力与在水平路面行走时的垂直地面反作用力具有不同的分布规律,并且垂直地面反作用力均随坡度角的增大而减小.     

伴随变阻尼作用的干摩擦下的车辆系统非线性动力学分析

对分段线性阻尼和干摩擦共同作用下的车辆悬挂系统进行了非线性动力学分析研究，阐述了判定系统周期运动稳定性的理论方法；利用数值模拟方法分析了具有不同阻尼参数组合的系统对简谐激励的振动响应，并分析了由干摩擦引起的粘-滑振动行为．结果表明：提高摩擦力对抑制响应有利，但车辆系统在低速下运行时会出现复杂的粘-滑振动，轮轨之间产生较大的瞬时刚性冲击；而通过增加轮对与侧架的弹性悬挂可以有效减弱这种瞬时刚性冲击．     

Normal Forms and the Structure of Resonance Sets in Nonlinear Time-Periodic Systems

The structure of time-dependent resonances arising in themethod of time-dependent normal forms (TDNF) for one andtwo-degrees-of-freedom nonlinear systems with time-periodic coefficientsis investigated. For this purpose, the Liapunov–Floquet (L–F)transformation is employed to transform the periodic variationalequations into an equivalent form in which the linear system matrix istime-invariant. Both quadratic and cubic nonlinearities are investigatedand the associated normal forms are presented. Also, higher-orderresonances for the single-degree-of-freedom case are discussed. It isdemonstrated that resonances occur when the values of the Floquet multipliers result in MT-periodic (M = 1, 2,...) solutions. The discussion is limited to the Hamiltonian case (which encompasses allpossible resonances for one-degree-of-freedom). Furthermore, it is alsoshown how a recent symbolic algorithm for computing stability andbifurcation boundaries for time-periodic systems may also be employed tocompute the time-dependent resonance sets of zero measure in theparameter space. Unlike classical asymptotic techniques, this method isfree from any small parameter restriction on the time-periodic term inthe computation of the resonance sets. Two illustrative examples (oneand two-degrees-of-freedom) are included.     

Nonlinear Vibration Control of a System with Dry Friction and Viscous Damping Using the Saturation Phenomenon

Application of saturation to provide active nonlinear vibration control was introduced not long ago. Saturation occurs when two natural frequencies of a system with quadratic nonlinearities are in a ratio of around 2:1 and the system is excited at a frequency near its higher natural frequency. Under these conditions, there is a small upper limit for the high-frequency response and the rest of the input energy is channeled to the low-frequency mode. In this way, the vibration of one of the degrees of freedom of a coupled 2 degrees of freedom system is attenuated. In the present paper, the effect of dry friction on the response of a system that implements this vibration absorber is discussed. The system is basically a plant with a permanent magnet DC (PMDC) motor excited by a harmonic forcing term and coupled with a quadratic nonlinear controller. The absorber is built in electric circuitry and takes advantage of the saturation phenomenon. The method of multiple scales is used to find approximate solutions. Various response regimes of the closed-loop system as well as the stability of these regimes are studied and the stability boundaries are obtained. Especial attention is paid on the effect of dry friction on the stability boundaries. It is shown that while dry friction tends to shrink the stable region in some parts, it enlarges other parts of the stable region. To verify the theoretical results, they have been compared with numerical solution and good agreement between the two is observed.This work was done while the authors were associated with the Mechanical Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.     

Advanced Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Tools: Using Reduced Order Models to Identify Normal Modes of Vibration and Slow Invariant Manifolds in the Dynamics of Planar Nonlinear Rods

Reduced order models for the dynamics of geometrically exact planar rods are derived by projecting the nonlinear equations of motion onto a subspace spanned by a set of proper orthogonal modes. These optimal modes are identified by a proper orthogonal decomposition processing of high-resolution finite element dynamics. A three-degree-of-freedom reduced system is derived to study distinct categories of motions dominated by a single POD mode. The modal analysis of the reduced system characterizes in a unique fashion for these motions, since its linear natural frequencies are near to the natural frequencies of the full-order system. For free motions characterized by a single POD mode, the eigen-vector matrix of the derived reduced system coincides with the principal POD-directions. This property reflects the existence of a normal mode of vibration, which appears to be close to a slow invariant manifold. Its shape is captured by that of the dominant POD mode. The modal analysis of the POD-based reduced order system provides a potentially valuable tool to characterize the spatio-temporal complexity of the dynamics in order to elucidate connections between proper orthogonal modes and nonlinear normal modes of vibration.     

Deterministic and Stochastic Response of Nonlinear Coupled Bending-Torsion Modes in a Cantilever Beam

The purpose of this study is to understand the main differences between the deterministic and random response characteristics of an inextensible cantilever beam (with a tip mass) in the neighborhood of combination parametric resonance. The excitation is applied in the plane of largest rigidity such that the bending and torsion modes are cross-coupled through the excitation. In the absence of excitation, the two modes are also coupled due to inertia nonlinearities. For sinusoidal parametric excitation, the beam experiences instability in the neighborhood of the combination parametric resonance of the summed type, i.e., when the excitation frequency is in the neighborhood of the sum of the first bending and torsion natural frequencies. The dependence of the response amplitude on the excitation level reveals three distinct regions: nearly linear behavior, jump phenomena, and energy transfer. In the absence of nonlinear coupling, the stochastic stability boundaries are obtained in terms of sample Lyapunov exponent. The response statistics are estimated using Monte Carlo simulation, and measured experimentally. The excitation center frequency is selected to be close to the sum of the bending and torsion mode frequencies. The beam is found to experience a single response, two possible responses, or non-stationary responses, depending on excitation level. Experimentally, it is possible to obtain two different responses for the same excitation level by providing a small perturbation to the beam during the test.