Stability and bifurcations analysis of rotating shafts with base excitations

Base excitation in a rotating machinery such as turbo generators, aircraft engines, etc could occur when these systems are subjected to the base movements. This paper investigates the nonlinear behavior of a symmetrical rotating shaft under base excitation when the system is in the vicinity of the main resonance. Dynamic imbalances and harmonic base excitations are the sources of excitation in this system. The equations of motion are derived using the extended Hamilton principle and are mapped into the complex plane. The complex partial differential equation of motion is transformed to the ordinary one utilizing mode shape of the linear system. The method of multiple scales is used to solve the equation of motion. The steady state solutions and their stability are determined, and the effects of damping coefficient, base excitations, and eccentricities of shaft on the stability and bifurcations of the system are investigated. The numerical integration is performed to validate the perturbation results. It is shown that the achieved results from two over-mentioned methods are in accordance with each other.     

Nonlinear responses of a cable-beam coupled system under parametric and external excitations

This paper analytically investigates the nonlinear responses of a cable-beam coupled system under the combined effects of internal and external resonance. The cable is considered a geometric nonlinearity, and the beam is considered as Euler–Bernoulli model, but it is coupled by fixing it at one end. The coupled nonlinear differential equations are formulated by using the Hamilton principle. The spatial problem is solved by using Galerkin’s method to simplify the governing equations to a set of ordinary differential equations. Applying the multiple time scales method to the ordinary differential equations, the first approximate solutions and solvability condition are derived. The effects of the cable sag to span ratio, mass ratio, and stiffness ratio on the nonlinear responses are investigated. The results show good agreement between the analytical and numerical solutions especially near the external resonance frequency.     

Global bifurcations of a simply supported rectangular metallic plate subjected to a transverse harmonic excitation

The global bifurcations in mode interaction of a simply supported rectangular metallic plate subjected to a transverse harmonic excitation are investigated with the case of the 1:1 internal resonance, the average equations representing the evolution of the amplitudes and phases of the interacting normal modes exhibiting complex dynamics. A global perturbation method, i.e., the higher-dimensional Melnikov method and its extensions proposed by Kova?i? and Wiggins, is utilized to analyze the global bifurcations for the rectangular metallic plate. A sufficient condition for the existence of a Silnikov-type homoclinic orbit is obtained, which implies that chaotic motions may occur for this class of rectangular metallic plates. Finally, numerical results are presented to confirm these analytical predictions.     

Nonlinear analysis of a rub-impact rotor-bearing system with initial permanent rotor bow

A general model of a rub-impact rotor-bearing system with initial permanent bow is set up and the corresponding governing motion equation is given. The nonlinear oil-film forces from the journal bearing are obtained under the short bearing theory. The rubbing model is assumed to consist of the radial elastic impact and the tangential Coulomb type of friction. Through numerical calculation, rotating speeds, initial permanent bow lengths and phase angles between the mass eccentricity direction and the rotor permanent bow direction are used as control parameters to investigate their effect on the rub-impact rotor-bearing system with the help of bifurcation diagrams, Lyapunov exponents, Poincaré maps, frequency spectrums and orbit maps. Complicated motions, such as periodic, quasi-periodic even chaotic vibrations, are observed. Under the influence of the initial permanent bow, different routes to chaos are found and the speed when the rub happens is changed greatly. Corresponding results can be used to diagnose the rub-impact fault in this kind of rotor systems and this study may contribute to a further understanding of the nonlinear dynamics of such a rub-impact rotor-bearing system with initial permanent bow.     

Nonlinear dynamics of dry friction oscillator subjected to combined harmonic and random excitations

Nonlinear Dynamics - The dynamics of a nonlinear single degree freedom oscillator on a moving belt subjected to combined harmonic and random excitations is numerically investigated. The dynamics is...     

Nonlinear response and stability of a spindle system supported by ball bearings

In this effort, the nonlinear responses and stability of a spindle system supported by ball bearings are presented. The dynamics of this system is described by a set of second order differential equations with a nonlinear piecewise smooth force. The Floquet theory is applied to investigate the stability of the periodic solution. Due to the loss of contact between the raceways and balls in the ball bearing, the bending of the frequency response curves switch to the left at the weak resonance region, which is similar to the frequency response curves of a system with a soft spring. With the decrease of the bearing clearance, the bending of the frequency response curves switch to the right, which is similar to the frequency response curves of a system with a hard spring. Increase of the frequency ratio, the bending of frequency response curves transforms from left to right. The route to chaos through a period doubling process is also observed in this spindle-bearing system.     

Nonlinear characterization of concurrent energy harvesting from galloping and base excitations

An energy harvester is proposed to concurrently harness energy from base and galloping excitations. This harvester consists of a triangular cross-sectional tip mass attached to a multilayered piezoelectric cantilever beam and placed in an incompressible flow and subjected to a harmonic base excitation in the cross-flow direction. A coupled nonlinear-distributed-parameter model is developed representing the dynamics of the transverse degree of freedom and the generated voltage. The galloping force and moment are modeled by using a nonlinear quasi-steady approximation. Under combined loadings and when the excitation frequency is away from the global natural frequency of the harvester, the response of the harvester mainly contains these two harmonic frequencies. Thus, the harvester’s response is generally aperiodic and is either periodic with large period (i.e., period- \(n\) ), or quasi-periodic, or chaotic. To characterize the harvester’s response under a combination of vibratory base excitations and aerodynamic loading, we use modern methods of nonlinear dynamics, such as phase portraits, power spectra, and Poincaré sections. A further analysis is then performed to determine the effects of the wind speed, frequency excitation, base acceleration, and electrical load resistance on the performance of the harvester under separate loadings.     

Nonlinear dynamic responses of a rigid rotor supported by active bump-type foil bearings

Nonlinear Dynamics - Active bump-type foil bearings (ABFBs) enhance the rotordynamic characteristics of rotor–bearing systems with the advantage of controllable mechanical preloads. However,...     

An integration method for detecting chaotic responses of nonlinear systems subjected to double excitations

A methodology designed for identifying chaos of the nonlinear systems subjected to double excitations is proposed. Based on simulations in this study, it is shown by bifurcation diagram that method of Poincaré sections, the conventional chaos-observing method, fails to pinpoint the onset of chaotic motions with the nonlinear systems subjected to double excitations. To remedy this problem, “K_s integration method” is proposed, which integrates the distance between trajectories and origin in phase plane over an excitation period and designates the obtained integration values as K_s's to take the roles of the sampling points derived by Poincaré sections in constructing bifurcation diagram. This “K_s integration method” is shown capable of providing valuable information in bifurcation diagram such that the parameter range leading to chaos can be easily decided and the number of distinguishable time-domain responses can be determined.     

Steady-state responses of a belt-drive dynamical system under dual excitations

The stable steady-state periodic responses of a belt-drive system with a one-way clutch are studied. For the first time, the dynamical system is investigated under dual excitations. The system is simultaneously excited by the firing pulsations of the engine and the harmonic motion of the foundation. Nonlinear discrete–continuous equations are derived for coupling the transverse vibration of the belt spans and the rotations of the driving and driven pulleys and the accessory pulley. The nonlinear dynamics is studied under equal and multiple relations between the frequency of the firing pulsations and the frequency of the foundation motion.Furthermore, translating belt spans are modeled as axially moving strings. A set of nonlinear piecewise ordinary differential equations is achieved by using the Galerkin truncation.Under various relations between the excitation frequencies,the time histories of the dynamical system are numerically simulated based on the time discretization method. Furthermore, the stable steady-state periodic response curves are calculated based on the frequency sweep. Moreover, the convergence of the Galerkin truncation is examined. Numerical results demonstrate that the one-way clutch reduces the resonance amplitude of the rotations of the driven pulley and the accessory pulley. On the other hand, numerical examples prove that the resonance areas of the belt spans are decreased by eliminating the torque-transmitting in the opposite direction. With the increasing amplitude of the foundation excitation, the damping effect of the one-way clutch will be reduced. Furthermore, as the amplitude of the firingpulsations of the engine increases, the jumping phenomena in steady-state response curves of the belt-drive system with or without a one-way clutch both occur.