Hopf bifurcation analysis of asymmetrical rotating shafts

The Hopf and double Hopf bifurcations analysis of asymmetrical rotating shafts with stretching nonlinearity are investigated. The shaft is simply supported and is composed of viscoelastic material. The rotary inertia and gyroscopic effect are considered, but, shear deformation is neglected. To consider the viscoelastic behavior of the shaft, the Kelvin–Voigt model is used. Hopf bifurcations occur due to instability caused by internal damping. To analyze the dynamics of the system in the vicinity of Hopf bifurcations, the center manifold theory is utilized. The standard normal forms of Hopf bifurcations for symmetrical and asymmetrical shafts are obtained. It is shown that the symmetrical shafts have double zero eigenvalues in the absence of external damping, but asymmetrical shafts do not have. The asymmetrical shaft in the absence of external damping has a saddle point, therefore the system is unstable. Also, for symmetrical and asymmetrical shafts, in the presence of external damping at the critical speeds, supercritical Hopf bifurcations occur. The amplitude of periodic solution due to supercritical Hopf bifurcations for symmetrical and asymmetrical shafts for the higher modes would be different, due to shaft asymmetry. Consequently, the effect of shaft asymmetry in the higher modes is considerable. Also, the amplitude of periodic solutions for symmetrical shafts with rotary inertia effect is higher than those of without one. In addition, the dynamic behavior of the system in the vicinity of double Hopf bifurcation is investigated. It is seen that in this case depending on the damping and rotational speed, the sink, source, or saddle equilibrium points occur in the system.     

Resonances of an in-extensional asymmetrical spinning shaft with speed fluctuations

In this study, main and parametric resonances of an asymmetrical spinning shaft with in-extensional nonlinearity and large amplitude are simultaneously investigated. The main resonance is due to inhomogeneous part of the equations of motion, which is due to dynamic imbalances of shaft whereas the parametric resonances are due to parametric excitations due to speed fluctuations and a shaft asymmetry. The shaft is simply supported with unequal mass moments of inertia and flexural rigidities in the direction of principal axes. The equations of motion are derived by the extended Hamilton principle. The stability and bifurcations are obtained by multiple scales method, which is applied to both partial and ordinary differential equations of motion. The influences of asymmetry of shaft, speed fluctuations, inequality between two eccentricities corresponding to the principal axes and external damping on the stability and bifurcation are studied. To investigate the effect of speed fluctuations on the bifurcations and stability the loci of bifurcation points are plotted as function of damping coefficient. The numerical solutions are used to verify the results of multiple scales method. The results of multiple scales method show a good agreement with those of numerical solutions.     

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.     

具有非轴对称刚度转轴的分岔

研究具有非轴对称刚度转轴的１／２亚谐共振和分岔,首先用Ｈａｍｉｌｔｏｎ原理导出运动微分方程,这是刚度系数周期性变化的参数激励方程,然后用多尺度法求得平均方程分岔响应方程和定常解,最后用奇异性理论分析分岔响应方程和定常解的稳定性,得到了局部分岔集和不同区域的不同分岔响应曲线。     

Forced oscillations and stability analysis of a nonlinear micro-rotating shaft incorporating a non-classical theory

In this paper, the stability and bifurcation analysis of symmetrical and asymmetrical micro-rotating shafts are investigated when the rotational speed is in the vicinity of the critical speed. With the help of Hamilton’s principle, nonlinear equations of motion are derived based on non-classical theories such as the strain gradient theory. In the dynamic modeling, the geometric nonlinearities due to strains, and strain gradients are considered. The bifurcations and steady state solution are compared between the classical theory and the non-classical theories. It is observed that using a non-classical theory has considerable effect in the steady-state response and bifurcations of the system. As a result, under the classical theory, the symmetrical shaft becomes completely stable in the least damping coefficient, while the asymmetrical shaft becomes completely stable in the highest damping coefficient. Under the modified strain gradient theory, the symmetrical shaft becomes completely stable in the least total eccentricity, and under the classical theory the asymmetrical shaft becomes completely stable in the highest total eccentricity. Also, it is shown that by increasing the ratio of the radius of gyration per length scale parameter, the results of the non-classical theory approach those of the classical theory.     

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.     

Stability analysis of a nonlinear rotating asymmetrical shaft near the resonances

An asymmetrical rotating shaft with unequal mass moments of inertia and flexural rigidities in the direction of principal axes is considered. In this system, there are two excitation sources, including a harmonic excitation due to the dynamic imbalances and a parametric excitation due to shaft asymmetry. Nonlinearities are due to the in-extensionality of the shaft and large amplitude. In this study, harmonic and parametric resonances due to the mentioned effects are considered. The influences of inequality of mass moments of inertia and flexural rigidities in the direction of principal axes, inequality between two eccentricities corresponding to the principal axes and external damping on the stability and bifurcation of steady state response of the rotating asymmetrical shaft are investigated. In addition, the characteristic of stable stationary points and loci of bifurcation points as function of damping coefficient are determined. In order to analyze the resonances of the system the multiple scales method is applied to the complex form of partial differential equations of motion. The achieved results show a good agreement with those of numerical computation.     

Bifurcation of a shaft with hysteretic-type internal friction force of material

IntroductionItwasfoundlongtimeagothattheinternalfrictionofmaterialcancauseinstabilityofrotatingshaft.Soitisalwaysoneoftheimportantsubjectsinrotordynamics[1].Earlyinvestigationswerefocusedonthedynamicalstabilityproblemofrotorinfluencedbythelinearinternalfrictionofmaterial,aimingtoobtainthecriterionofstability[2～4 ].Asthedevelopmentofnonlineardynamics,moreandmoreattentionswerepaidtothestudyoftheself_excitedmotionofrotatingshaft,thatisthebifurcation .Thestabilityregionsandbifurcationsofbothanau…     

Stochastic stability of a rotating shaft

The stochastic stability problem of an elastic, balanced rotating shaft subjected to action of axial forces at the ends is studied. The shaft is of circular cross-section, it rotates at a constant rate about its longitudinal axis of symmetry. The effect of rotatory inertia of the shaft cross-section is included in the present formulation. Each force consists of a constant part and a time-dependent stochastic function. Closed form analytical solutions are obtained for simply supported boundary conditions. By using the direct Liapunov method almost sure asymptotic stability conditions are obtained as the function of stochastic process variance, damping coefficient, damping ratio, angular velocity, mode number and geometric and physical parameters of the shaft. Numerical calculations are performed for the Gaussian process with a zero mean and as well as an harmonic process with random phase.     

Two-mode combination resonances of an in-extensional rotating shaft with large amplitude

In this paper, two-mode combination resonances of a simply supported rotating shaft are investigated. The shaft is modeled as an in-extensional spinning beam with large amplitude. Rotary inertia and gyroscopic effects are included, but shear deformation is neglected. The equations of motion are derived with the aid of the Hamilton principle and then transformed to the complex form. The method of harmonic balance is applied to obtain analytical solutions. Frequency-response curves are plotted for the combination resonances of the first and the second modes. The effects of eccentricity and external damping are investigated on the steady state response of the rotating shaft. The loci of saddle node bifurcation points are plotted as functions of external damping and eccentricity. The results are validated with numerical simulations.     

Stability analysis of internally damped rotating composite shafts using a finite element formulation

This paper deals with the stability analysis of internally damped rotating composite shafts. An Euler–Bernoulli shaft finite element formulation based on Equivalent Single Layer Theory (ESLT), including the hysteretic internal damping of composite material and transverse shear effects, is introduced and then used to evaluate the influence of various parameters: stacking sequences, fiber orientations and bearing properties on natural frequencies, critical speeds, and instability thresholds. The obtained results are compared with those available in the literature using different theories. The agreement in the obtained results show that the developed Euler–Bernoulli finite element based on ESLT including hysteretic internal damping and shear transverse effects can be effectively used for the stability analysis of internally damped rotating composite shafts. Furthermore, the results revealed that rotor stability is sensitive to the laminate parameters and to the properties of the bearings.     

Limit cycles,tori, and complex dynamics in a second-order differential equation with delayed negative feedback

We analyze a second-order, nonlinear delay-differential equation with negative feedback. The characteristic equation for the linear stability of the equilibrium is completely solved, as a function of two parameters describing the strength of the feedback and the damping in the autonomous system. The bifurcations occurring as the linear stability is lost are investigated by the construction of a center manifold: The nature of Hopf bifurcations and more degenerate, higher-codimension bifurcations are explicitly determined.     

Automatic two-plane balancing for rigid rotors

We present an analysis of a two-plane automatic balancing device for rigid rotors. Ball bearings, which are free to travel around a race, are used to eliminate imbalance due to shaft eccentricity or misalignment. The rotating frame is used to derive autonomous equations of motion and the symmetry breaking bifurcations of this system are investigated. Stability diagrams in various parameter planes show the coexistence of a stable balanced state with other less desirable dynamics.     

Random vibrations of a rotating shaft with non-linear damping

Bending vibrations of a rotating shaft due to external random excitation are considered for the case of potential instability of the shaft's linear model due to the presence of internal or “rotating” damping. A two-degree-of-freedom model is studied which accounts for non-linearity in external or “non-rotating” damping. An explicit expression is obtained for a stationary joint probability density of displacements and velocities as an exact analytical solution to the corresponding Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov equation. The results are used to develop criterion for on-line detection of instability for the operating shaft from its measured response.     

Dynamic Response and Stability of a Rotating Asymmetric Shaft Mounted on a Flexible Base

This paper presents the dynamic response and stability of an asymmetric rotating shaft supported by a flexible base near the major critical speed and the secondary critical speed. In this system, the base is movable only in a direction transversal to the shaft. In the theoretical analysis, taking into account the effects of damping, the unstable vibrations near the major critical speed are mainly considered, and also the behavior of the forced oscillations near the major and secondary critical speeds is investigated. From the theoretical analysis, the unstable region is found to be divided into at most six subregions which depend on the mass of the base, the stiffness of the base, and the asymmetry of the shaft. In addition, the resonance curves near unstable subregions are calculated. It is found that there exist two shapes of resonance curves. In experiments, five types of response curves, which contained n unstable subregion (n = 1, 2, ¨, 5) near the major critical speed, were obtained by changing the mass of the base. It was ascertained that the theoretical results for the behavior near the major critical speed agreed quantitatively with the experimental results.     

Zur Stabilität einfach besetzter Wellen mit nichtlinearer innerer Dämpfung

Übersicht Die destabilisierende Wirkung linearer innerer Dämpfung bei einfach besetzten Wellen ist allgemein bekannt. Innere Dämpfungskräfte lassen sich aber im allgemeinen nicht mit linearen Ansätzen beschreiben, sondern nur mit einer nichtlinearen Darstellung mehr oder weniger gut erfassen. In dieser Arbeit werden nichtlineare innere Dämpfungskräfte und nichtlineare Rückstellkräfte angenommen, die Stabilität der Welle bei vertikaler und horizontaler Achse untersucht und auch nichttriviale stationäre Lösungen betrachtet. Die dafür erhaltenen Ergebnisse bestätigen teilweise das von Tondl gefundene Verhalten.

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Summary The destabilizing effect of linear inner damping on rotating shafts with a single disc is well-known. Inner damping forces can however in general not be well described by linear functions, but may only be reproduced with some accuracy with nonlinear terms. In this paper, nonlinear inner damping as well as nonlinear restoring forces are considered, the stability of the vertical and of the horizontal shaft are discussed and non-trivial stationary solutions are also examined. The obtained results confirm to a certain extent the behavior of a rotating shaft found by Tondl.

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Herrn Professor Dr.-Ing. K. Klotter zum 75. Geburtstag gewidmet.     

Transverse vibrations of rotating shafts: Probability density and first-passage time of whirl radius

Transverse vibrations are considered for a single mass/two-degrees-of-freedom rotating shaft with linear internal or “rotating” damping and nonlinear external damping. The shaft is excited by external random forces. Analysis of resulting random vibrations is based on stochastic averaging method which yields separated (in the linear approximation) equations for complex amplitudes of forward and backward whirling motions. The former of these motions is shown to be dominant at rotation speeds in the vicinity of the instability threshold. Using this approximation an analytical solution is obtained for probability density of squared radius of the shaft's whirl. This solution can be used to detect on-line shaft's instability from its observed response. Solution is also obtained for expected time for reaching given level by the squared whirl radius of the shaft.     

Stability and bifurcation analysis of a nonlinear transversally loaded rotating shaft

The dynamic stability and self-excited posteritical whirling of rotating transversally loaded shaft made of a standard material with elastic and viscous nonlinearities are analyzed in this paper using the theory of bifurcations as a mathematical tool. Partial differential equations of motion are derived under assumption that von Karman's nonlinearity is absent but geometric curvature nonlinearity is included. Galerkin's first-mode discretization procedure is then applied and the equations of motion are transformed to two third-order nonlinear equations that are analyzed using the theory of bifurcation. Condition for nontrivial equilibrium stability is determined and a bifurcating periodic solution of the second-order approximation is derived. The effects of dimensionless stress relaxation time and cubic elastic and viscous nonlinearities as well as the role of the transverse load are studied in the exemplary numerical calculations. A strongly stabilizing influence of the relaxation time is found that may eliminate self-excited vibration at all. Transition from super- to subcritical bifurcation is observed as a result of interaction between system nonlinearities and the transverse load.     

Dynamic instability and steady-state response of an elliptical cracked shaft

An elliptical front crack has been found to be more accurate and realistic for modeling the transverse surface crack in rotating machinery compared with the widely used straight front crack. When the shaft rotates, the elliptical crack opens and closes alternatively, due to gravity, and thus, a “breathing effect” occurs. This variance in shaft stiffness is time-periodic, and hence, a parametrically excited system is expected. Therefore, the dynamic instability and steady-state response of a rotating shaft containing an elliptical front crack are studied in the paper. The local flexibility due to the crack is derived, and the governing equations of the crack shaft system are established using the assumed modes method. Utilizing the Bolotin’s method and harmonic balance method, the boundaries of two typical instability regions and maximum response amplitude of the cracked shaft could be computed numerically. The elliptical crack parameters (depth, shape factor and position) and damping are, respectively, considered and discussed for their effects on the dynamic behavior of the elliptical cracked shaft. Some research results might be helpful for the crack detection in rotating machinery.     

Stability of whirling shafts with internal and external damping

Necessary and sufficient conditions for the stability of motion of whirling shafts are established using the direct method of Liapunov. The non-linear mathematical model employed is based on the work of V. V. Bolotin and includes the effects of both internal and external damping. A coordinate transformation is used to facilitate the analysis. In effect, this transformation establishes a mathematical equivalence between the governing equations for a whirling shaft with both internal and external damping, and the governing equations for a whirling shaft with internal damping only.