A SELF-EXCITED SYSTEM FOR PERCUSSIVE-ROTARY DRILLING

A dynamic model for a new principle of percussive-rotary drilling is presented. This is a non-linear mechanical system with two degrees of freedom, in which friction-induced vibration is used for excitation of impacts, which influence the parameters of stick-slip motion. The model incorporates the friction force as a function of sliding velocity, which allows for the self-excitation of the coupled vibration of the rotating bit and striker, which tends to a steady state periodic cycle. The dynamic coupling of vibro-impact action with the stick-slip process provides an entirely new adaptive feature in the drilling process. The dynamic behaviour of the system with and without impact is studied numerically. Special attention is given to analysis of the relationship between the sticking and impacting phase of the process in order to achieve an optimal drilling performance. This paper provides an understanding of the mechanics of percussive -rotary drilling and design of new drilling tools with advanced characteristics. Conventional percussive-rotary drilling requires two independent actuators and special control for the synchronization of impact and rotation. In the approach presented, a combined complex interaction of drill bit and striker is synchronized by a single rotating drive.     

CHAOTIC BEHAVIOR RESULTING IN TRANSIENT AND STEADY STATE INSTABILITIES OF PRESSURE-LOADED SHALLOW SPHERICAL SHELLS

In this paper, the axisymmetric dynamic behavior and snap-through buckling of thin elastic shallow spherical shells under harmonic excitation is investigated. Based on Marguerre kinematical assumptions, the governing partial differential equations of motion for a pre-loaded cap are presented in the form of a compatibility equation and a transverse motion equation. The continuous model is reduced to a finite degree of freedom system using the Galerkin method and a Fourier-Bessel approach. Results show that pre-loaded shells may exhibit co-existing stable equilibrium states and that with the application of sufficiently large dynamic loads the structure escapes from the well corresponding to pre-buckling configurations to another. This escape load may be much lower than the corresponding quasi-static buckling load. Indeed, complex resonances can occur until the system snaps-through, often signalling the loss of stability. As parameters are slowly varied, steady state instabilities may occur; these can include jumps to resonance, subharmonic period-doubling bifurcations, cascades to chaos, etc. Moreover a sudden pulse of excitation may lead to a transient failure of the system. In this paper, we examine how spherical caps under harmonic loading may be assessed in an engineering context, with a view to design against steady state instabilities as well as the various modes of transient failure. Steady state and transient stability boundaries are presented in which special attention is devoted to the determination of the critical load conditions. From this theoretical analysis, dynamic buckling criteria can be properly established which may constitute a consistent and rational basis for design of these shell structures under harmonic loading.     

Analysis of Coulomb friction vibration dampers

An analysis of the steady state response of a rotational Coulomb friction vibration damper has been carried out. Such dampers are sometimes used in various industrial applications. Analysis of the steady state phase plane is used to determine various response quantities such as amplitude ratio, phase lag, energy dissipated per cycle, and rms power loss. The analysis shows that the response can be categorized into one of three main types. Expressions are developed to predict effect of the addition of a damper on the power and the disturbance amplitude transmitted to the load. It is shown that simple one parameter relationships exist for predicting the maximum vibration reduction achievable with this type of damper.     

The response of two-degree-of-freedom systems with quadratic non-linearities to a combination parametric resonance

The response of two-degree-of-freedom systems with quadratic non-linearities to a combination parametric resonance in the presence of two-to-one internal resonances is investigated. The method of multiple scales is used to construct a first order uniform expansion yielding four first order non-linear ordinary differential equations governing the modulation of the amplitudes and the phases of the two modes. Steady state responses and their stability are computed for selected values of the system parameters. The effects of detuning the internal resonance, detuning the parametric resonance, the phase and magnitude of the second mode parametric excitation, and the initial conditions are investigated. The first order perturbation solution predicts qualitatively the trivial and non-trivial stable steady state solutions and illustrates both the quenching and saturation phenomena. In addition to the steady state solutions, other periodic solutions are predicted by the perturbation amplitude and phase modulation equations. These equations predict a transition from constant steady state non-trivial responses to limit cycle responses (Hopf bifurcation). Some limit cycles are also shown to experience period doubling bifurcations. The perturbation solutions are verified by numerically integrating the governing differential equations.     

Response of a base excited system with Coulomb and viscous friction

The response of a single degree of freedom spring-mass system with viscous and Coulomb friction, with harmonic base excitation, is determined. Closed form analytical solutions of the equation of motion are found for two cases: (a) continuous motion of the mass and (b) motion of mass with two stops per cycle. Results are presented in non-dimensional form as magnification factors versus frequency ratios as functions of viscous and Coulomb friction parameters.     

Dynamics of a nonlinear parametrically excited partial differential equation

We investigate a parametrically excited nonlinear Mathieu equation with damping and limited spatial dependence, using both perturbation theory and numerical integration. The perturbation results predict that, for parameters which lie near the 2:1 resonance tongue of instability corresponding to a single mode of shape cos nx, the resonant mode achieves a stable periodic motion, while all the other modes are predicted to decay to zero. By numerically integrating the p.d.e. as well as a 3-mode o.d.e. truncation, the predictions of perturbation theory are shown to represent an oversimplified picture of the dynamics. In particular it is shown that steady states exist which involve many modes. The dependence of steady state behavior on parameter values and initial conditions is investigated numerically. (c) 1999 American Institute of Physics.     

Whirling motion of a shallow cable with viscous dampers

The paper deals with the non-linear dynamic analysis of cables with a pair of viscous dampers close to one support. Such cables are characterized by a sag-to-chord-length ratio below 0.02, for which natural frequencies for the vertical and the horizontal vibrations are pair-wise close. Under resonance the non-linear coupling of pairs of modes may cause whirling harmonic motions around the chord line. Whirling motion may occur after bifurcation from single-mode response for harmonic loads in either vertical or horizontal direction. The non-linear features are included in the two coupled modes, while all other modes are treated as linear. The motion is discretized by expansion in terms of the damped complex eigenfunctions. The applied base functions fulfil the transition condition at the damper, leading to fast convergence of the expansion. It is demonstrated that the behaviour of the whirling motion is controlled primarily by the damper acting in the direction of the unloaded mode, whereas the magnitude of the damper in the loaded mode is less important. If the dampers in the vertical and horizontal direction are close to the optimal value of the corresponding taut cable case, substantial reduction of the vibration level of the whirling mode as well as the frequency interval of its occurrence is attained.     

An analog simulation study of the rocking response of a railroad freight vehicle

The steady state response of a single large capacity railroad freight vehicle is presented. The vehicle is described through an appropriate multi-degree of freedom non-linear mathematical model. The equations of motion of the system are derived by using Lagrange's procedure. The analog computer is employed for solving the non-linear differential equations of motion for obtaining the system's rocking response in the time domain. The vehicle steady state frequency response is derived from a sequence of time responses. By utilizing the frequency response plots a complete study of the system sensitivity to variation in the suspension parameters is carried out. The study shows that a possible practical solution to the freight car rocking problem can be achieved by using additional stabilizing devices consisting of friction and viscous dampers.     

On the definition of the natural frequency of oscillations in nonlinear large rotation problems

Computational multibody system algorithms allow for performing eigenvalue analysis at different time points during the simulation to study the system stability. The nonlinear equations of motion are linearized at these time points, and the resulting linear equations are used to determine the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the system. In the case of linear systems, the system eigenvalues remain the same under a constant coordinate transformation; and zero eigenvalues are always associated with rigid body modes, while nonzero eigenvalues are associated with non-rigid body motion. These results, however, cannot in general be applied to nonlinear multibody systems as demonstrated in this paper. Different sets of large rotation parameters lead to different forms of the nonlinear and linearized equations of motion, making it necessary to have a correct interpretation of the obtained eigenvalue solution. As shown in this investigation, the frequencies associated with different sets of orientation parameters can differ significantly, and rigid body motion can be associated with non-zero oscillation frequencies, depending on the coordinates used. In order to demonstrate this fact, the multibody system motion equations associated with the system degrees of freedom are presented and linearized. The resulting linear equations are used to define an eigevalue problem using the state space representation in order to account for general damping that characterizes multibody system applications. In order to demonstrate the significant differences between the eigenvalue solutions associated with two different sets of orientation parameters, a simple rotating disk example is considered in this study. The equations of motion of this simple example are formulated using Euler angles, Euler parameters and Rodriguez parameters. The results presented in this study demonstrate that the frequencies obtained using computational multibody system algorithms should not in general be interpreted as the system natural frequencies, but as the frequencies of the oscillations of the coordinates used to describe the motion of the system.     

Optical bistability,instabilities and higher order bifurcations

We discuss the transient and steady state behaviour of the self-pulsing instability of a bistable system using the dressed mode approach of Benza and Lugiato. This formalism, in a suitable limit, is shown to afford an exact adiabatic elimination of the atomic modes, and to lead to explicit and manageable equations of motion describing the evolution of the transmitted radiation. In steady state, the self-pulsing solutions display first and second order phase transition-type behavior. A higher bifurcation of the Hopf type, where the self-pulsing becomes unstable, is also identified, and the accompanying unstable limit cycle is displayed by integrating the equations of motion backward in time.     

Optimum design of a Lanchester damper for a viscously damped single degree of freedom system subjected to inertial excitation

The problem of designing an optimum Lanchester damper for a viscously damped single degree of freedom system subjected to inertial harmonic excitation is investigated. Two criteria are used for optimizing the performance of the damper: (i) minimum motion transmissibility; (ii) minimum force transmissibility. Explicit expressions are developed for determining the absorber parameters.     

Contact dynamics of tapping mode atomic force microscopy

A comprehensive model on the dynamics of a tilted tapping mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) is presented, which includes the multimodal analysis, mode coupling mechanisms, adhesion, contact and friction forces induced by the tilting angle. A displacement criterion of contact/impact is proposed to eliminate the assumptions of the previous models such as infinite stiffness of sample or zero impact velocity, which makes the model presented here suitable for more general AFM application scenario, especially for the soft sample case. The AFM tip mass, tip–sample damping, contact forces and intermittent contact can all induce the higher modes participation into the system motion. One degree of freedom or one mode study on the AFM contact dynamics of tapping mode is shown to be inaccurate. The Hertz and Derjaguin–Muller–Toporov models are used for the comparison study of the non-adhesive and adhesive contacts. The intermittent contact and the contact forces are the two major sources of the system nonlinearity. The rich dynamic responses of the system and its sensitivity to the initial conditions are demonstrated by presenting various subharmonic and nonperiodic motions.     

Response of a strongly non-linear oscillator to narrowband random excitations

The principal resonance of a van der Pol-Duffing oscillator subject to narrowband random excitations has been studied. By introducing a new expansion parameter the method of multiple scales is adapted for the strongly non-linear system. The behavior of steady state responses, together with their stability, and the effects of system damping and the detuning, and magnitude of the random excitation on steady state responses are analyzed in detail. Theoretical analyses are verified by some numerical results. It is found that when the random noise intensity increases, the steady state solution may change form a limit cycle to a diffused limit cycle, and the system may have two different stable steady state solutions for the same excitation under certain conditions. The results obtained for the strongly non-linear oscillator complement previous results in the literature for weakly non-linear systems.     

一类非线性相对转动系统的混沌运动及多时滞反馈控制

建立一类含非线性粘滑摩擦力的两质量非线性相对转动系统的动力学方程. 研究此非线性相对转动系统在外激励作用下的混沌运动及多时滞反馈控制. 当系统在外激励作用下处于混沌状态时, 考虑引入多时滞反馈对系统的混沌运动进行控制. 应用Melnikov理论给出系统在Smale意义下的混沌临界条件, 研究了多时滞反馈对系统运动及混沌临界值的影响规律. 并结合系统相图、Poincare截面图和功率谱分析多时滞反馈参数对系统混沌运动的控制作用. 关键词： 多时滞 相对转动 控制 数值仿真     

Analysis of dynamics of excitation and dephasing of plasmon resonance modes in nanoparticles

A novel theoretical approach to the dynamics analysis of excitation and dephasing of plasmon modes in nanoparticles is presented. This approach is based on the biorthogonal plasmon mode expansion, and it leads to the predictions of time dynamics of excitation of specific plasmon modes as well as their steady state amplitude and their decay. Temporal characteristics of plasmon modes in nanoparticles are expressed in terms of their shapes, permittivity dispersion relations, and excitation conditions. In the case of the Drude model, analytical expressions for time-dynamics of plasmon modes are obtained.     

The effect of spin on the non-linear resonant motions of a dynamical system

The motions of a two degree of freedom mechanical oscillator in a state of internal resonance due to the non-linear coupling between its modes are analyzed by the method of multiple scales. The system is connected by a motor to a vertical shaft driven at a constant spin rate relative to inertial space. It is shown that the non-linear resonance phenomenon can effectively be controlled by properly changing the spin rate of the motor. In addition, the transition curves that separate the non-linear resonant and the non-resonant motions of the system are also determined analytically by a straightforward perturbation method. The analytical expression for the transition curves is used in connection with the multiple scale analysis to yield a refined approximation for the main characteristics of the non-linear resonant motion.     

Mode competition in the orotron

A nonlinear, self-consistent and multimode analysis of the orotron is presented. The field in the cavity is expanded into the Hermite-Gaussian modes with time-dependent amplitudes, for which a set of ordinary differential equations is obtained from Maxwell's equations. The equations for the amplitudes are coupled to the equations of motion for the electrons. To yield a self-consistent solution, this set of coupled equations is solved simultaneously. The calculations yield transient and steady state behaviour, saturated efficiency, mode competition and multi-frequency behaviour.     

Second quantization in a waveguide with variable cross section

The motion of a system consisting of noninteracting bosons in a waveguide with variable cross section is studied. These particles have transverse as well as longitudinal degrees of freedom, but only a finite number of transverse modes can propagate in the waveguide. While for a waveguide with constant cross section, the numbers of particles in a given state of longitudinal and transverse modes remain constant, in the case of a waveguide with variable cross section there is conversion between these modes, although the total number of particles is conserved. By considering the equations of motion for the annihilation (or creation) operator, it is shown that the boundaries act as an external force, and thus generate localized transverse modes in the waveguide.     

Vibration control of a structure with ATMD against earthquake using fuzzy logic controllers

In this paper, fuzzy logic and PD controllers are designed for a multi-degree-of freedom structure with active tuned mass damper (ATMD) to suppress earthquake-induced vibrations. Fuzzy logic controller (FLC) is preferred because of its robust character, superior performance and heuristic knowledge use effectively and easily in active control. A fifteen-degree-of-freedom structural system is modeled with two types of actuators. These actuators are installed on the first storey and fifteenth storey which has ATMD. The system is then subjected to Kocaeli Earthquake vibrations, which are treated as disturbances. In control, linear motors are used as the active isolators. At the end of the study, the time history of the storey displacements and accelerations, ATMD displacements, control voltages, frequency responses of the both uncontrolled and the controlled structures are presented. Performance of the designed FLC has been shown for the different loads and disturbances using ground motion of the Kobe Earthquake. The results of the simulations show a good performance by the fuzzy logic controllers for different loads and the earthquakes.     

Bifurcation and chaos analysis for aeroelastic airfoil with freeplay structural nonlinearity in pitch

The dynamics character of a two degree-of-freedom aeroelastic airfoil with combined freeplay and cubic stiffness nonlinearities in pitch submitted to supersonic and hypersonic flow has been gaining significant attention. The Poincaré mapping method and Floquet theory are adopted to analyse the limit cycle oscillation flutter and chaotic motion of this system. The result shows that the limit cycle oscillation flutter can be accurately predicted by the Floquet multiplier. The phase trajectories of both the pitch and plunge motion are obtained and the results show that the plunge motion is much more complex than the pitch motion. It is also proved that initial conditions have important influences on the dynamics character of the airfoil system. In a certain range of airspeed and with the same system parameters, the stable limit cycle oscillation, chaotic and multi-periodic motions can be detected under different initial conditions. The figure of the Poincaré section also approves the previous conclusion.