Bifurcation and nonlinear analysis of a flexible rotor supported by a relative short spherical gas bearing system

This paper employs a hybrid numerical method combining the differential transformation method and the finite difference method to study the bifurcation and nonlinear dynamic behavior of a flexible rotor supported by a relative short spherical gas bearing (RSSGB) system. The analytical results reveal a complex dynamic behavior comprising periodic, sub-harmonic, quasi-periodic, and chaotic responses of the rotor center and the journal center. Furthermore, the results reveal the changes which take place in the dynamic behavior of the bearing system as the rotor mass and bearing number are increased. The current analytical results are found to be in good agreement with those of other numerical methods. Therefore, the proposed method provides an effective means of gaining insights into the nonlinear dynamics of RSSGB systems.     

Stability analysis of a rotating flexible system

We analyse here the equations of motion of a planar body consisting of a rigid body with attached flexible rod. These equations take the form of coupled ordinary and partial differential equations. We analyse the equations both with and without centrifugal stiffening effects. Using the energy-momentum method, we analyse nonlinear stability of the equilibria in each case. We also analyse the Hamiltonian and Poisson bracket structure of the system as well as the energy-momentum map and associated relative equilibria.Partly supported by NSF grant DMS-8701574 and AFOSR grant AFOSR-1SSA-87-0077 and by the U.S. Army Research Office through the Mathematical Sciences Institute of Cornell University.     

Application of a hybrid method to the nonlinear dynamic analysis of a flexible rotor supported by a spherical gas-lubricated bearing system

This paper employs a hybrid numerical method combining the differential transformation method and the finite difference method to study the nonlinear dynamic behavior of a flexible rotor supported by a spherical gas-lubricated bearing system. The analytical results reveal a complex dynamic behavior comprising periodic, sub-harmonic, and quasi-periodic responses of the rotor center and the journal center. Furthermore, the results reveal the changes which take place in the dynamic behavior of the bearing system as the rotor mass and bearing number are increased. The current analytical results are found to be in good agreement with those from other numerical methods. Therefore, the proposed method provides an effective means of gaining insights into the nonlinear dynamics of spherical gas film rotor–bearing systems.     

Numerical analysis of a rigid rotor supported by aerodynamic four-lobe journal bearing system with mass unbalance

This paper presents the effect of rotor mass on the nonlinear dynamic behavior of a rigid rotor-bearing system excited by mass unbalance. Aerodynamic four-lobe journal bearing is used to support a rigid rotor. A finite element method is employed to solve the Reynolds equation in static and dynamical states and the dynamical equations are solved using Runge-Kutta method. To analyze the behavior of the rotor center in the horizontal and vertical directions under different operating conditions, the dynamic trajectory, the power spectra, the Poincare maps and the bifurcation diagrams are used. From this study, results show how the complex dynamic behavior of this type of system comprising periodic, KT-periodic and quasi-periodic responses of the rotor center varies with changes in rotor mass values by considering two bearing aspect ratios. Results of this study contribute a better understanding of the nonlinear dynamics of an aerodynamic four-lobe journal bearing system.     

Non-linear dynamic analysis of a flexible rotor supported on porous oil journal bearings

In the present paper, the non-linear dynamic analysis of a flexible rotor with a rigid disk under unbalance excitation mounted on porous oil journal bearings at the two ends is carried out. The system equation of motion is obtained by finite element formulation of Timoshenko beam and the disk. The non-linear oil-film forces are calculated from the solution of the modified Reynolds equation simultaneously with Darcy’s equation. The system equation of motion is then solved by the Wilson-θ method. Bifurcation diagrams, Poincaré maps, time response, journal trajectories, FFT-spectrum, etc. are obtained to study the non-linear dynamics of the rotor-bearing system. The effect of various non-dimensional rotor-bearing parameters on the bifurcation characteristics of the system is studied. It is shown that the system undergoes Hopf bifurcation as the speed increases. Further, slenderness ratio, material properties of the rotor, ratio of disk mass to shaft mass and permeability of the porous bush are shown to have profound effect on the bifurcation characteristics of the rotor-bearing system.     

Stability analysis of nonlinear vibrations of a deploying flexible beam

Consider a rigid-flexible coupled system which consists of a central rigid body deploying a flexible appendage. The appendage is modeled as a finite deflection beam having linear constitutive equations. By taking the energy integral as Lyapunov function, it is proved that nonlinear transverse vibrations of the beam undergoing uniform extension or retrieval are stable when there are not controlling moment in the central rigid body and driving force on the beam, according to the partial stability theorem.     

The coupling vibration characteristics of a flexible shaft-disk-blades system with mistuned features

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the coupling vibration characteristics of a flexible shaft-disk-blades system with mistuned features. There are some new phenomena due to the coupling effects of shaft-bending, shaft-torsion, disk-transverse and blade-bending. In this investigation, this paper mainly focuses on the influence of mistuned features of the blade's length and the stagger angle. It is found that there are four types of coupling modes: the coupling mode of shaft bending, disk transverse and blade bending (SDB), the coupling mode of shaft torsion disk transverse-blade bending (TDB), the coupling mode of disk transverse and blade bending (DB), the repeated mode of blade bending-blade bending (BB). With the effect of mistuned features, the natural frequencies and the coupling mode type will change correspondingly. With the mistuning value of blade length employed in this study, the TDB mode in the tuned system will disappear and shift into TSDB mode instead, and one of the repeated SDB modes will be replaced by STDB modes. Due to this mistuned features, the blades and disk experience a certain degree of vibration localization phenomenon. Different from the length feature, the influence of mistuning values of blade's stagger angle mainly take effect on the coupling modes. At last, by inspection on the Campbell diagrams, the influence of rotational speed on the transformation of natural frequencies is illustrated on the tuned/mistuned flexible shaft-disk-blades coupling structure.     

Dynamical analysis of the rotor system

This paper aims at creating a mathematical model of a bending oscillation rotor system which enables to execute a dynamical analysis of its vibration including the influence of nonlinear bearing characteristics. More specifically, using the finite element method the model of rotating system supported by four hydrodynamic bearings was created. The basic dynamical analysis of the rotor system was performed and the eigenvalues, eigenvectors and stability conditions were evaluated. (© 2011 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Chaotic vibration analysis of rotating,flexible, continuous shaft-disk system with a rub-impact between the disk and the stator

The chaotic vibration analysis of a rotating flexible continuous shaft-disk system with rub-impact is studied. The system is modeled as a continuous shaft with a rigid disk in its mid-section with Coriolis and centrifugal effects included. The governing partial differential equations of motion are extracted based on the Euler–Bernoulli beam theory. The assumed modes method is used to discretize partial differential equations and the resulting equations are solved via numerical methods. Time series, phase plane portrait, power spectra, Poincaré map, bifurcation diagrams, and Lyapunov exponents are used to analyze the vibration behavior of the system. Initially, the case is investigated in which no Coriolis or centrifugal effects are considered. Then, another case is studied in which these effects are considered. The results confirm the claim that the rub-impact occurs at lower speed ratios due to the Coriolis and centrifugal forcing effects, and that the dynamic behaviors of the system for the two cases are much different as a result of the rub-impact in the second case. Periodic, quasi-periodic, sub-harmonic, and chaotic states can be observed while the appearance or disappearance of the chaos is different. The centrifugal forcing effect plays a greater role than that of the Coriolis force on the incidence of the rub-impact. These results can be useful in identifying the undesirable behaviors in these types of rotating systems.     

Whirl characteristics of a flexible liquid-filled rotor under thermal shock

In this paper, the whirl characteristics of a flexible liquid-filled rotor subjected to thermal shock are investigated. On the basis of the Hamilton principle, the whirl frequency equation of the rotor system is derived. Using Laplace transform, the analytical model of the temperature field of the rotor is obtained. The validity of the developed temperature model is demonstrated by comparing with the finite element results. Then, the thermal axial force exerted on the rotor is calculated and the influence factors are studied. The system stability is analyzed in terms of the whirl frequency equation. The reasonability of the predict model for system stability is verified, and a good agreement can be seen in the comparison of the obtained results based on the presented analytical method with published data. Finally, the critical spinning speed of the rotor system is analyzed, and the effects of some main parameters on system critical speed are investigated.     

Chaotic response and bifurcation analysis of a flexible rotor supported by porous and non-porous bearings with nonlinear suspension

This study presents numerical work investigating the dynamic responses of a flexible rotor supported by porous journal bearings. Both porous and non-porous bearing types are taken into consideration in this study. The rotating speed ratios and imbalance parameters are also presented and proved to be important control parameters. Many non-periodic responses to chaotic and quasi-periodic motions are found, too. From the bifurcation diagrams in this paper, it is also evidenced that the vibration behaviors would be improved by porous bearings. The modeling result obtained here can be employed to predict the dynamics of bearing–rotor systems, and undesirable behavior of the rotor and bearing orbits can be avoided. Also, this could help engineers and researchers in designing and studying bearing–rotor systems or some turbo-machinery in the future.     

Stability analysis of a complex standby system with constant waiting and different repairman criteria incorporating environmental failure

In this paper we investigate the solution of a complex standby system with constant waiting and different repairman criteria incorporating environmental failure. By using the method of functional analysis, especially, the _C0$C_0$ semigroup theory of bounded linear operators on Banach space, we prove the well-posedness and the existence of positive solution of the system. Under some appropriate hypothesis, we prove that the dynamic solution of the system converges its steady state in a stronger sense.     

Nonlinear vibration phenomenon of an aircraft rub-impact rotor system due to hovering flight

This paper focuses on the nonlinear vibration phenomenon caused by aircraft hovering flight in a rub-impact rotor system supported by two general supports with cubic stiffness. The effect of aircraft hovering flight on the rotor system is considered as a maneuver load to formulate the equations of motion, which might result in periodic response instability to the rotor system even the eccentricity is small. The dynamic responses of the system under maneuver load are presented by bifurcation diagrams and the corresponding Lyapunov exponent spectrums. Numerical analyses are carried out to detect the periodic, sub-harmonic and quasi-periodic motions of the system, which are presented by orbit diagrams, phase trajectories, Poincare maps and amplitude power spectrums. The results obtained in this paper will contribute an understanding of the nonlinear dynamic behaviors of aircraft rotor systems in maneuvering flight.     

Stability and Hopf bifurcation analysis of a new system

In this paper, a new chaotic system is introduced. The system contains special cases as the modified Lorenz system and conjugate Chen system. Some subtle characteristics of stability and Hopf bifurcation of the new chaotic system are thoroughly investigated by rigorous mathematical analysis and symbolic computations. Meanwhile, some numerical simulations for justifying the theoretical analysis are also presented.     

Stability analysis of impulsive parabolic complex networks

In the present paper, two kinds of impulsive parabolic complex networks (IPCNs) are considered. In the first one, all nodes have the same time-varying delay. In the second one, different nodes have different time-varying delays. Using the Lyapunov functional method combined with the inequality techniques, some global exponential stability criteria are derived for the IPCNs. Furthermore, several robust global exponential stability conditions are proposed to take uncertainties in the parameters of the IPCNs into account. Finally, numerical simulations are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the results obtained here.     

Nonlinear dynamics of a statically misaligned flexible rotor in active magnetic bearings

The response of a statically misaligned flexible rotor mounted in active magnetic bearings is numerically investigated in this work. The mathematical model of the rotor-bearing system incorporates nonlinearity due to the geometric coupling of the magnetic actuators as well as that arising from the magnetic actuator forces that are nonlinear function of the coil current and the air gap between the rotor and the stator. The influence of the rotor’s static misalignment, represented by the gravity parameter, W, on its response was found to be dependent on the magnitude of the geometric coupling parameter, α. Numerical results showed that for α = 0, the response of the rotor was always synchronous regardless of the values of W. For moderate values of α, nonsynchronous vibration was seen in the response of the rotor for the case of W ≠ 0. For large values of α, nonsynchronous vibration was observed in the response of the rotor irrespective of the values of W. For the values of design and operating parameters of the rotor-bearing system investigated in this work, the response of the rotor displayed a rich variety of nonlinear dynamical phenomena including sub-synchronous vibrations of period-2, -3, -4, -6, -8, -12, -14 and -16, quasi-periodicity and chaos. Numerical results further revealed the existence of multiple attractors within certain ranges of the speed parameter, Ω. Co-existence of attractors has serious implications on the safe operation of magnetically supported rotating machinery as synchronous response of the rotor may become nonsynchronous or even chaotic when excited by external forces that cause the rotor’s position to move from one basin of attraction to another.     

Forced vibration of a bubble spring-mass system: Nonlinear analysis and experiment

In the present study, we investigate the nonlinear forced vibration of a bubble-mass system both theoretically and experimentally, where the bubble is viewed as a spring. The mathematical model on the excited vibration is developed by assuming the contour line of the bubble being a parabola curve. The incremental harmonic balance method is used to solve the ordinary differential equation, and the high speed video camera is utilized to take photographs. The effects of the bubble volume and radius of the plate on the static compression of the spring, the amplitude–frequency curves for the fundamental and second harmonic wave, and phase–frequency curve of the fundamental wave, are all demonstrated. The results show that the spring representing the bubble is always in compression in the process of vibration, and a greater bubble volume and a smaller plate radius make the system stiffness smaller. The second harmonic wave has some different characteristics from the counterparts of the fundamental wave. We also perform an experiment to validate these theoretical analyses. This study sheds new light on the nonlinear vibration of soft system, which may be beneficial to such areas as aerospace, microgravity, and soft robotics.     

Nonlinear dynamic analysis of fractional order rub-impact rotor system

Nonlinear dynamic characteristics of rub-impact rotor system with fractional order damping are investigated. The model of rub-impact comprises a radial elastic force and a tangential Coulomb friction force. The fractional order damped rotor system with rubbing malfunction is established. The four order Runge–Kutta method and ten order CFE-Euler method are introduced to simulate the fractional order rub-impact rotor system equations. The effects of the rotating speed ratio, derivative order of damping and mass eccentricity on the system dynamics are investigated using rotor trajectory diagrams, bifurcation diagrams and Poincare map. Various complicated dynamic behaviors and types of routes to chaos are found, including period doubling bifurcation, sudden transition and quasi-periodic from periodic motion to chaos. The analysis results show that the fractional order rub-impact rotor system exhibits rich dynamic behaviors, and that the significant effect of fractional order will contribute to comprehensive understanding of nonlinear dynamics of rub-impact rotor.     

Optimal vibration control of flexible spacecraft during a minimum-time maneuver

This paper is concerned with the simultaneous maneuver and vibration control of a flexible spacecraft. The problem is solved by means of a perturbation approach whereby the slewing of the spacecraft regarded as rigid represents the zero-order problem and the control of vibration, as well as of perturbations from the rigid-body maneuver, represents the first-order problem. The zero-order control is to be carried out in minimum time, which implies bang-bang control. On the other hand, the first-order control is a time-dependent linear quadratic regulator including integral feedback and prescribed convergence rate.This research was sponsored by USAF/ASD and AFOSR Research Grant F33615-86-C-3233 monitored by Drs. A. K. Amos and V. B. Venkayya, whose support is greatly appreciated.