Application of the Numerical Continuation Method in the Prediction of Nonlinear Behavior of Journal Bearings

Author(s):  
Amira Amamou ◽  
Mnaouar Chouchane
Author(s):  
Chintien Huang ◽  
Chenning Hung ◽  
Kuenming Tien

This paper investigates the numerical solutions of equations for the eight-position rigid-body guidance of the cylindrical-spherical (C-S) dyad. We seek to determine the number of finite solutions by using the numerical continuation method. We derive the design equations using the geometric constraints of the C-S dyad and obtain seven quartic polynomial equations and one quadratic equation. We then solve the system of equations by using the software package Bertini. After examining various specifications, including those with random complex numbers, we conclude that there are 804 finite solutions of the C-S dyad for guiding a body through eight prescribed positions. When designing spatial dyads for rigid-body guidance, the C-S dyad is one of the four dyads that result in systems of equal numbers of equations and unknowns if the maximum number of allowable positions is specified. The numbers of finite solutions in the syntheses of the other three dyads have been obtained previously, and this paper provides the computational kinematic result of the last unsolved problem, the eight-position synthesis of the C-S dyad.


1981 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chin-Hsiu Li ◽  
S. M. Rohde

An analysis of the steady state and dynamic characteristics of floating ring journal bearings has been performed. The stability characteristics of the bearing, based on linear theory, are given. The transient problem, in which the equations of motion for the bearing system are integrated in real time was studied. The effect of using finite bearing theory rather than the short bearing assumption was examined. Among the significant findings of this study is the existence of limit cycles in the regions of instability predicted by linear theory. Such results explain the superior stability characteristics of the floating ring bearing in high speed applications. An understanding of this nonlinear behavior, serves as the basis for new and rational criteria for the design of floating ring bearings.


2017 ◽  
Vol 820 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
P.-T. Brun

The whirling helical structure obtained when pouring honey onto toast may seem like an easy enough problem to solve at breakfast. Specifically, one would hope that a quick back-of-the-envelope scaling argument would help rationalize the observed behaviour and predict the coiling frequency. Not quite: multiple forces come into play, both in the part of the flow stretched by gravity and in the coil itself, which buckles and bends like a rope. In fact, the resulting abundance of regimes requires the careful numerical continuation method reported by Ribe (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 812, 2017, R2) to build a complete phase diagram of the problem and untangle this sticky situation.


2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-102
Author(s):  
Z. Lajmiri ◽  
Reza Khoshsiar Ghaziani ◽  
M. Guasemi

We perform a bifurcation analysis of a predator-prey model with Holling functional response. The analysis is carried out both analytically and numerically. We use dynamical toolbox MATCONT to perform numerical bifurcation analysis. Our bifurcation analysis of the model indicates that it exhibits numerous types of bifurcation phenomena, including fold, subcritical Hopf, cusp, Bogdanov-Takens. By starting from a Hopf bifurcation point, we approximate limit cycles which are obtained, step by step, using numerical continuation method and compute orbitally asymptotically stable periodic orbits.


Acta Acustica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Joel Gilbert ◽  
Sylvain Maugeais ◽  
Christophe Vergez

A reed instrument model with N acoustical modes can be described as a 2N dimensional autonomous nonlinear dynamical system. Here, a simplified model of a reed-like instrument having two quasi-harmonic resonances, represented by a four dimensional dynamical system, is studied using the continuation and bifurcation software AUTO. Bifurcation diagrams of equilibria and periodic solutions are explored with respect to the blowing mouth pressure, with focus on amplitude and frequency evolutions along the different solution branches. Equilibria and periodic regimes are connected through Hopf bifurcations, which are found to be direct or inverse depending on the physical parameters values. Emerging periodic regimes mainly supported by either the first acoustic resonance (first register) or the second acoustic resonance (second register) are successfully identified by the model. An additional periodic branch is also found to emerge from the branch of the second register through a period-doubling bifurcation. The evolution of the oscillation frequency along each branch of the periodic regimes is also predicted by the continuation method. Stability along each branch is computed as well. Some of the results are interpreted in terms of the ease of playing of the reed instrument. The effect of the inharmonicity between the first two impedance peaks is observed both when the amplitude of the first is greater than the second, as well as the inverse case. In both cases, the blowing pressure that results in periodic oscillations has a lowest value when the two resonances are harmonic, a theoretical illustration of the Bouasse-Benade prescription.


2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 4029-4037 ◽  
Author(s):  
FEDERICO BIZZARRI ◽  
DANIELE LINARO ◽  
BART OLDEMAN ◽  
MARCO STORACE

In this paper, we describe a numerical continuation method that enables harmonic analysis of nonlinear periodic oscillators. This method is formulated as a boundary value problem that can be readily implemented by resorting to a standard continuation package — without modification — such as AUTO, which we used. Our technique works for any kind of oscillator, including electronic, mechanical and biochemical systems. We provide two case studies. The first study concerns itself with the autonomous electronic oscillator known as the Colpitts oscillator, and the second one with a nonlinear damped oscillator, a nonautonomous mechanical oscillator. As shown in the case studies, the proposed technique can aid both the analysis and the design of the oscillators, by following curves for which a certain constraint, related to harmonic analysis, is fulfilled.


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