Mechanical Spring Replacement With Pneumatic Return Device in a Valve Train: Effects on Dynamics and Preload Tuning

2009 ◽  
Vol 132 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pastorelli Stefano ◽  
Almondo Andrea ◽  
Sorli Massimo
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Dynamic Stiffness ◽  
Fluid Pressure ◽  
Time History ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Transmission Efficiency ◽  
Valve Train ◽  
Internal Resonances ◽  
Return Spring ◽  
Mechanical Spring

The paper presents a comparison of performance for a cam transmission of an engine valve train operating with a mechanical spring and with a return spring device that uses a pneumatic spring. Dynamic analysis of the cam mechanism is performed in the frequency and time domains employing a combined lumped-distributed parameter model capable of predicting the effects of the higher harmonics of the cam lift profile on system performance, in particular of the return spring device. Dynamic stiffness of the transmission in the frequency domain and time history of the contact force between cam and follower are evaluated. The limits of the traditional mechanical spring-closing system at high-speed camshaft operations are investigated, highlighting that they are mainly imposed by the internal resonances of the spring. The pneumatic spring is an improved replacement of the steel spring because of better dynamic behavior. Furthermore, the pneumatic return device allows preload tuning of the spring, which may increase transmission efficiency through proper control of the fluid pressure. Study of the pressure control circuit is also presented.

Effects of Mechanical and Pneumatic Return Springs on Valve Train Dynamics

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Pastorelli ◽  
Andrea Almondo ◽  
Massimo Sorli
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Dynamic Stiffness ◽  
Time History ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Valve Train ◽  
Cam Mechanism ◽  
Distributed Parameters ◽  
Return Spring ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mechanical Spring

The dynamic analysis of a cam transmission derived from an engine valve train is performed in frequency and time domain, by means of a combined lumped-distributed parameters models, capable of predicting the effects of the higher harmonics of the cam lift profile on system performances, in particular as concerning the return spring device. Dynamic stiffness of the transmission in frequency domain and time history of contact force between cam and follower are evaluated, highlighting the limits of the transmission at high-speed camshaft operations caused by the spring behavior. The aim of the study is to developed a comparison on the performances of the cam mechanism working with the original mechanical spring from design or with a pneumatic return device based on a pneumatic spring and a pressure control circuit.

scholarly journals Monolithic polymeric porous superhydrophobic material with pneumatic plastron stabilization for functionally durable drag reduction in blood-contacting biomedical applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Marlena ◽  
Justin Kok Soon Tan ◽  
Zenggan Lin ◽  
David Xinzheyang Li ◽  
Boxin Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Devices ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Slip Flow ◽  
Fluid Pressure ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Drag Forces ◽  
Protein Fouling ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
High Fluid ◽  
Flow Drag

AbstractSuperhydrophobic (SHP) surfaces can provide substantial reductions in flow drag forces and reduce blood damage in cardiovascular medical devices. However, strategies for functional durability are necessary, as many SHP surfaces have low durability under abrasion or strong fluid jetting or eventually lose their air plastron and slip-flow capabilities due to plastron gas dissolution, high fluid pressure, or fouling. Here, we present a functional material that extends the functional durability of superhydrophobic slip flow. Facile modification of a porous superhydrophobic polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, Teflon) foam produced suitable surface structures to enable fluid slip flow and resist protein fouling. Its monolithic nature offered abrasion durability, while its porosity allowed pressurized air to be supplied to resist fluid impalement and to replenish the air plastron lost to the fluid through dissolution. Active pore pressure control could resist high fluid pressures and turbulent flow conditions across a wide range of applied pressures. The pneumatically stabilized material yielded large drag reductions (up to 50%) even with protein fouling, as demonstrated from high-speed water jetting and closed loop pressure drop tests. Coupled with its high hemocompatibility and impaired protein adsorption, this easily fabricated material can be viable for incorporation into blood-contacting medical devices.

scholarly journals Detonation effects of shallow buried explosive in sandy soil on target plate acceleration in a small-scale blast test

2018 ◽  
Vol 192 ◽  
pp. 02028
Author(s):  
Hassan Zulkifli Abu ◽  
Ibrahim Aniza ◽  
Mohamad Nor Norazman
Keyword(s):  
Sandy Soil ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Time History ◽  
Video Camera ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Target Plate ◽  
Air Blast ◽  
High Speed Video Camera ◽  
The Impact

Small-scale blast tests were carried out to observe and measure the influence of sandy soil towards explosive blast intensity. The tests were to simulate blast impact imparted by anti-vehicular landmine to a lightweight armoured vehicle (LAV). Time of occurrence of the three phases of detonation phase in soil with respect to upward translation time of the test apparatus were recorded using high-speed video camera. At the same time the target plate acceleration was measured using shock accelerometer. It was observed that target plate deformation took place at early stage of the detonation phase before the apparatus moved vertically upwards. Previous data of acceleration-time history and velocity-time history from air blast detonation were compared. It was observed that effects of soil funnelling on blast wave together with the impact from soil ejecta may have contributed to higher blast intensity that characterized detonation in soil, where detonation in soil demonstrated higher plate velocity compared to what occurred in air blast detonation.

scholarly journals Correction to: Stress and pore fluid pressure control of seismicity rate changes following the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kodai Nakagomi ◽  
Toshiko Terakawa ◽  
Satoshi Matsumoto ◽  
Shinichiro Horikawa
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Pressure ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Pore Fluid ◽  
2016 Kumamoto Earthquake ◽  
Pore Fluid Pressure ◽  
Seismicity Rate ◽  
Kumamoto Earthquake ◽  
The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake ◽  
Seismicity Rate Changes

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

scholarly journals Analysis of the dynamic characteristics of downsized aerostatic thrust bearings with different pressure equalizing grooves at high or ultra-high speed

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 168781402110180
Author(s):  
Ruzhong Yan ◽  
Haojie Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Rotation Speed ◽  
Dynamic Stiffness ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Perturbation Amplitude ◽  
Thrust Bearings ◽  
Supply Pressure ◽  
Ultra High Speed ◽  
Air Film

This study adopts the DMT(dynamic mesh technology) and UDF(user defined functions) co-simulation method to study the dynamic characteristics of aerostatic thrust bearings with equalizing grooves and compare with the bearing without equalizing groove under high speed or ultra high speed for the first time. The effects of air film thicness, supply pressure, rotation speed, perturbation amplitude, perturbation frequency, and cross section of the groove on performance characteristics of aerostatic thrust bearing are thoroughly investigated. The results show that the dynamic stiffiness and damping coefficient of the bearing with triangular or trapezoidal groove have obvious advantages by comparing with that of the bearing without groove or with rectangular groove for the most range of air film thickness, supply pressure, rotation speed, perturbation amplitude, especially in the case of high frequency, which may be due to the superposition of secondary throttling effect and air compressible effect. While the growth range of dynamic stiffness decreases in the case of high or ultra-high rotation speed, which may be because the Bernoulli effect started to appear. The perturbation amplitude only has little influence on the dynamic characteristic when it is small, but with the increase of perturbation amplitude, the influence becomes more obvious and complex, especially for downsized aerostatic bearing.

Diesel Droplet Diffusion in Isotropic Turbulence With Digital Holographic Cinematography

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balaji Gopalan ◽  
Edwin Malkiel ◽  
Jian Sheng ◽  
Joseph Katz
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Isotropic Turbulence ◽  
Fluid Motion ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Time History ◽  
Sample Volume ◽  
Velocity Autocorrelation Function ◽  
Digital Cameras ◽  
Velocity Autocorrelation

High-speed in-line digital holographic cinematography was used to investigate the diffusion of droplets in locally isotropic turbulence. Droplets of diesel fuel (0.3–0.9mm diameter, specific gravity of 0.85) were injected into a 37×37×37mm3 sample volume located in the center of a 160-liter tank. The turbulence was generated by 4 spinning grids, located symmetrically in the corners of the tank, and was characterized prior to the experiments. The sample volume was back illuminated with two perpendicular collimated beams of coherent laser light and time series of in-line holograms were recorded with two high-speed digital cameras at 500 frames/sec. Numerical reconstruction generated a time series of high-resolution images of the droplets throughout the sample volume. We developed an algorithm for automatically detecting the droplet trajectories from each view, for matching the two views to obtain the three-dimensional tracks, and for calculating the time history of velocity. We also measured the mean fluid motion using 2-D PIV. The data enabled us to calculate the Lagrangian velocity autocorrelation function.

H∞Control for PMLSM Suspension Platform Based on PDFF

2011 ◽  
Vol 383-390 ◽  
pp. 6886-6892
Author(s):  
Jia Kuan Xia ◽  
Yi Na Wang ◽  
Yi Biao Sun
Keyword(s):  
Feedback Linearization ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Normal Force ◽  
Dynamic Stiffness ◽  
Linearization Method ◽  
Dynamic Decoupling ◽  
Fast Tracking ◽  
Speed Controller ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Proportional Controller

Permanent magnet linear synchronous motor (PMLSM) suspension system has the merits of no friction, high-speed, high response and so on, using the normal force achieve the mover suspension. The servo performance is affected by the nonlinear coupling between the horizontal trust and vertical normal force, parameters uncertainties and load disturbances. The feedback linearization method is used to achieve the dynamic decoupling of the PMLSM suspicion system and decoupling it Into two linear subsystems; to solve the conflict between disturbance restraint and fast tracking performance, increase the robustness and dynamic stiffness for system, H∞ speed controller based on PDFF and position proportional controller are designed. Simulation results show that the proposed control strategy guarantees the high speed and high precision positioning performance for horizontal axis; the good rigidity and stability for normal suspension length and the strong robustness against load disturbances and parameters variations for the two axes.

scholarly journals Parametric and Internal Resonances of an Axially Moving Beam with Time-Dependent Velocity

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bamadev Sahoo ◽  
L. N. Panda ◽  
G. Pohit
Keyword(s):  
Internal Resonance ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Time History ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Phase Portraits ◽  
Axially Moving Beam ◽  
Internal Resonances ◽  
Moving Beam ◽  
Axially Moving ◽  
The Stability

The nonlinear vibration of a travelling beam subjected to principal parametric resonance in presence of internal resonance is investigated. The beam velocity is assumed to be comprised of a constant mean value along with a harmonically varying component. The stretching of neutral axis introduces geometric cubic nonlinearity in the equation of motion of the beam. The natural frequency of second mode is approximately three times that of first mode; a three-to-one internal resonance is possible. The method of multiple scales (MMS) is directly applied to the governing nonlinear equations and the associated boundary conditions. The nonlinear steady state response along with the stability and bifurcation of the beam is investigated. The system exhibits pitchfork, Hopf, and saddle node bifurcations under different control parameters. The dynamic solutions in the periodic, quasiperiodic, and chaotic forms are captured with the help of time history, phase portraits, and Poincare maps showing the influence of internal resonance.

Multiphase Bulk Solids Flow Systems

1980 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-132
Author(s):  
R. B. Emery
Keyword(s):  
Soil Mechanics ◽  
Fluid Pressure ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Multiphase System ◽  
Mechanical Loads ◽  
Bulk Solids ◽  
Design Goal ◽  
Flow Systems ◽  
Quantitative Design ◽  
Design Construction

Theory and proof are presented here related to fluid pressure control of bulk solids flowability. They are directed toward a quantitative design goal for fluid-solids flow systems. An effort is made to relate multiphase system concept to existing soil mechanics, strength of material and bulk solids flow theory. Gas or liquid interstitial loads often add cumulative effects to the mechanical loads normally considered in bulk solids flow systems. Summation of the mechanical, gas and liquid loads form the basis for multiphase system design. Useful savings in design, construction and maintenance are expected from application of multiphase theory. Quantitative design can, in some cases, provide flow, no-flow, or a controlled combination of flow and no-flow.

scholarly journals Study on Multi-Degree of Freedom Dynamic Vibration Absorber of the Carbody of High-Speed Trains

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu SUN ◽  
Jinsong Zhou ◽  
Dao Gong ◽  
Yuanjin Ji
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Control ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Dynamic Stiffness ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Vibration Absorber ◽  
High Speed Train ◽  
Dynamic Vibration Absorber ◽  
Multiple Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Dynamic Vibration

Abstract To absorb the vibration of the carbody of the high-speed train in multiple degrees of freedom, a multi-degree of freedom dynamic vibration absorber (MDOF DVA) is proposed. Installed under the carbody, the natural vibration frequency of the MDOF DVA from each DOF can be designed as a DVA for each single degree of freedom of the carbody. Hence, a 12-DOF model including the main vibration system and a MDOF DVA is established, and the principle of Multi-DOF dynamic vibration absorption is analyzed by combining the design method of single DVA and genetic algorithm. Based on a high-speed train dynamics model including an under-carbody MDOF DVA, the vibration control effect on each DOF of the MDOF DVA is analyzed by the virtual excitation method. Moreover, a high static and low dynamic stiffness (HSLDS) mount is proposed based on a cam–roller–spring mechanism for the installation of the MDOF DVA due to the requirement of the low vertical dynamic stiffness. From the dynamic simulation of a non-linear model in time-domain, the vibration control performance of the MDOF DVA installed with nonlinear HSLDS mount on the carbody is analyzed. The results show that the MDOF DVA can absorb the vibration of the carbody in multiple degrees of freedom effectively, and improve the running ride quality of the vehicle.

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