Dynamic Analysis of Geared Rotor-Bearing Systems by the Transfer Matrix Method

Author(s):  
Siu-Tong Choi ◽  
Sheng-Yang Mau

Abstract In this paper, an analytical study of the dynamic characteristics of geared rotor-bearing systems by the transfer matrix method is presented. Rotating shafts are modeled as Timoshenko beam with shear deformation and gyroscopic effects taken into account. The gear mesh is modeled as a pair of rigid disks connected by a spring-damper set and a transmission-error exciter. The transfer matrix of a gear mesh is developed. The coupling motions of the lateral and torsional vibration are studied. In free vibration analysis of geared rotor systems, natural frequencies and corresponding mode shapes, and the whirl frequencies under different spin speeds are determined. Effects of bearing stiffness, isotropic and orthotropic bearings, pressure angle of the gear mesh are studied. In steady-state vibration analysis, responses due to the excitation of mass unbalance and the transmission error are studied. Parametric characteristics of geared rotor systems are discussed.

1999 ◽  
Vol 123 (4) ◽  
pp. 562-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siu-Tong Choi ◽  
Sheng-Yang Mau

An analytical study of the dynamic characteristics of a geared rotor-bearing system by the transfer matrix method is presented. Rotating shafts of the system are modeled as Timoshenko beams with effects of shear deformation and gyroscopic moment taken into account. The gear mesh is modeled as a pair of rigid disks connected by a spring-damper set along the pressure line and the transmission error is simulated by a displacement excitation at the mesh. The transfer matrix of a gear mesh is developed. The coupled lateral-torsional vibration of a geared rotor-bearing system is studied. Natural frequencies and corresponding mode shapes, and whirl frequencies under different spin speeds are determined. In addition, steady-state responses due to the excitation of mass unbalance, geometric eccentricity and transmission error of gear mesh are obtained. Effect of the time-varying stiffness of the gear mesh is investigated.


Author(s):  
R Firoozian ◽  
H Zhu

The transfer matrix method together with a digital computer form the foundation of the dynamic analysis of rotor-bearing systems. The properties of each segment of the rotating shaft are expressed in simple matrix form and the overall dynamic behaviour is then obtained by successive multiplication of the element matrices. The main drawback associated with this method is the numerical instability in calculating natural frequencies for complex systems. The finite element method, on the other hand, uses the element stiffness and mass matrices to form the global equation of motion for the complete system. This avoids the numerical problems of the transfer matrix method at the expense of the computer memory requirements. The new method described in this paper combines the transfer matrix and finite element techniques to form a powerful algorithm for vibration analysis of rotor-bearing systems. It is shown that the accuracy improves significantly when the transfer matrix for each shaft segment is obtained from finite element techniques. The accuracy and efficiency of the hybrid method are compared with the transfer matrix method for a simply supported uniform rotating shaft where an analytical solution for the critical speeds and mode shapes is available. The method is then applied to a flexibly supported uniform shaft and a non-uniform shaft with a large disc to show the capability of the method for finding the critical speeds of complex rotor-bearing systems.


Author(s):  
Shuang Huang ◽  
Xinfu Chi ◽  
Yang Xu ◽  
Yize Sun

Focusing on tufting machine type DHUN801D-400, the complex dynamic model of coupling shaft system is built by using Riccati whole transfer matrix method, and the natural frequencies and mode shapes are analyzed. First, the components of coupling shafts system in tufting machine are introduced. Second, the structures of coupling shafts system are discretized and simplified. Third, the transfer matrix is constructed, the model is solved by using Riccati whole transfer matrix method, and then natural frequencies and mode shapes are obtained. Finally, the experimental results are quoted to demonstrate the applicability of the model. The results indicate that the Riccati whole transfer matrix method is well applicable for modeling the dynamics of complex multi-rotor systems.


1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Kang ◽  
An-Chen Lee ◽  
Yuan-Pin Shih

A modified transfer matrix method (MTMM) is developed to analyze rotor-bearing systems with an asymmetric shaft and asymmetric disks. The rotating shaft is modeled by a Rayleigh-Euler beam considering the effects of the rotary inertia and gyroscopic moments. Specifically, a transfer matrix of the asymmetric shaft segments is derived in a continuous-system sense to give accurate solutions. The harmonic balance method is incorporated in the transfer matrix equations, so that steady-state responses of synchronous and superharmonic whirls can be determined. A numerical example is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach.


2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1167-1180 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.M. Yu ◽  
Y. Hao

Free vibration equations for non-cylindrical (conical, barrel, and hyperboloidal types) helical springs with noncircular cross-sections, which consist of 14 first-order ordinary differential equations with variable coefficients, are theoretically derived using spatially curved beam theory. In the formulation, the warping effect upon natural frequencies and vibrating mode shapes is first studied in addition to including the rotary inertia, the shear and axial deformation influences. The natural frequencies of the springs are determined by the use of improved Riccati transfer matrix method. The element transfer matrix used in the solution is calculated using the Scaling and Squaring method and Pad'e approximations. Three examples are presented for three types of springs with different cross-sectional shapes under clamped-clamped boundary condition. The accuracy of the proposed method has been compared with the FEM results using three-dimensional solid elements (Solid 45) in ANSYS code. Numerical results reveal that the warping effect is more pronounced in the case of non-cylindrical helical springs than that of cylindrical helical springs, which should be taken into consideration in the free vibration analysis of such springs.


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