Understanding Damping in Linear Multi-Degree of Freedom Systems

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Goyder
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Single Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Acoustic Modes ◽  
Single Degree ◽  
Modes Of Vibration ◽  
Damping Effects ◽  
Two Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Straightforward Extension

A system with damping is much more difficult to model than an undamped system. In particular, the effect of damping on a multi-degree-of-freedom system is not a straightforward extension of the damped found in single-degree-of-freedom systems. The complications of a multi-degree-of-freedom system are first examined by investigating the acoustic modes of a pipe with energy leaking from one boundary. This system can be modelled exactly. It is found that individual modes of vibration cannot be separated and are always coupled by damping effects which may involve some modes being active and not passive. Furthermore if damping sinks are increased the damping ratios can either increase or decrease. The damping of systems with fewer degrees-of-freedom are then examined to determine how damping coupling behaves. It is found that a two-degree-of-freedom system exhibits increasing and decreasing damping values as the magnitude of a damping sink is varied.

Understanding Damping in Acoustic and Mechanical Systems

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Goyder
Keyword(s):  
Linear System ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Mechanical Systems ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Vibration Modes ◽  
Acoustic System ◽  
Single Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Single Degree ◽  
Modes Of Vibration ◽  
Straightforward Extension

A system with damping is much more difficult to model than an undamped system. In particular, the effect of damping on a multi-degree-of-freedom system is not a straightforward extension of the damping found in a single-degree-of-freedom system. The complications of a multi-degree-of-freedom system are first examined by investigating the acoustic modes of a pipe with energy leaking from the boundaries. This system can be modelled exactly and identifies the complexities that need to be understood. Although this is a linear system it is found that in contradistinction to an undamped system it cannot be separated into individual modes of vibration. Modes which bear some similarity to undamped modes can be found but these are always coupled by damping effects which, to add more complications, may involve some modes being active and supplying energy to other modes. The original acoustic system is simplified to systems of finite and eventually two-degrees-of-freedom in an effort to understand the effects of damping. It is found that when damping is added to a system some damping ratios may decrease moving the system into an unfavourable state. Overall some general properties of damping, for example, the constancy of average damping, are deduced.

scholarly journals Higher order stochastic averaging method for mechanical systems having two degrees of freedom

2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-110
Author(s):  
Nguyen Duc Tinh
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Averaging Method ◽  
Stochastic Averaging ◽  
Stochastic Averaging Method ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Approximation Solution ◽  
Single Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Single Degree ◽  
Two Degree Of Freedom

Higher order stochastic averaging method is widely used for investigating single-degree-of-freedom nonlinear systems subjected to white and coloured random noises.In this paper the method is further developed for two-degree-of-freedom systems. An application to a system with cubic damping is considered and the second approximation solution to the Fokker-Planck (FP) equation is obtained.

On the Natural Modes and Their Stability in Nonlinear Two-Degree-of-Freedom Systems

1959 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-385
Author(s):  
R. M. Rosenberg ◽  
C. P. Atkinson
Keyword(s):  
Free Vibrations ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Single Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Single Degree ◽  
Natural Modes ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Stability Chart ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Two Parameters ◽  
Two Degree Of Freedom

Abstract The natural modes of free vibrations of a symmetrical two-degree-of-freedom system are analyzed theoretically and experimentally. This system has two natural modes, one in-phase and the other out-of-phase. In contradistinction to the comparable single-degree-of-freedom system where the free vibrations are always orbitally stable, the natural modes of the symmetrical two-degree-of-freedom system are frequently unstable. The stability properties depend on two parameters and are easily deduced from a stability chart. For sufficiently small amplitudes both modes are, in general, stable. When the coupling spring is linear, both modes are always stable at all amplitudes. For other conditions, either mode may become unstable at certain amplitudes. In particular, if there is a single value of frequency and amplitude at which the system can vibrate in either mode, the out-of-phase mode experiences a change of stability. The experimental investigation has generally confirmed the theoretical predictions.

scholarly journals Symmetric waterbomb origami

2016 ◽  
Vol 472 (2190) ◽  
pp. 20150846 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Chen ◽  
Huijuan Feng ◽  
Jiayao Ma ◽  
Rui Peng ◽  
Zhong You
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Solar Panels ◽  
Deployable Structures ◽  
Single Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Folding Process ◽  
Multiple Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Single Degree ◽  
Flat Roofs ◽  
Additional Constraints

The traditional waterbomb origami, produced from a pattern consisting of a series of vertices where six creases meet, is one of the most widely used origami patterns. From a rigid origami viewpoint, it generally has multiple degrees of freedom, but when the pattern is folded symmetrically, the mobility reduces to one. This paper presents a thorough kinematic investigation on symmetric folding of the waterbomb pattern. It has been found that the pattern can have two folding paths under certain circumstance. Moreover, the pattern can be used to fold thick panels. Not only do the additional constraints imposed to fold the thick panels lead to single degree of freedom folding, but the folding process is also kinematically equivalent to the origami of zero-thickness sheets. The findings pave the way for the pattern being readily used to fold deployable structures ranging from flat roofs to large solar panels.

A guide to classical flutter

1988 ◽  
Vol 92 (919) ◽  
pp. 339-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. T. Niblett
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Normal Modes ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Single Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Structural Coupling ◽  
Two Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Single Degree ◽  
Lifting Surface ◽  
Classical Flutter ◽  
Comprehensive Study

Summary First essentials of classical flutter are demonstrated by a comprehensive study of the behaviour of a lifting surface with two degrees of freedom under the action of airforces limited to those in phase with displacement. Structural coupling between the coordinates is eliminated by taking the normal modes to be the deflection coordinates, and this results in conditions for stability with particularly concise forms. It is shown that the flutter stability can be seen to be very much a matter of the relative amplitudes of heave and pitch in the normal modes. In-quadrature airforces are then introduced and it is shown that they have little effect when the flutter is severe. They are of more importance in the milder forms of flutter, the extreme of which are shown to be little different from instabilities in a single degree of freedom.

Chaotic Responses of a Two-Degree-of-Freedom Elastic-Plastic Beam Model to Short Pulse Loading

1992 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 711-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-Y. Lee ◽  
P. S. Symonds ◽  
G. Borino
Keyword(s):  
Short Pulse ◽  
Direct Method ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Beam Model ◽  
Single Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Single Degree ◽  
Arch Action ◽  
Time Histories ◽  
Energy Plane ◽  
Two Degree Of Freedom

The paper discusses chaotic response behavior of a beam model whose ends are fixed, so that shallow arch action prevails after moderate plastic straining has occurred due to a short pulse of transverse loading. Examples of anomalous displacement-time histories of a uniform beam are first shown. These motivated the present study of a two-degree-of-freedom model of Shanley type. Calculations confirm these behaviors as symptoms of chaotic unpredictability. Evidence of chaos is seen in displacement-time histories, in phase plane and power spectral diagrams, and especially in extreme sensitivity to parameters. The exponential nature of the latter is confirmed by calculations of conventional Lyapunov exponents and also by a direct method. The two-degree-of-freedom model allows use of the energy approach found helpful for the single-degree-of-freedom model (Borino et al., 1989). The strain energy is plotted as a surface over the displacement coordinate plane, which depends on the plastic strains. Contrasting with the single-degree-of-freedom case, the energy diagram illuminates the possibility of chaotic vibrations in an initial phase, and the eventual transition to a smaller amplitude nonchaotic vibration which is finally damped out. Properties of the response are further illustrated by samples of solution trajectories in a fixed total energy plane and by related Poincare section plots.

Graphical Methods to Locate the Secondary Instant Centers of Single-Degree-of-Freedom Indeterminate Linkages

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Foster ◽  
Gordon R. Pennock
Keyword(s):  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Graphical Methods ◽  
Single Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Revolute Joint ◽  
Single Degree ◽  
Revolute Joints ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Single Link ◽  
Prismatic Joints ◽  
Two Degree Of Freedom

This paper presents graphical techniques to locate the unknown instantaneous centers of zero velocity of planar, single-degree-of-freedom, linkages with kinematic indeterminacy. The approach is to convert a single-degree-of-freedom indeterminate linkage into a two-degree-of-freedom linkage. Two methods are presented to perform this conversion. The first method is to remove a binary link and the second method is to replace a single link with a pair of links connected by a revolute joint. First, the paper shows that a secondary instant center of a two-degree-of-freedom linkage must lie on a unique straight line. Then this property is used to locate a secondary instant center of the single-degree-of-freedom indeterminate linkage at the intersection of two lines. The two lines are obtained from a purely graphical procedure. The graphical techniques presented in this paper are illustrated by three examples of single-degree-of-freedom linkages with kinematic indeterminacy. The examples are a ten-bar linkage with only revolute joints, the single flier eight-bar linkage, and a ten-bar linkage with revolute and prismatic joints.

scholarly journals Optimization of Multiple Tuned Mass Damper (MTMD) Parameters for a Primary System Reduced to a Single Degree of Freedom (SDOF) through the Modal Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1389
Author(s):  
Piotr Wielgos ◽  
Robert Geryło
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Research Work ◽  
System Optimization ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Primary System ◽  
Single Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Modal Approach ◽  
Single Degree ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
The Impact

The research paper presents a novel approach toward constructing motion equations for structures with attached MTMDs (multiple tuned mass dampers). A primary system with MDOF (multiple dynamic degrees of freedom) was reduced to an equivalent system with a SDOF (single degree of freedom) through the modal approach, and equations from additional MTMDs were added to a thus-created system. Optimization based on ℌ2 and ℌ∞ for the transfer function associated with the generalized displacement of an SDOF system was applied. The research work utilized GA (genetic algorithms) and SA (simulated annealing method) optimization algorithms to determine the stiffness and damping parameters for individual TMDs. The effect of damping and stiffness (MTMD tuning) distribution depending on the number of TMDs was also analyzed. The paper also reviews the impact of primary system mass change on the efficiency of optimized MTMDs, as well as confirms the results of other authors involving greater MTMD effectiveness relative to a single TMD.

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