Investigation of Stick-Slip Phenomenon Using a Two-Disk Friction System Vibration Model
Abstract A lumped parameter model is presented for studying the dynamic interaction between two disks in relative rotational motion and in frictional contact. The contact elastic and dissipative characteristics are represented by equivalent stiffnesses and damping coefficients in the axial as well as torsional directions. The formulation accounts for the coupling between the axial and angular motions by viewing the contact normal force to be the result of axial behavior of the system. The model is used to investigate stick-slip behavior of a two-disk friction system. In this effort the friction coefficient is represented as an exponentially decaying function of relative angular velocity, varying from its static value at zero relative velocity to its kinetic value at very high velocities. This investigation result in establishment of critical curve defining two parameter regions: one in which stick-slip occurs and that in which stick-slip does not occur. Moreover, the onset and termination of stick-slip, when it occurs, is related to the highest component frequency in the system. It is found that stick-slip starts at a period nearly equal to that of the highest component frequency and terminates at a period almost three times that of the highest component frequency.