In-Plane Parametric Instability of a Rigid Body With a Dual-Rotor System

Author(s):  
Allen Anilkumar ◽  
V. Kartik

Rotating machines can be modeled at a basic level using lumped masses that are rotating about and attached using springs to an axis. Even such seemingly simple system can exhibit rich dynamics in the presence of time-varying terms in the governing differential equations. This paper investigates the dynamics of a rigid body with two attached rotors that rotate in the same plane. The system is parametrically-excited and the equations of motion are periodic in both rotor frequencies. The frequency spectra of the time responses show distinct side-band structures centered about the unforced natural frequencies. In addition to classical resonances, the stability diagrams generated using Floquet theory reveal instabilities at unexpected combinations of the forcing and natural frequencies. The harmonic balance method is employed to verify the stability boundaries obtained using Floquet theory. The study reveals safe regimes of parameter combinations that can help prevent the onset of instability in such systems.

Author(s):  
Ashu Sharma ◽  
S. C. Sinha

Parametrically excited linear systems with oscillatory coefficients have been generally modeled by Mathieu or Hill equations (periodic coefficients) because their stability and response can be determined by Floquét theory. However, in many cases, the parametric excitation is not periodic but consists of frequencies that are incommensurate, making them quasi-periodic. Unfortunately, there is no complete theory for linear dynamic systems with quasi-periodic coefficients. Motivated by this fact, in this work, an approximate approach has been proposed to determine the stability and response of quasi-periodic systems. It is suggested here that a quasi-periodic system may be replaced by a periodic system with an appropriate large principal period and thus making it suitable for an application of the Floquét theory. Based on this premise, a systematic approach has been developed and applied to three typical quasi-periodic systems. The approximate boundaries in stability charts obtained from the proposed method are very close to the exact boundaries of original quasi-periodic equations computed numerically using maximal Lyapunov exponents. Further, the frequency spectra of solutions generated near approximate and exact boundaries are found to be almost identical ensuring a high degree of accuracy. In addition, state transition matrices (STMs) are also computed symbolically in terms of system parameters using Chebyshev polynomials and Picard iteration method. Stability diagrams based on this approach are found to be in excellent agreement with those obtained from numerical methods. The coefficients of parametric excitation terms are not necessarily small in all cases.


2006 ◽  
Vol 321-323 ◽  
pp. 1654-1658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Hee Yoo ◽  
Sung Jin Eun

Dynamic stability of axially accelerated beams is investigated in this paper. The equations of motion of a fixed-free beam undergoing axially accelerated motion are derived. Unstable regions due to the acceleration are obtained by using the Floquet’s theory. Stability diagrams are presented to illustrate the influence of the acceleration characteristics. Large unstable regions of flutter type instability exist around the first, twice the first, and twice the second bending natural frequencies. Divergence type instability also occurs when the acceleration exceeds a certain value. The validity of the stability diagram is confirmed by direct numerical integration of the equations of motion.


1993 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-134
Author(s):  
Jeffrey D. Stoen ◽  
Thomas R. Kane

This article details a scheme for evaluating the stability of motions of a system consisting of a rigid body connected at one point to a rotating arm. The nonlinear equations of motion for the system are formulated, and a method for finding exact solutions representing motions that resemble a state of rest is presented. The equations are then linearized and roots of the eigensystem are classified and used to construct stability diagrams that facilitate the assessment of effects of varying the body's mass properties and system geometry, changing the position of the attachment joint, and adding energy dissipation in the joint.


Author(s):  
Firdaus E. Udwadia ◽  
Aaron D. Schutte

This paper develops a unified methodology for obtaining both the general equations of motion describing the rotational dynamics of a rigid body using quaternions as well as its control. This is achieved in a simple systematic manner using the so-called fundamental equation of constrained motion that permits both the dynamics and the control to be placed within a common framework. It is shown that a first application of this equation yields, in closed form, the equations of rotational dynamics, whereas a second application of the self-same equation yields two new methods for explicitly determining, in closed form, the nonlinear control torque needed to change the orientation of a rigid body. The stability of the controllers developed is analysed, and numerical examples showing the ease and efficacy of the unified methodology are provided.


2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-166
Author(s):  
Nguyen Van Khang ◽  
Thai Manh Cau

In this paper the incremental harmonic balance method is used to calculate periodic vibrations of nonlinear autonomous multip-degree-of-freedom systems. According to Floquet theory, the stability of a periodic solution is checked by evaluating the eigenvalues of the monodromy matrix. Using the programme MAPLE, the authors have studied the periodic vibrations of the system multi-degree van der Pol form.


Author(s):  
A. L. Schwab ◽  
J. P. Meijaard

Abstract In the case of small elastic deformations in a flexible multi-body system, the periodic motion of the system can be modelled as a superposition of a small linear vibration and a non-linear rigid body motion. For the small deformations this analysis results in a set of linear differential equations with periodic coefficients. These equations give more insight in the vibration phenomena and are computationally more efficient than a direct non-linear analysis by numeric integration. The realization of the method in a program for flexible multibody systems is discussed which requires, besides the determination of the periodic rigid motion, the determination of the linearized equations of motion. The periodic solutions for the linear equations are determined with a harmonic balance method, while transient solutions are obtained by averaging. The stability of the periodic solution is considered. The method is applied to a pendulum with a circular motion of its support point and a slider-crank mechanism with flexible connecting rod. A comparison is made with previous non-linear results.


1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Streit ◽  
C. M. Krousgrill ◽  
A. K. Bajaj

The governing equations of motion for the compliant coordinates describing a flexible manipulator performing repetitive tasks contain parametric excitation terms. The stability of the zero solution to these equations is investigated using Floquet theory. Analytical and numerical results are presented for a two-degree-of-freedom model of a manipulator with one prismatic joint and one revolute joint.


Author(s):  
Ashu Sharma ◽  
Subhash C. Sinha

Parametrically excited systems are generally represented by a set of linear/nonlinear ordinary differential equations with time varying coefficients. In most cases, the linear systems have been modeled by Mathieu or Hill equations (periodic coefficients) because their stability and response can be determined by Floquét theory. However, in many cases the parametric excitation is not periodic but consists of frequencies that are incommensurate, making them quasi-periodic. Unfortunately, there is no complete theory for linear dynamic systems with quasi-periodic coefficients. Motivated by this fact, in this work, an approximate approach has been proposed to determine the stability and response of quasi-periodic systems. Although Floquét theory is applicable only to periodic systems, it is suggested here that a quasi-periodic system may be replaced by a periodic system with an appropriate large principal period and thus making it suitable for an application of the Floquét theory. Based on this premise, a systematic approach has been developed and applied to two typical quasi-periodic systems. The approximate boundaries in stability charts obtained from the proposed method are extremely close to the exact boundaries of the original quasi-periodic equations. The exact boundaries are detected by computing the maximal Lyapunov exponents. Further, the frequency spectra of solutions generated near approximate and exact boundaries are found to be almost identical ensuring a high degree of accuracy. The coefficients of the parametric excitation terms are not necessarily small in all cases. ‘Instability loops’ or ‘Instability pockets’ that appear in the stability diagram of Meissner’s equation are also observed in one case presented here. The proposed approximate approach would allow one to construct Lyapunov-Perron (L-P) transformation matrices that reduce quasi-periodic systems to systems whose linear parts are time-invariant. The L-P transformation would pave the way for controller design and bifurcation analysis of quasi-periodic systems.


Author(s):  
Ahmad A. Al-Qaisia

The non-linear natural frequencies of the first three modes of a beam clamped to a rigid rotating hub and carrying a distributed fluid along its span are investigated. The mathematical model is derived using the Lagrangian method and the continuous system is discretized using the assumed mode method. The resulted unimodal nonlinear equation of motion was solved using two methods; harmonic balance (HB) and time transformation (TT), to obtain approximate analytical expressions for the nonlinear natural frequencies. Results have shown that the two terms harmonic balance method (2THB) is more accurate than the time TT method. Results for the effect and type of distribution, i.e. uniform or linearly distributed, on the variation of the nonlinear natural frequency with the rotational speed of the system and how they affect the stability are studied and presented in non-dimensional form.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
A. I. Ismail

In this paper, the problem of the motion of a rigid body about a fixed point under the action of a Newtonian force field is studied when the natural frequency ω = 0.5 . This case of singularity appears in the previous works and deals with different bodies which are classified according to the moments of inertia. Using the large parameter method, the periodic solutions for the equations of motion of this problem are obtained in terms of a large parameter, which will be defined later. The geometric interpretation of the considered motion will be given in terms of Euler’s angles. The numerical solutions for the system of equations of motion are obtained by one of the well-known numerical methods. The comparison between the obtained numerical solutions and analytical ones is carried out to show the errors between them and to prove the accuracy of both used techniques. In the end, we obtain the case of the regular precession type as a special case. The stability of the motion is considered by the phase diagram procedures.


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