DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF ROTATING ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL COMPOSITE BEAMS

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (07n09) ◽  
pp. 1236-1242 ◽  
Author(s):  
KEXIANG WEI ◽  
GUANG MENG ◽  
HONGQUAN LU ◽  
SHISHA ZHU

The modeling and vibration properties of rotating electrorheological (ER) sandwich beams are discussed. The proposed beam is composed of three layers with ER fluids sandwiched between two elastic layers. Based on the Hamilton's principle and finite element method (FEM), the equations of motion of ER beam are derived. The effects of different electric fields, rotating speed and thickness ration on the resonant frequencies and modal loss factors are presented. The results of numerical simulation show that the model loss factor of rotating ER beam can be substantially increased when applied an electric field. The ER materials have a significant effect on the vibration suppression of rotating composite beam.

Author(s):  
E. H. K. Fung ◽  
D. T. W. Yau

In this paper, the vibration behavior and control of a clamped-free rotating flexible cantilever arm with fully covered Active Constrained Layer Damping (ACLD) treatment is investigated. The arm is rotating in a horizontal plane in which the gravitational effect and rotary inertia are neglected. The stress-strain relationship for the viscoelastic material (VEM) is described by a complex shear modulus while the shear deformations in the two piezoelectric layers are neglected. Hamilton’s principle in conjunction with finite element method (FEM) is used to derive the nonlinear coupled differential equations of motion and the associated boundary conditions that describe the rigid hub angle rotation, the arm transverse displacement and the axial deformations of the three-layer composite. This refined model takes into account the effects of centrifugal stiffening due to the rotation of the beam and the potential energies of the VEM due to extension and bending. Active controllers are designed with PD for the piezo-sensor and actuator. The vibration frequencies and damping factors of the closed-loop beam/ACLD system are obtained after solving the characteristic complex eigenvalue problem numerically. The effects of different rotating speed, thickness ratio and loss factor of the VEM as well as different controller gain on the damped frequency and damping ratio are presented. The results of this study will be useful in the design of adaptive and smart structures for vibration suppression and control in rotating structures such as rotorcraft blades or robotic arms.


2021 ◽  
pp. 107754632110144
Author(s):  
Yiqing Yang ◽  
Haoyang Gao ◽  
Qiang Liu

Turning cutting tool with large length–diameter ratio has been essential when machining structural part with deep cavity and in-depth hole features. However, chatter vibration is apt to occur with the increase of tool overhang. A slender turning cutting tool with a length–diameter ratio of 7 is developed by using a vibration absorber equipped with piezoelectric ceramic. The vibration absorber has dual functions of vibration transfer to the absorber mass and vibration conversion to the electrical energy via the piezoelectric effect. Equations of motion are established considering the dual damping from the piezoelectric ceramic and rubber gasket. The equivalent damping of piezoelectric ceramic is derived, and the geometries are optimized to achieve optimal vibration suppression. The modal analysis demonstrates that the cutting tool with the vibration absorber can reach 80.1% magnitude reduction. Machining tests are carried out in the end. The machining acceleration and machined surface roughness validate the vibration suppression of the VA, and the output voltage by the piezoelectric ceramic demonstrates the ability of vibration sensing.


1994 ◽  
Vol 08 (20n21) ◽  
pp. 2921-2933 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. W. ZHOU ◽  
J. F. YE ◽  
R. B. TAO ◽  
Y. TANG ◽  
J. F. PENG ◽  
...  

Linear and nonlinear optical study on electrorheological (ER) fluids is reported. The ER fluids under the investigation were glass beads, zeolite and ferroelectrics. The linear optical response of some ER fluids showed sharp changes near critical electric fields. An enhancement of electric field induced second harmonic generations (EFISH) was observed as the function of E2, where E is the external electric field. The said enhancement is considered to be corresponding to a modulation of the material's refractive index associated with the electric field induced polarization of the delocalized electrons. The enhanced nonlinear optical response on the transition between liquid and solid states can be related to the phase transition in ER fluids.


1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (14n16) ◽  
pp. 1829-1836 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kyvelidis ◽  
G. M. Maistros ◽  
P. Rattray ◽  
H. Block ◽  
J. Akhavan ◽  
...  

The measurement of the dielectric spectra of PAnQR based ER fluids under shear and electric fields is discussed and results presented. Data in which either but not both shear or electric fields are present are submitted to analysis in terms of known theories. For flow alone, that analysis provides information on the attenuation of polarization by the uniform shear fields whilst the polarization of quiescent fluids by electric fields may lead to estimates of particles packing within the columns. Permittivity data when both fields are acting is presented, but in the absence of suitable theory, not modelled quantitatively. Empirical correlations are discussed and the conclusion drawn that fibrillation is readily suppressed by even moderate shear rates, although long range dipolar forces still persist to high shear rates. The dc conductance of these fluids have also been measured. This together with permittivity data under ER fluid working conditions has importance in establishing the electrical parameters for any ER fluid.


2014 ◽  
Vol 592-594 ◽  
pp. 2041-2045 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Naresh ◽  
A. Ananda Babu ◽  
P. Edwin Sudhagar ◽  
A. Anisa Thaslim ◽  
R. Vasudevan

In this study, free vibration responses of a carbon nanotube reinforced composite beam are investigated. The governing differential equations of motion of a carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced composite beam are presented in finite element formulation. The validity of the developed formulation is demonstrated by comparing the natural frequencies evaluated using present FEM with those of available literature. Various parametric studies are also performed to investigate the effect of aspect ratio and percentage of CNT content and boundary conditions on natural frequencies and mode shapes of a carbon nanotube reinforced composite beam. It is shown that the addition of carbon nanotube in fiber reinforced composite beam increases the stiffness of the structure and consequently increases the natural frequencies and alter the mode shapes.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Martinez ◽  
A. Dhruv ◽  
L. Lin ◽  
E. Balaras ◽  
M. Keidar

AbstractThis paper presents a numerical model to investigate the deformation of biological cells by applying external electric fields operating at or near cell resonant frequencies. Cells are represented as pseudo solids with high viscosity suspended in liquid media. The electric field source is an atmospheric plasma jet developed inhouse, for which the emitted energy distribution has been measured.Viscoelastic response is resolved in the entire cell structure by solving a deformation matrix assuming an isotropic material with a prescribed modulus of elasticity. To investigate cell deformation at resonant frequencies, one mode of natural cell oscillation is considered in which the cell membrane is made to radially move about its eigenfrequency. An electromagnetic wave source interacts with the cell and induces oscillation and viscoelastic response. The source carries energy in the form of a distribution function which couples a range of oscillating frequencies with electric field amplitude.Results show that cell response may be increased by the external electric field operating at or near resonance. In the elastic regime, response increases until a steady threshold value, and the structure moves as a damped oscillator. Generally, this response is a function of both frequency and magnitude of the source, with a maximum effect found at resonance. To understand the full effect of the source energy spectrum, the system is solved by considering five frequency-amplitude couplings. Results show that the total solution is a nonlinear combination of the individual solutions. Additionally, sources with different signal phases are simulated to determine the effect of initial conditions on the evolution of the system, and the result suggests that there may be multiple solutions within the same order of magnitude for elastic response and velocity. Cell rupture from electric stress may occur during application given a high energy source.SignificanceCold atmospheric plasma jets (CAPJs) have been widely researched for their potential applications in cancer therapy. Existing research has focused mainly on the ability of CAPJs to deliver a mixture of reactive species which can be absorbed by cancer cells and induce cell death. The objective of our study is to investigate the mechanical effect of CAPJ electromagnetic (EM) waves on interacting cells. By coupling the EM waves associated with plasma frequency and cell viscoelastic response, we have developed a numerical tool to investigate cell damage either by mechanical or thermal loads. This work is motivated by the promise of EM waves to function as a sensitizing agent for cancer cells in preparation for chemotherapy.


Author(s):  
C. Levy ◽  
Q. Chen

Abstract The partially covered, sandwich-type cantilever with concentrated mass at the free end is studied. The equations of motion for the system modeled via Euler beam theory are derived and the resonant frequency and loss factor of the system are analyzed. The variations of resonance frequency and system loss factor for different geometrical and physical parameters are also discussed. Variation of these two parameters are found to strongly depend on the geometrical and physical properties of the constraining layers and the mass ratio.


Author(s):  
J. Hannsen Su

Abstract Conventional vibration isolation mounts are not as effective as expected on a practical foundation whose resonant frequencies normally are within the bandwidth of interest. In addition, the low frequency enhancement is a characteristic of the passive mounts. Applying inertia actuators to the bottom attachment plate of the conventional mounts overcomes these shortcomings and enhances their performance significantly. This design concept has universal application since it is applicable to any dynamic system. It requires very little power and force capacity, i.e., a small percentage of the disturbance force, from the actuators to be effective for frequencies higher than the resonant frequency of the mount itself. The effectiveness of the proposed mounts for the machinery is demonstrated on the load transmissibility reduction at the foundation support (fixed end) due to disturbance from machinery above mounts. On the other hand, the vibration magnitude reduction of equipment above mounts due to disturbance from the foundation is used for evaluating the equipment isolation effectiveness. There is no stabilty or degradation problem when a number of the passive-active mounts are used on the same foundation. Furthermore, the more of this type of mounts used on a foundation the more effective the vibration suppression and the smaller actuator force requirement for each passive-active mount.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Tung Lam Nguyen ◽  
Trong Hieu Do ◽  
Hong Quang Nguyen

The paper presents a control approach to a flexible gantry crane system. From Hamilton’s extended principle the equations of motion that characterized coupled transverse-transverse motions with varying rope length of the gantry is obtained. The equations of motion consist of a system of ordinary and partial differential equations. Lyapunov’s direct method is used to derive the control located at the trolley end that can precisely position the gantry payload and minimize vibrations. The designed control is verified through extensive numerical simulations.


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