Tire Vibrations

1977 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 202-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. Potts ◽  
C. A. Bell ◽  
L. T. Charek ◽  
T. K. Roy

Abstract Natural frequencies and vibrating motions are determined in terms of the material and geometric properties of a radial tire modeled as a thin ring on an elastic foundation. Experimental checks of resonant frequencies show good agreement. Forced vibration solutions obtained are shown to consist of a superposition of resonant vibrations, each rotating around the tire at a rate depending on the mode number and the tire rotational speed. Theoretical rolling speeds that are upper bounds at which standing waves occur are determined and checked experimentally. Digital Fourier transform, transfer function, and modal analysis techniques used to determine the resonant mode shapes of a radial tire reveal that antiresonances are the primary transmitters of vibration to the tire axle.

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
L. A. Montoya ◽  
E. E. Rodríguez ◽  
H. J. Zúñiga ◽  
I. Mejía

Rotating systems components such as rotors, have dynamic characteristics that are of great importance to understand because they may cause failure of turbomachinery. Therefore, it is required to study a dynamic model to predict some vibration characteristics, in this case, the natural frequencies and mode shapes (both of free vibration) of a centrifugal compressor shaft. The peculiarity of the dynamic model proposed is that using frequency and displacements values obtained experimentally, it is possible to calculate the mass and stiffness distribution of the shaft, and then use these values to estimate the theoretical modal parameters. The natural frequencies and mode shapes of the shaft were obtained with experimental modal analysis by using the impact test. The results predicted by the model are in good agreement with the experimental test. The model is also flexible with other geometries and has a great time and computing performance, which can be evaluated with respect to other commercial software in the future.


Author(s):  
Eduard Egusquiza ◽  
Carme Valero ◽  
Quanwei Liang ◽  
Miguel Coussirat ◽  
Ulrich Seidel

In this paper, the reduction in the natural frequencies of a pump-turbine impeller prototype when submerged in water has been investigated. The impeller, with a diameter of 2.870m belongs to a pump-turbine unit with a power of around 100MW. To analyze the influence of the added mass, both experimental tests and numerical simulations have been carried out. The experiment has been performed in air and in water. From the frequency response functions the modal characteristics such as natural frequencies and mode shapes have been obtained. A numerical simulation using FEM (Finite Elements Model) was done using the same boundary conditions as in the experiment (impeller in air and surrounded by a mass of water). The modal behaviour has also been calculated. The numerical results were compared with the available experimental results. The comparison shows a good agreement in the natural frequency values both in air and in water. The reduction in frequency due to the added mass effect of surrounding fluid has been calculated. The physics of this phenomenon due to the fluid structure interaction has been investigated from the analysis of the mode-shapes.


1966 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 1207-1226
Author(s):  
W. O. Keightley

Abstract An earth dam was excited into vibrations, in the upstream-downstream direction, by four rotating eccentric-mass vibration generators which were operated on the crest. Natural frequencies, mode shapes, and equivalent viscous modal damping constants of the dam were revealed by the forced vibrations. A theoretical analysis of the dam, based on consideration of shearing deformations only, shows moderately good agreement with the behavior which was observed at the lower frequencies.


Author(s):  
Mohsen Motamedi

The two-dimensional nanostructures such as graphene, silicene, germanene, and stanene have attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Many studies have been done on graphene, but other two-dimensional structures have not yet been studied extensively. In this work, a molecular dynamics simulation of silicene was done and stress–strain curve of silicene was obtained. Then, the mechanical properties of silicene were investigated using the proposed structural molecular mechanics method. First, using the relations governing the force field and the Lifson–Wershel potential function and structural mechanics relations, the coefficients for the BEAM elements was determined, and a structural mechanics model for silicene was proposed. Then, a silicene sheet with 65 Å × 65 Å was modeled, and Young’s modulus of silicene was obtained. In addition, the natural frequencies and mode shapes of silicene were calculated using finite element method. The results are in good agreement with reports by other papers.


Author(s):  
Mofareh Ghazwani ◽  
Kyle Myers ◽  
Koorosh Naghshineh

Structures such as beams and plates can produce unwanted noise and vibration. An emerging technique can reduce noise and vibration without any additional weight or cost. This method focuses on creating two dimples in the same and opposite direction on a beam’s surface where the effect of dimples on its natural frequencies is the problem of interest. The change in the natural frequency between both cases have a different trend. The strategic approach to calculate natural frequencies is as follows: first, a boundary value model (BVM) is developed for a beam with two dimples and subject to various boundary conditions using Hamilton’s Variational Principle. Differential equations describing the motion of each segment are presented. Beam natural frequencies and mode shapes are obtained using a numerical solution of the differential equations. A finite element method (FEM) is used to model the dimpled beam and verify the natural frequencies of the BVM. Both methods are also validated experimentally. The experimental results show a good agreement with the BVM and FEM results. A fixed-fixed beam with two dimples in the same and opposite direction is considered as an example in order to compute its natural frequencies and mode shapes. The effect of dimple locations and angles on the natural frequencies are investigated. The natural frequencies of each case represent a greater sensitivity to change in dimple angle for dimples placed at high modal strain energy regions of a uniform beam.


2020 ◽  
Vol 143 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolei Song ◽  
Haijun Liu

Abstract Bistable clamped–clamped beams have been used in a wide range of applications such as switches, resonators, energy harvesting, and vibration reduction. Most studies on this classic buckling problem focus on obtaining either the static configuration and the required critical axial load or the natural frequencies and mode shapes of postbuckling vibrations analytically. In this article, we present our study including analytical modeling and experimental method on bistable clamped–clamped beams, aiming to understand the detailed snap-through process and the ensuing vibration. In the analytical model, by decomposing the transverse deflection into static buckling configuration and linear vibration, we obtain the natural frequencies and mode shapes for the buckled beam and investigate the effects of static deflection on the symmetric and antisymmetric modes. An experimental design using noncontact methods is implemented to directly measure the response of the whole beam in the snap-through process and the sound generated by the vibrating beam. The measurements are characterized in both time and frequency domain and found to be in good agreement with the analytical model. The study presented in this article enhances the fundamental understanding of the classical problem of bistable clamped–clamped beams.


2017 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Fan ◽  
W. D. Zhu

A round elevator traveling cable is modeled using a singularity-free beam formulation. Equilibria of the traveling cable with different elevator car positions are studied. Natural frequencies and the corresponding mode shapes of the traveling cable are calculated and they are in excellent agreement with those calculated by abaqus. In-plane natural frequencies of the traveling cable do not change much with the car position compared with its out-of-plane ones. Dynamic responses of the traveling cable are calculated and they are in good agreement with those from commercial multibody dynamics software recurdyn. Effects of vertical motion of the car on free responses of the traveling cable and those of in-plane and out-of-plane building sways on forced responses are investigated.


1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.J. Anderson ◽  
A.H. Nayfeh

The natural frequencies and mode shapes of several graphite-epoxy plates were determined using experimental modal analysis and finite-element analysis. The experimental and theoretical results are com pared. The samples tested included four types of layups: ±15°, ±30°, cross-ply, and quasi-isotropic plates. Each plate was tested in three configurations: free-hanging, cantilever, and fixed-fixed for a total of twelve test configurations. The material properties of the plates and the test methods used to obtain them are in cluded. There is a very good agreement between the experimental and theoretical results for the free-hanging and cantilever configurations. The agreement for the fixed-fixed results is poor. This indicates that the clamps for the fixed-fixed configuralion are not ideal and that they introduce some uncertainty in the boundary condi tions. The free-hanging results provide accurate experimental natural frequencies of several composite plates; they can be used to validate future theoretical developments. The fixed-fixed results are used to provide pos sible explanations for the discrepancies between the measured and calculated natural frequencies previously reported in the literature.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 217-225
Author(s):  
Samir Deghboudj ◽  
Wafia Boukhedena ◽  
Hamid Satha

The present work aims to carry out modal analysis of orthotropic thin rectangular plate to determine its natural frequencies and mode shapes by using analytical method based on Rayleigh-Ritz energy approach. To demonstrate the accuracy of this approach, the same plate is discritisated and analyzed using the finite element method. The natural and angular frequencies were computed and determined analytically and numerically by using ABAQUS finite element code. The convergency and accuracy of the numerical solution was examined. The effects of geometrical parameters and boundary conditions on vibrations are investigated. The results obtained showed a very good agreement between the analytical approach and the numerical simulations. Also, the paper presents simulations results of testing of the plate with passive vibration control.


2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.K.L. Srivastava ◽  
P.K. Datta ◽  
A.H. Sheikh

Vibration characteristics of stiffened plates with cutouts subjected to uni-axial in-plane uniform edge loading at the plate boundaries are investigated using the finite element method. The characteristic equations for the natural frequencies, buckling loads and their corresponding mode shapes are obtained from the equation of motion. The vibration frequencies and buckling load parameters for various modes of stiffened plates with cutouts have been determined for simply supported and clamped edge boundary conditions. In the structure modelling, the plate and the stiffeners are treated as separate elements where the compatibility between these two types of elements is maintained. Numerical results are presented for a range of hole to plate width ratios of 0 to 0.8. The correlations of the natural frequencies and buckling parameters obtained by the present approach with those available in the literature are found to show good agreement.


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