Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of an Air Damped Dynamic Vibration Absorber: Design Optimizations of the Three-Element Type Model

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 334-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshihiko Asami ◽  
Osamu Nishihara

In this paper, we propose a dynamic vibration absorber (DVA) with an air damper consisting of a piston and a cylinder. First, it will be shown that the air damper can conveniently be represented by the Maxwell model where a spring element and a dashpot are connected in series. The air damper has no ability to return the piston to its original position. For this reason, it is necessary for the piston to be supported by a spring which is placed in parallel with the damper. The air damped DVA can then be modeled by the three-element model. Many studies have been done on the Voigt type of DVA, and the accurate expressions of optimum tuning and damping parameters have already been derived by Hahnkamm and Brock et al. However, only a few papers have been published on the three-element type of DVA, and reliable expressions for it have not been derived until now. Therefore, we began our work by trying to derive expressions for optimum parameters of the three-element type of DVA. It was clear that the optimized three-element type of DVA is superior to the conventional Voigt type of DVA. The optimum parameters which we obtained from our expressions were tested on a vibratory model. The experiments showed that the our expression is very useful for designing the air damped DVA.

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 168781402092264
Author(s):  
Jie Chen ◽  
Yangjun Wu ◽  
Xiaolong He ◽  
Limin Zhang ◽  
Shijie Dong

In this article, a vertical rigid–flexible coupling model between the vehicle and the equipment is established. Considering the series stiffness of hydraulic shock absorbers, the underframe equipment is like a three-element-type Maxwell model dynamic vibration absorber. The carbody is approximated by an elastic beam and the three-element-type dynamic vibration absorber for general beam system was studied by fixed-point theory. The analytical solution of the optimal suspension parameters for the beam system subjected to harmonic excitation is obtained. The dynamic vibration absorber theory is applied to reduce the resonance of the carbody and to design the suspension parameters of the underframe equipment accordingly. Then, the railway vehicle model was established by multi-body dynamics simulation software, and the vibration levels of the vehicle at different speeds were calculated. A comparative analysis was made between the vehicles whose underframe equipment was suspended by the three-element-type dynamic vibration absorber model and the Kelvin–Voigt-type dynamic vibration absorber model, respectively. The results show that, compared with the vehicle whose underframe equipment is suspended by the Kelvin–Voigt-type dynamic vibration absorber model, the vehicle whose underframe equipment is suspended by the three-element-type dynamic vibration absorber model can achieve a much better ride quality and root mean square value of the vibration acceleration of the carbody. The carbody elastic vibration can be reduced and the vehicle ride quality can be improved effectively using the designed absorber.


2018 ◽  
Vol 141 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Osamu Nishihara

In this study, the maximum amplitude magnification factor for a linear system equipped with a three-element dynamic vibration absorber (DVA) is exactly minimized for a given mass ratio using a numerical approach. The frequency response curve is assumed to have two resonance peaks, and the parameters for the two springs and one viscous damper in the DVA are optimized by minimizing the resonance amplitudes. The three-element model is known to represent the dynamic characteristics of air-damped DVAs. A generalized optimality criteria approach is developed and adopted for the derivation of the simultaneous equations for this design problem. The solution of the simultaneous equations precisely equalizes the heights of the two peaks in the resonance curve and achieves a minimum amplitude magnification factor. The simultaneous equations are solvable using the standard built-in functions of numerical computing software. The performance improvement of the three-element DVA compared to the standard Voigt type is evaluated based on the equivalent mass ratios. This performance evaluation is highly accurate and reliable because of the precise formulation of the optimization problem. Thus, the advantages of the three-element type DVA have been made clearer.


2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (11) ◽  
pp. 15-19
Author(s):  
Linya Liu ◽  
Bin Zhang ◽  
Jin Wang

The rail between two adjacent fasteners is regarded as the research object, and the rail is simplified as the main vibration system of undamped single degree of freedom, which supports the elastic components. The dynamic vibration absorber is simplified as a spring and damped system of 3-DOF(three degrees of freedom), to establish a mathematical model of rail dynamic vibration absorber. Through relevant theories, the parameter values of dynamic vibration absorber can be deduced when it achieves the best absorption effect. In accordance with the parameters, the scantlings of the structure of the dynamic vibration absorber can also be designed. Through the finite element software, the finite element model CRTS _ Ballastless Track system is established; with consideration of the value of irregularity, we load it variously. Analysis results showed that: compared to the rail and track where the dynamic vibration absorber is not installed, the maximum vertical displacement of the rail and track where a dynamic vibration absorber is installed was reduced by 65% and 67% respectively, the maximum vertical acceleration decreased by 75% and 70% and around, which reveals that the rail dynamic vibration absorber has a good vibration-reducing effect.


Author(s):  
Tao Fu ◽  
Subhash Rakheja ◽  
Wen-Bin Shangguan

A hybrid proportional electromagnetic dynamic vibration absorber consisting of an electromagnetic actuator and an elastic element is proposed for control of engine vibration during idling. The design of the proportional electromagnetic actuator is realized considering the geometric parameters of the core to achieve nearly constant magnetic force over a broad range of its dynamic displacement but proportional to square of the current. The dynamic characteristics of the electromagnetic dynamic vibration absorber are analyzed analytically and experimentally. The effects of various geometric parameters of the actuator such as the slopes and width/height, and the air gaps on the resulting magnetic force characteristics are evaluated using a finite element model and verified experimentally. A methodology is proposed to achieve magnetic force proportional to current and consistent with the disturbance frequency. The hybrid proportional electromagnetic dynamic vibration absorber is subsequently applied to a single-degree-of-freedom primary system with an acceleration feedback control algorithm for attenuation of primary system vibration in a frequency band around the typical idling vibration frequencies. The effectiveness of the hybrid proportional electromagnetic dynamic vibration absorber is evaluated through simulations and laboratory experiments under harmonic excitations in the 20–30 Hz frequency range. Both the simulation and measurements show that the hybrid proportional electromagnetic dynamic vibration absorber can yield effective attenuation of periodic idling vibration in the frequency range considered.


2010 ◽  
Vol 34-35 ◽  
pp. 1999-2005
Author(s):  
Liu Jun Li ◽  
Shao Jun Liu ◽  
Jin Yu Zuo

To ensure the safety and the production efficiency as well as the component lifetime of deep-sea mining system, a novel heave compensation system of deep-sea mining based on dynamic vibration absorber was proposed in the light of 5000m deep sea poly-metallic mining system of China in this paper. According to the work condition of heave compensation system, the response of deep-sea mining ship under random wave of sea state 4 in China’s deep sea poly-metallic mining field are numerically simulated in time domain. The proposed heave compensation system was simplified to a two-degree-of-freedom system stimulated by the displacement motion of the deep-sea mining ship and its dynamic model was built. Taking the minimum of the displacement variance of the proposed heave compensation system as the optimal object and considering the allowed displacement of the dynamic vibration absorber itself, the computation formula of the optimum parameters of dynamic vibration absorber for heave compensation system of deep-sea mining is derived. Thus the parameter of dynamic vibration absorber was determined and its effect on the performance index of the heave compensation system was simulated and compared. The dynamic vibration absorber with optimum parameters was simulated and tested on the test bench of double-storey mass-spring vibration system in the lab. The results of the example show that the performance of vibration control of the designed dynamic vibration absorber is satisfactory and the computational formulas given in the paper are effective. The results also verified that the heave compensator based on dynamic vibration absorber with the optimal parameters can have good performance of heave compensation and it is practical to isolate the lifting pipeline and its deployment platform from the vibration of the ship motion induced by the irregular wave with simplicity and less energy consumption. This work in the paper will be of great theoretical guidance in the optimum design of the dynamic vibration absorber for heave compensation system of deep-sea mining.


2020 ◽  
pp. 107754632094017
Author(s):  
Marcial Baduidana ◽  
Aurelien Kenfack-Jiotsa

This study is concerned with the problem of analysis and optimization of inerter-based systems. A main inerter system is generally composed of an inerter, a spring, and viscous damper. Series – parallel inerter system s and series inerter system s are two commonly used configurations of inerter-based system s . First , in this study , the H∞ optimum parameters of inerter-based isolators are derived to minimize the compliance and mobility transfer function of a single-degree -of-freedom system under a harmonic ground acceleration excitation. Under the optimum tuning condition, it is shown that the proposed inerter-based isolators when compared with the traditional dynamic vibration absorber provide larger suppression of the peak value of the magnitude of compliance and mobility transfer function s of the primary system. For the studied cases, more than 40% and 45% improvement can be attained in terms of minimizing the compliance and mobility transfer function s , respectively, as compared with the traditional dynamic vibration absorber for the series – parallel inerter system and 15% and 11% improvement can be attained respectively , for the series inerter system . Finally, further comparison between the inerter-based isolators and traditional dynamic vibration absorber under white noise excitation also shows that the series – parallel inerter system and series inerter system s are superior to the traditional dynamic vibration absorber . The results of the studied systems show that m ore than 23% and 16% improvement are attained in terms of minimizing the compliance and mobility transfer function s respectively , as compared with the traditional dynamic vibration absorber for the series – parallel inerter system and 26% and 13% improvement can be attained respectively , for the series inerter system . The optimal parameters for different cases are obtained. It is shown that the optimal parameters obtained using the minimized mobility transfer function are smaller than those using the compliance transfer function at all mass ratios or inertance-to-mass ratio. The results of this study can provide theoretical basis for design of the optimal inerter-based isolators in engineering practice.


2020 ◽  
Vol 103 (4) ◽  
pp. 003685042095988
Author(s):  
Yongjun Shen ◽  
Zikang Xing ◽  
Shaopu Yang ◽  
Xianghong Li

Dynamic vibration absorber (DVA) with large auxiliary mass has better control performance, but it is also more bulky. Therefore, the mass ratio (the ratio of auxiliary mass of DVA to mass of controlled object) is usually limited to make the DVA easy to install and suitable for engineering practice. In this paper a grounded type DVA with lever component is proposed, which aims to increase the effective mass and reduce unnecessary mass to improve control performance of the DVA. Firstly, the motion differential equations of the DVA are established and solved. Secondly, the optimum parameters are obtained based on H∞ and H2 optimization criterion. Then, the performances of the grounded type DVA equipped with and without the lever are investigated. Finally, the control performance of the DVA is compared with other three typical DVAs under H∞ and H2 criterion. In this type DVA there are no global optimum parameters, and larger frequency ratio will get better control performance. If the amplification ratio (the ratio of lever power arm to lever resistance arm) is greater than 1, the introduced lever will contribute to control performance of the DVA. Its control performance is better than those of other three typical DVAs. The use of the lever can increase the effective mass of the DVA, thereby improving the control performance of the DVA. The DVA can achieve good performance at small mass ratio by adjusting amplification ratio, which may provide theoretical basis for the design of new kinds of DVAs.


2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. 583-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshihiko Asami ◽  
Osamu Nishihara

The dynamic vibration absorber (DVA) is a passive vibration control device which is attached to a vibrating body (called a primary system) subjected to exciting force or motion. In this paper, we will discuss an optimization problem of the three-element type DVA on the basis of the H2 optimization criterion. The objective of the H2 optimization is to reduce the total vibration energy of the system for overall frequencies; the total area under the power spectrum response curve is minimized in this criterion. If the system is subjected to random excitation instead of sinusoidal excitation, then the H2 optimization is probably more desirable than the popular H∞ optimization. In the past decade there has been increasing interest in the three-element type DVA. However, most previous studies on this type of DVA were based on the H∞ optimization design, and no one has been able to find the algebraic solution as of yet. We found a closed-form exact solution for a special case where the primary system has no damping. Furthermore, the general case solution including the damped primary system is presented in the form of a numerical solution. The optimum parameters obtained here are compared to those of the conventional Voigt type DVA. They are also compared to other optimum parameters based on the H∞ criterion.


Author(s):  
Georges Kouroussis ◽  
Lassaad Ben Fekih ◽  
Jean-Yves Bottieau ◽  
Olivier Verlinden

This paper presents the investigations brought to fruition for the design of a dynamic vibration absorber (DVA) for vertical-axis wind turbine. A first step is devoted to the experimental analysis of the structure, by seeking its modal behaviour in low frequency range. A numerical model of the turbine system consisting of finite elements is developed. Their dynamics and geometrical characteristics are updated, by fitting the first three bending numerical mode shapes with the experimental ones. Finally, a mathematical model of DVA is implemented and the vibration reduction is evaluated with the help of the updated finite element model, considering the modal decomposition of the structure. The results exhibit significant vibration reduction performance evidencing this kind of device. A tuneable anti-vibration device is then designed, with a purpose of simplicity and low-cost production. The possible non-linearity of the DVA is also studied, by comparing behaviours of linear and quadratic selected dampers.


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