Application of Floquet Theory to On-Off Valve Controlled Pneumatic Actuators

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cengiz Kunt ◽  
Rajendra Singh
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Response ◽  
Transient Response ◽  
Floquet Theory ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Computational Technique ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Pneumatic Actuators ◽  
Periodic Linear ◽  
Straightforward Solution ◽  
The Stability

A periodic linear time varying (LTV) model for on-off valve controlled pneumatic actuation systems, was described in an earlier paper by the authors. Based on this LTV model formulation, Floquet’s Theorem is invoked to characterize dynamic response of the system. A new computational technique called the expanded state space method is developed to calculate the frequency response of the LTV system with staircase coefficient variations. This technique is computationally superior to the straightforward solution scheme. Floquet Theory is also used to assess the nature of transient response. A single acting cylinder system controlled by an on-off valve is considered to illustrate the stability and transient response issues. Computer simulation based on the nonlinear model is used to obtain detailed results. It is shown that application of the Floquet Theory provides valuable insight into the dynamic response of the class of actuators considered.

Coupled Torsion-Lateral Stability of a Shaft-Disk System Driven Through a Universal Joint

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. DeSmidt ◽  
K. W. Wang ◽  
E. C. Smith
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Parametric Instability ◽  
Disk System ◽  
Lateral Instability ◽  
Worst Case ◽  
Stable Case ◽  
Rotor Shaft ◽  
Periodic Linear ◽  
The Stability

Understanding the instability phenomena of rotor-shaft and driveline systems incorporating universal joints is becoming increasingly important because of the trend towards light-weight, high-speed supercritical designs. In this paper, a nondimensional, periodic, linear time-varying model with torsional and lateral degrees-of-freedom is developed for a rotor shaft-disk assembly supported on a flexible bearing and driven through a U-joint. The stability of this system is investigated utilizing Floquet theory. It is shown that the interaction between torsional and lateral dynamics results in new regions of parametric instability that have not been addressed in previous investigations. The presence of load inertia and misalignment causes dynamic coupling of the torsion and lateral modes, which can result in torsion-lateral instability for shaft speeds near the sum-type combinations of the torsion and lateral natural frequencies. The effect of angular misalignment, static load-torque, load-inertia, lateral frequency split, and auxiliary damping on the stability of the system is studied over a range of shaft operating speeds. Other than avoiding the unstable operating frequencies, the effectiveness of using auxiliary lateral viscous damping as a means of stabilizing the system is investigated. Finally, a closed-form technique based on perturbation expansions is derived to determine the auxiliary damping necessary to stabilize the system for the least stable case (worst case).

scholarly journals Simulation of the Load Evolution of an Anchoring System under a Blasting Impulse Load Using FLAC3D

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xigui Zheng ◽  
Jinbo Hua ◽  
Nong Zhang ◽  
Xiaowei Feng ◽  
Lei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Dynamic Response ◽  
Axial Force ◽  
Mechanical Characteristics ◽  
Oscillation Amplitude ◽  
Anchoring System ◽  
Impulse Load ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Calculation Software ◽  
Dynamic Perturbation

A limitation in research on bolt anchoring is the unknown relationship between dynamic perturbation and mechanical characteristics. This paper divides dynamic impulse loads into engineering loads and blasting loads and then employs numerical calculation software FLAC3Dto analyze the stability of an anchoring system perturbed by an impulse load. The evolution of the dynamic response of the axial force/shear stress in the anchoring system is thus obtained. It is revealed that the corners and middle of the anchoring system are strongly affected by the dynamic load, and the dynamic response of shear stress is distinctly stronger than that of the axial force in the anchoring system. Additionally, the perturbation of the impulse load reduces stress in the anchored rock mass and induces repeated tension and loosening of the rods in the anchoring system, thus reducing the stability of the anchoring system. The oscillation amplitude of the axial force in the anchored segment is mitigated far more than that in the free segment, demonstrating that extended/full-length anchoring is extremely stable and surpasses simple anchors with free ends.

Dynamic Behavior of a Hydraulically Actuated Mechanism. Part 2: Nonlinear Character

1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-254
Author(s):  
V. Venkatraman ◽  
R. W. Mayne
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Response ◽  
Transient Response ◽  
Adequate Description ◽  
Linear Behavior ◽  
Transmission Angle ◽  
Dimensionless Groups ◽  
Hydraulically Actuated ◽  
Nonlinear Character ◽  
The Common ◽  
Nonlinear Nature

The first of these papers considering a hydraulically actuated mechanism presents the common oscillating cylinder arrangement and sets of equations which describe the dynamic system. It then defines dimensionless groups that characterize the actuator-mechanism and explores the quasi-linear behavior of the system. This present paper focuses on the nonlinear nature of the system. Effects of transmission angle, mechanism geometry and loading are considered as well as the range of operation in which the small perturbation behavior provides an adequate description of the dynamic response. The paper closes by identifying a new parameter which plays an important role in characterizing the dependence of the system transient response on mechanism geometry.

An Application of the Poincare´ Map to the Stability of Nonlinear Normal Modes

1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 645-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. A. Month ◽  
R. H. Rand
Keyword(s):  
Floquet Theory ◽  
Poincaré Map ◽  
Normal Modes ◽  
Nonlinear Normal Modes ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Poincare Map ◽  
Linearized Stability ◽  
Nonlinear Normal ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Two Degree Of Freedom

The stability of periodic motions (nonlinear normal modes) in a nonlinear two-degree-of-freedom Hamiltonian system is studied by deriving an approximation for the Poincare´ map via the Birkhoff-Gustavson canonical transofrmation. This method is presented as an alternative to the usual linearized stability analysis based on Floquet theory. An example is given for which the Floquet theory approach fails to predict stability but for which the Poincare´ map approach succeeds.

Influence of Interaction Between Torsion and Bending on Long-Term Nonlinear Rotor Dynamics

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiazhong Zhang ◽  
Bram de Kraker ◽  
Dick H. van Campen
Keyword(s):  
Critical Speed ◽  
Floquet Theory ◽  
Rotor Dynamics ◽  
Steady State Response ◽  
Bending Vibrations ◽  
Bending Vibration ◽  
State Response ◽  
Stability And Bifurcation ◽  
The Stability

Abstract An elementary system with gears and excited by unbalance mass has been constructed for analyzing the interaction between torsion and bending vibration in rotor dynamics. For this system, only the interaction caused primarily by unbalance mass has been investigated. The stability and bifurcation characteristics of the system have been studied by numerical computation based on Hopf bifurcation and Floquet theory. The results show that the interaction between torsion and bending vibrations can affect the stability and bifurcation of the unbalance response, in particular the onset speed of instability. In addition to the above, the interaction also affects the steady-state response. To investigate the influence of unbalance mass, the periodic solution and its stability have been studied near the first bending critical speed of the decoupled system. All the results show that the coupling of torsion and bending vibrations can have a significant influence on the nonlinear dynamics of the whole system.

Coupled Stability of Multiport Systems—Theory and Experiments

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Colgate
Keyword(s):  
Stability Property ◽  
Force Feedback ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Direct Drive ◽  
Property A ◽  
Linear Time Invariant ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient

This paper presents both theoretical and experimental studies of the stability of dynamic interaction between a feedback controlled manipulator and a passive environment. Necessary and sufficient conditions for “coupled stability”—the stability of a linear, time-invariant n-port (e.g., a robot, linearized about an operating point) coupled to a passive, but otherwise arbitrary, environment—are presented. The problem of assessing coupled stability for a physical system (continuous time) with a discrete time controller is then addressed. It is demonstrated that such a system may exhibit the coupled stability property; however, analytical, or even inexpensive numerical conditions are difficult to obtain. Therefore, an approximate condition, based on easily computed multivariable Nyquist plots, is developed. This condition is used to analyze two controllers implemented on a two-link, direct drive robot. An impedance controller demonstrates that a feedback controlled manipulator may satisfy the coupled stability property. A LQG/LTR controller illustrates specific consequences of failure to meet the coupled stability criterion; it also illustrates how coupled instability may arise in the absence of force feedback. Two experimental procedures—measurement of endpoint admittance and interaction with springs and masses—are introduced and used to evaluate the above controllers. Theoretical and experimental results are compared.

Kernel and Offspring Concepts for the Stability Robustness of Multiple Time Delayed Systems (MTDS)

2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rifat Sipahi ◽  
Nejat Olgac
Keyword(s):  
Time Delays ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Characteristic Root ◽  
Invariance Property ◽  
Multiple Time ◽  
Delayed Systems ◽  
Linear Time Invariant ◽  
Characteristic Roots ◽  
Stability Robustness ◽  
The Stability

A novel treatment for the stability of linear time invariant (LTI) systems with rationally independent multiple time delays is presented in this paper. The independence of delays makes the problem much more challenging compared to systems with commensurate time delays (where the delays have rational relations). We uncover some wonderful features for such systems. For instance, all the imaginary characteristic roots of these systems can be found exhaustively along a set of surfaces in the domain of the delays. They are called the “kernel” surfaces (curves for two-delay cases), and it is proven that the number of the kernel surfaces is manageably small and bounded. All possible time delay combinations, which yield an imaginary characteristic root, lie either on this kernel or its infinitely many “offspring” surfaces. Another hidden feature is that the root tendencies along these surfaces exhibit an invariance property. From these outstanding characteristics an efficient, exact, and exhaustive methodology results for the stability assessment. As an added uniqueness of this method, the systems under consideration do not have to be stable for zero delays. Several example case studies are presented, which are prohibitively difficult, if not impossible to solve using any other peer methodology known to the authors.

Dynamics of Two Van Der Pol Oscillators Coupled via a Bath

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Camacho ◽  
Richard Rand ◽  
Howard Howland
Keyword(s):  
Software Package ◽  
Bifurcation Theory ◽  
Floquet Theory ◽  
Van Der Pol Oscillator ◽  
Direct Connection ◽  
Periodic Motions ◽  
Van Der Pol ◽  
Existence And Stability ◽  
Van Der Pol Oscillators ◽  
The Stability

In this work we study a system of two van der Pol oscillators, x and y, coupled via a “bath” z: x¨−ε(1−x2)x˙+x=k(z−x)y¨−ε(1−y2)y˙+y=k(z−y)z˙=k(x−z)+k(y−z) We investigate the existence and stability of the in-phase and out-of-phase modes for parameters ε > 0 and k > 0. To this end we use Floquet theory and numerical integration. Surprisingly, our results show that the out-of-phase mode exists and is stable for a wider range of parameters than is the in-phase mode. This behavior is compared to that of two directly coupled van der Pol oscillators, and it is shown that the effect of the bath is to reduce the stability of the in-phase mode. We also investigate the occurrence of other periodic motions by using bifurcation theory and the AUTO bifurcation and continuation software package. Our motivation for studying this system comes from the presence of circadian rhythms in the chemistry of the eyes. We present a simplified model of a circadian oscillator which shows that it can be modeled as a van der Pol oscillator. Although there is no direct connection between the two eyes, they can influence each other by affecting the concentration of melatonin in the bloodstream, which is represented by the bath in our model.

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