Steady-State Responses of an RSRC-Type Spatial Flexible Linkage

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 264-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Y. Chang ◽  
C. K. Sung

This paper presents an analytical and experimental investigation on the steady-state responses of an RSRC-type spatial flexible linkage. The kinematic analysis of the spatial rigid-body motion is performed using kinematic constraint equations to yield the linear and angular positions, velocities, and accelerations of the linkage. A mixed variational principle is, then, employed to derive the equations of motion governing the longitudinal, transverse, and torsional vibrations of the flexible link and the associated boundary conditions. Based on these equations, the steady-state responses are predicted. Finally, an RSRC-type four-bar spatial flexible linkage is constructed and the experimental study is performed to examine the predictive capability proposed in this investigation. Favorable comparisons between the analytical and experimental results are obtained.

Author(s):  
R. Y. Chang ◽  
C. K. Sung

Abstract This paper presents an analytical and experimental investigation on the steady-state responses of an RSRC-type spatial flexible linkage. The kinematic analysis of the spatial rigid-body motion is performed using kinematic constraint equations to yield linear and angular positions, velocities and accelerations of the linkage. A mixed variational principle is, then, employed to derive the equations of motion governing the longitudinal, transversal and torsional vibrations of the flexible link and the associated boundary conditions. Based on these equations, the steady-state responses are predicted. Finally, an RSRC-type four-bar spatial flexible linkage is constructed and the experimental study is performed to examine the predictive capability proposed in this investigation. Favorable comparisons between the analytical and experimental results are obtained.


Author(s):  
Bakeer Bakeer ◽  
Oleg Shiryayev ◽  
Ammaar Tahir

Development of vibration-based structural health monitoring techniques requires the use of various computational methods to predict dynamic responses of damaged structures. The method described in this work can be used for prediction of steady state harmonic responses for structures with fatigue cracks and may have several advantages over alternative techniques. The method appears to be relatively easy to implement and computationally inexpensive. The steady state response of the system at a given number of time points distributed over one vibration period is represented in terms of Fourier series containing higher frequency harmonics. Equations of motion are formulated in the form that allows for easy computation of Fourier coefficients for all terms in the series. Iterative procedure is used for determining the time of stiffness change in order to capture bilinear dynamic behavior. We present results of initial investigation by applying the method to a model of a cantilever beam with a crack.


2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Alsuwaiyan ◽  
Steven W. Shaw

In this paper we consider the steady-state response of a rotor fitted with a system of nearly identical torsional vibration absorbers. The absorbers are of the centrifugal pendulum type, which provide an effective mean of attenuating torsional vibrations of the rotor at a given order. The model considered employs absorbers that are tuned close to the order of the excitation, with an intentional mistuning that is selected by design, and imperfections among the absorbers which arise from manufacturing, wear, and other effects. It is shown that these systems can experience localized responses in which the response amplitude of one or more absorbers can become relatively large as compared to the response of the corresponding system with identical absorbers. The results are based on an exact steady-state analysis of the mathematical model, and they show that the strength of the localization depends on the average level of absorber mistuning (a design parameter), the magnitude of the relative imperfections among the absorbers, and the absorber damping. It is found that the most desirable situation is one in which the relative imperfections are kept as small as possible, and that this becomes more crucial when the levels of mistuning and damping are very small. The results of the analysis are confirmed by simulations of the fully nonlinear equations of motion of the rotor/absorber system. It is concluded that the presence of localization should be accounted for in absorber designs, since its presence makes the absorbers less effective in terms of vibration reduction and, perhaps more significantly, it can drastically reduce their operating range, since such absorbers typically have limited rattle space.


2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 205-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Dimitrijevic ◽  
Sasha M. John ◽  
Patricia Van Roon ◽  
David W. Purcell ◽  
Julija Adamonis ◽  
...  

Multiple auditory steady-state responses were evoked by eight tonal stimuli (four per ear), with each stimulus simultaneously modulated in both amplitude and frequency. The modulation frequencies varied from 80 to 95 Hz and the carrier frequencies were 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz. For air conduction, the differences between physiologic thresholds for these mixed-modulation (MM) stimuli and behavioral thresholds for pure tones in 31 adult subjects with a sensorineural hearing impairment and 14 adult subjects with normal hearing were 14 ± 11, 5 ± 9, 5 ± 9, and 9 ± 10 dB (correlation coefficients .85, .94, .95, and .95) for the 500-, 1000-, 2000-, and 4000-Hz carrier frequencies, respectively. Similar results were obtained in subjects with simulated conductive hearing losses. Responses to stimuli presented through a forehead bone conductor showed physiologic-behavioral threshold differences of 22 ± 8, 14 ± 5, 5 ± 8, and 5 ± 10 dB for the 500-, 1000-, 2000-, and 4000-Hz carrier frequencies, respectively. These responses were attenuated by white noise presented concurrently through the bone conductor.


2001 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.Sasha John ◽  
Andrew Dimitrijevic ◽  
Terence W Picton

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