scholarly journals Lateral Vibration and Read/Write Head Servo Dynamics in Magnetic Tape Transport

2009 ◽  
Vol 132 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Brake ◽  
J. A. Wickert
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Tape ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Position Error ◽  
Beam Model ◽  
Lateral Vibration ◽  
Restoring Force ◽  
Nonlinear Characteristics ◽  
Unstressed State ◽  
Frequency Position ◽  
Axially Moving

Magnetic tape is a flexible mechanical structure having dimensions that are orders of magnitude different in its thickness, width, and length directions. In order to position the tape relative to the read/write head, guides constrain the tape’s lateral motion, but even the modest forces that develop during guiding can cause wear and damage to the tape’s edges. This paper presents a tensioned axially-moving viscoelastic Euler–Bernoulli beam model used to simulate the tape’s lateral dynamics, the guiding forces, and the position error between the data tracks and the read/write head. Lateral vibration can be excited by disturbances in the form of pack runout, flange impacts, precurvature of the tape in its natural unstressed state, and spiral stacking as tape winds onto the take-up pack. The guide model incorporates nonlinear characteristics including preload and deadbands in displacement and restoring force. A tracking servo model represents the ability of the read/write head’s actuator to track disturbances in the tape’s motion, and the actuator’s motion couples through friction with the tape’s vibration. Low frequency excitation arising from pack runout can excite high frequency position error because of the nonlinear characteristics of the guides and impacts against the pack’s flanges. The contact force developed between the tape and the packs’ flanges can be minimized without significantly increasing the position error by judicious selection of the flanges’ taper angle.

Frictional Vibration Transmission From a Laterally Moving Surface to a Traveling Beam

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Brake ◽  
J. A. Wickert
Keyword(s):  
Natural Frequency ◽  
Magnetic Tape ◽  
Frictional Contact ◽  
Lateral Motion ◽  
Lateral Vibration ◽  
Lateral Direction ◽  
Vibration Transmission ◽  
Traveling Beam ◽  
Axially Moving ◽  
Frictional Vibration

As the density of information stored in automated magnetic tape libraries continues to increase, greater requirements are placed on the precision of mechanical positioning in order to successfully read and write data bits. The location of the read/write head in the direction across the tape’s width (termed the lateral direction) is actively controlled in order to maintain alignment between the head and data tracks, even in the presence of the tape’s lateral vibration. However, during repositioning, vibration is undesirably transmitted from the laterally moving head structure to the axially-moving tape because of frictional contact between the two adjacent surfaces. As an analog of that interaction, a model is developed here to describe frictional vibration transmission from a surface having prescribed lateral motion to a tensioned beam that travels and slides over it. The beam is divided into contiguous regions corresponding to free spans and the beam’s portion that contacts the surface. A critical engagement length between the beam and the surface exists for which vibration transmission at a particular natural frequency can be substantially reduced, and for a given mode, that length depends weakly on the surface’s position along the beam’s span. By contouring the surface to have portions of differing radii of curvature, the extent of vibration transmission can be reduced over a broad range of frequency.

scholarly journals A Novel Piecewise Frequency Control Strategy Based on Fractional-Order Filter for Coordinating Vibration Isolation and Positioning of Supporting System

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (18) ◽  
pp. 5307
Author(s):  
Yeying Tao ◽  
Wei Jiang ◽  
Bin Han ◽  
Xiaoqing Li ◽  
Ying Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fractional Order ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Frequency Control ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Stability Margin ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Supporting System ◽  
Frequency Position ◽  
The Stability

A piecewise frequency control (PFC) strategy is proposed in this paper for coordinating vibration isolation and positioning of supporting systems under complex disturbance conditions, such as direct and external disturbances. This control strategy is applied in an active-passive parallel supporting system, where relative positioning feedback for positioning and absolute velocity feedback for active vibration isolation. The analysis of vibration and deformation transmissibility shows that vibration control increases low-frequency position error while positioning control amplifies high-frequency vibration amplitude. To overcome this contradiction across the whole control bandwidth, a pair of Fractional-Order Filters (FOFs) is adopted in the PFC system, which increases the flexibility in the PFC design by introducing fraction orders. The system stability analysis indicates that the FOFs can provide a better stability margin than the Integral-Order Filters (IOFs), so the control gains are increased to get a better performance on the AVI and positioning. The PFC based on FOFs can suppress the peak amplitude at the natural frequency which cannot be avoided when using the IOFs. The constrained nonlinear multivariable function is formed by the required performance and the stability of the system, then the controller parameters are optimized effectively. Lastly, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by experiments.

Reduction of Seismic Response of Mechanical System by Base Isolation System With Friction Bearing

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeru Aoki ◽  
Yuji Nakanishi ◽  
Kazutoshi Tominaga ◽  
Takeshi Otaka ◽  
Tadashi Nishimura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical System ◽  
Seismic Response ◽  
Base Isolation ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Restoring Force ◽  
Isolation System ◽  
Friction Bearing ◽  
Base Isolation System

Reduction of seismic response of mechanical system is important problem for aseismic design. Some types of base isolation systems are developed and used in actual base of buildings and floors in buildings for reduction of seismic response of mechanincal system. In this paper, a base isolation system utilizing bearing with friction and restoring force of bearing is proposed. Friction bearing consists of two plates having spherical concaves and oval type metal or spherical metal with rubber. First, effectiveness of the base isolation system is examined experimentally. Using artificial time histories, the isolated table is shaken on the shaking table. The maximum value of response is reduced and sum of squares of response is significantly reduced. Power spectrum is significantly reduced in almost of all frequency regions, except for very low frequency region. Next, in order to examine reduction of seismic response of actual mechanical system, a console rack is set on the isolated plate. Seismic response is also significantly reduced. Finally, obtained results of experiment are examined by simulation method. An analytical model considering friction and restoring force is used. From simulation method, effectiveness of the proposed base isolation system is demonstrated.

scholarly journals Electromechanical coupling dynamic modeling and analysis of vertical electrodynamic shaker considering low frequency lateral vibration

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 168781402096385
Author(s):  
Shuguang Zuo ◽  
Zhaoyang Feng ◽  
Jian Pan ◽  
Xudong Wu
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Coupling Model ◽  
Vertical Position ◽  
Force Model ◽  
Lateral Vibration ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Electrodynamic Shaker ◽  
Coupling Dynamic

For the problem of relatively severe lateral vibration found in the vertical electrodynamic shaker experiment, an electromechanical coupling dynamic model of the electrodynamic shaker considering low-frequency lateral vibration is proposed. The reason and mechanism of the lateral vibration is explained and analyzed through this model. To establish this model, an electromagnetic force model of overall conditions is firstly built by fitting force samples with neural network method. The force samples are obtained by orthogonal test of finite element simulation, in which five factors of the moving coil including current, vertical position, flipping eccentricity angle, radial translational eccentric direction and distance are considered. Secondly, a 7-dof dynamic model of the electrodynamic shaker is developed with the consideration of the lateral vibration of the moving system. To obtain the transfer function accurately, the stiffness and damping parameters are identified. Finally, an electromechanical dynamic model is established by coupling the force model and the 7-dof dynamic model, and it is verified by experiments. The coupling model proposed can be further used for the control and optimization of the electrodynamic shaker.

Low Frequency Maps of the Galaxy

1975 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 330-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.V. Cane
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Tape ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Steering System ◽  
Scanning System ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
On Line ◽  
The University

This paper is a preliminary report on the sky mapping being undertaken at the University of Tasmania using the Llanherne low frequency array. (Ellis 1972).The observations are facilitated by the use of an on-line PDP-8 computer and the beam steering system described by Whitham (1975). In summary, a scanning system is used in which the computer is programmed to steer the telescope beam to a number of declinations with a time interval between settings such that a scan takes 5 minutes. Usually a scan of 12 declinations is chosen. Calibration levels obtained each hour and recorded on magnetic tape permit gain changes to be accounted for when the data is analysed from the tape.

An Advanced Test Method to Determine Viscous Damping of Floating Structures

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. J. Huang ◽  
B. J. O’Donnell ◽  
T. W. Yung ◽  
S. T. Slocum
Keyword(s):  
Low Frequency ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Total Force ◽  
Viscous Damping ◽  
Damping Force ◽  
Restoring Force ◽  
Viscous Forces ◽  
Motion Time ◽  
Research Company ◽  
Time Histories

ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company developed an advanced model test method to determine reliable damping values for predicting low frequency motions of an FLNG barge and an LNG carrier. Since viscous damping forces are a very small portion of the total force on the model, how to separate the viscous forces from the total forces is the key technical challenge. To better isolate viscous damping forces, an inertial compensation system consisting of springs was employed in the test. The spring stiffness was designed such that the restoring force cancelled the large inertial loads at the oscillation frequency. Furthermore, double-body models were built and were deeply submerged to minimize surface wave damping. With such an experimental setup, the total force measured was mainly the viscous damping force. Viscous damping was derived from the measured force and motion time histories.

Dynamic Response and Internal Force of Partially Embedded Single Pile with Distributed Loads

2013 ◽  
Vol 353-356 ◽  
pp. 324-328
Author(s):  
Hong Yong Lv ◽  
Qing Ren
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Transfer Matrix Method ◽  
Internal Force ◽  
Beam Model ◽  
Single Pile ◽  
Lateral Vibration ◽  
Vibration Model ◽  
Internal Forces ◽  
Model Transfer ◽  
Pile Deformation

Dynamic characteristics of pile under distributed loads have aroused strong attention in the engineering field. Based on the Winkler beam model, transfer matrix method is used to build lateral vibration model for the partially embedded single pile with distributed loads. The method for solving pile deformation and internal force is shown. The influence to deformation and internal forces of partially embedded pile by load form is analyzed.

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