Nonlinear Dynamics of Stockbridge Dampers

Author(s):  
O. Barry ◽  
J. W. Zu ◽  
D. C. D. Oguamanam

The present paper deals with the nonlinear dynamics of a Stockbridge damper. The nonlinearity is from damping and the geometric stretching of the messenger. The Stockbridge damper is modeled as two cantilevered beams with tip masses. The equations of motion and boundary conditions are derived using Hamilton’s principle. The model is valid for both symmetric and asymmetric Stockbridge dampers. Explicit expressions are presented for the frequency equation, mode shapes, nonlinear frequency, and modulation equations. Experiments are conducted to validate the proposed model.

1995 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. W. D. White ◽  
G. R. Heppler

The equations of motion and boundary conditions for a free-free Timoshenko beam with rigid bodies attached at the endpoints are derived. The natural boundary conditions, for an end that has an attached rigid body, that include the effects of the body mass, first moment of mass, and moment of inertia are included. The frequency equation for a free-free Timoshenko beam with rigid bodies attached at its ends which includes all the effects mentioned above is presented and given in terms of the fundamental frequency equations for Timoshenko beams that have no attached rigid bodies. It is shown how any support / rigid-body condition may be easily obtained by inspection from the reported frequency equation. The mode shapes and the orthogonality condition, which include the contribution of the rigid-body masses, first moments, and moments of inertia, are also developed. Finally, the effect of the first moment of the attached rigid bodies is considered in an illustrative example.


Author(s):  
O Barry ◽  
R Long ◽  
DCD Oguamanam

A novel model is developed for a vibrating single-conductor transmission line carrying Stockbridge dampers. Experiments are performed to determine the equivalent viscous damping of the damper. This damper is then reduced to an equivalent discrete mass-spring-mass and viscous damping system. The equations of motion of the model are derived using Hamilton’s principle and explicit expressions are determined for the frequency equation, and mode shapes. The proposed model is verified using experimental and finite element results from the literature. This proposed model excellently captures free vibration characteristics of the system and the vibration level of the conductor, but performs poorly in regard to the vibration of the counterweights.


Author(s):  
Igor Orynyak ◽  
Yaroslav Dubyk

Simple approximate formulas for the natural frequencies of circular cylindrical shells are presented for modes in which transverse deflection dominates. Based on the Donnell-Mushtari thin shell theory the equations of motion of the circular cylindrical shell are introduced, using Vlasov assumptions and Fourier series for the circumferential direction, an exact solution in the axial direction is obtained. To improve the results assumptions of Vlasov’s semimomentless theory are enhanced, i.e. we have used only the hypothesis of middle surface inextensibility to obtain a solution in axial direction. Nonlinear characteristic equations and natural mode shapes, are derived for all type of boundary conditions. Good agreement with experimental data and FEM is shown and advantage over the existing formulas for a variety of boundary conditions is presented.


1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Park ◽  
J. W. Lee ◽  
Y. Youm ◽  
W. K. Chung

Abstract In this paper, the mathematical model of a Bernoulli-Euler cantilever beam fixed on a moving cart and carrying an intermediate lumped mass is derived. The equations of motion of the beam-mass-cart system is analyzed utilizing unconstrained modal analysis, and a unified frequency equation which can be generally applied to this kind of system is obtained. The change of natural frequencies and mode shapes with respect to the change of the mass ratios of the beam, the lumped mass and the cart and to the position of the lumped mass is investigated. The open-loop responses of the system by arbitrary forcing function are also obtained through numerical simulations.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ma’en S. Sari ◽  
Wael G. Al-Kouz ◽  
Anas M. Atieh

The natural vibration behavior of axially functionally graded (AFG) double nanobeams is studied based on the Euler–Bernoulli beam and Eringen’s non-local elasticity theory. The double nanobeams are continuously connected by a layer of linear springs. The oscillatory differential equation of motion is established using the Hamilton’s principle and the constitutive relations. The Chebyshev spectral collocation method (CSCM) is used to transform the coupled governing differential equations of motion into algebraic equations. The discretized boundary conditions are used to modify the Chebyshev differentiation matrices, and the system of equations is put in the matrix-vector form. Then, the dimensionless transverse frequencies and the mode shapes are obtained by solving the standard eigenvalue problem. The effects of the coupling springs, Winkler stiffness, the shear stiffness parameter, the breadth and taper ratios, the small-scale parameter, and the boundary conditions on the natural transverse frequencies are carried out. Several numerical examples were conducted, and the authors believe that the results may be interesting in designing and analyzing double and multiple one-dimensional nano structures.


1976 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 820-826 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. C. Huang ◽  
T. C. Huang

In a previous paper, the correspondence principle has been applied to derive the differential equations of motion of viscoelastic Timoshenko beams with or without external viscous damping. To study free vibrations these equations are solved by Laplace transform and boundary conditions are applied to obtain the attenuation factor and the frequency of the damped free vibrations and mode shapes. The present paper continues to analyze this subject and deals with the responses in deflection, bending slope, bending moment and shear for forced vibrations. Laplace transform and appropriate boundary conditions have been applied. Examples are given and results are plotted. The solution of forced vibrations of elastic Timoshenko beams obtained as a result of reduction from viscoelastic case and by eigenfunction expansion method concludes the paper.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erasmo Viola ◽  
Marco Miniaci ◽  
Nicholas Fantuzzi ◽  
Alessandro Marzani

AbstractThis paper investigates the in-plane free vibrations of multi-stepped and multi-damaged parabolic arches, for various boundary conditions. The axial extension, transverse shear deformation and rotatory inertia effects are taken into account. The constitutive equations relating the stress resultants to the corresponding deformation components refer to an isotropic and linear elastic material. Starting from the kinematic hypothesis for the in-plane displacement of the shear-deformable arch, the equations of motion are deduced by using Hamilton’s principle. Natural frequencies and mode shapes are computed using the Generalized Differential Quadrature (GDQ) method. The variable radius of curvature along the axis of the parabolic arch requires, compared to the circular arch, a more complex formulation and numerical implementation of the motion equations as well as the external and internal boundary conditions. Each damage is modelled as a combination of one rotational and two translational elastic springs. A parametric study is performed to illustrate the influence of the damage parameters on the natural frequencies of parabolic arches for different boundary conditions and cross-sections with localizeddamage.Results for the circular arch, derived from the proposed parabolic model with the derivatives of some parameters set to zero, agree well with those published over the past years.


Author(s):  
Pezhman A. Hassanpour ◽  
Khaled Alghemlas ◽  
Adam Betancourt

In this paper, an experimental procedure is proposed for determining the resonance frequencies and mode shapes of vibration of a fixed-fixed beam. Since it is fixed at both ends, the beam may sustain an axial force due to several factors including the fasteners and/or change of temperature. The analytical governing equations of motion, frequency equation, and mode shapes of vibration are presented. The analytical model is used to justify the experimental approach as well as interpretation of the experiment data. In this study, a hammer is used to excite the beam, and then the vibration of the beam is observed and recorded at two different points on the beam using two laser Doppler vibrometers. The data from the vibrometers are used to extract the resonance frequencies and mode shapes of vibrations. Using the analytical model, the axial force in the beam is estimated.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Bukhari ◽  
Oumar Barry

Abstract We study the nonlinear vibration of a beam with an attached grounded and ungrounded nonlinear vibration absorber (NVA) using the exact natural frequencies and mode shapes of the loaded beam. The nonlinearity in the beam is due to midplane stretching and that in the NVA is of cubic stiffness nonlinearity. We consider various boundary conditions and derive their closed-form characteristic equations and mode shapes. The method of multiple scales (MMS) is directly applied to the nonlinear partial differential equations of motion to obtain explicit expressions of the nonlinear frequency, modulation, and loci of the saddle-node bifurcation equations. Our analytical approach is validated using direct numerical simulation. Parametric studies demonstrate that the performance of the NVA does not only depend on its key design variables and location, but also on the boundary conditions, midplane stretching of the beam, and type of configuration (i.e., grounded NVA versus ungrounded NVA). Our analysis also indicates that the use of common approach such as employing approximate modes in estimating the nonlinear response of a loaded beam produces significant error (i.e., up to 1200% in some case). These observations suggest that the exact modes shape and natural frequencies are required for a precise investigation of the nonlinear dynamic of loaded beams. These findings could contribute to the design improvement of NVAs, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), energy harvesters, and metastructures.


Author(s):  
Huu-Tai Thai ◽  
Thuc P Vo ◽  
Trung-Kien Nguyen ◽  
Jaehong Lee

A nonlocal sinusoidal plate model for micro/nanoscale plates is developed based on Eringen’s nonlocal elasticity theory and sinusoidal shear deformation plate theory. The small-scale effect is considered in the former theory while the transverse shear deformation effect is included in the latter theory. The proposed model accounts for sinusoidal variations of transverse shear strains through the thickness of the plate, and satisfies the stress-free boundary conditions on the plate surfaces, thus a shear correction factor is not required. Equations of motion and boundary conditions are derived from Hamilton’s principle. Analytical solutions for bending, buckling, and vibration of simply supported plates are presented, and the obtained results are compared with the existing solutions. The effects of small scale and shear deformation on the responses of the micro/nanoscale plates are investigated.


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