Dynamic Response and Identification of Tower-Cable-Roller Battery Interactions in Ropeways

Author(s):  
Andrea Arena ◽  
Biagio Carboni ◽  
Walter Lacarbonara ◽  
Mathieu Babaz

Towers, roller batteries, propelling cables and vehicles are the substructures of ropeway transportation systems. High-fidelity modeling of their dynamical interactions together with a reliable identification is a key step towards the prediction of the system response under various transit conditions as well as to investigate design optimization strategies. In this work, a nonlinear mechanical model for the dynamical description of cablecar ski lift systems is discussed. The investigation is focused on the modal features and the forced dynamic response caused by the vehicles transit across the so-called compression towers. The model is validated according to experimental data acquired via a custom-design sensor network. The Enhanced Frequency Domain Decomposition (EFDD) method is employed to identify the frequencies and damping ratios.

1981 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 404-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. F. Masri ◽  
Y. A. Mariamy ◽  
J. C. Anderson

Analytical and experimental studies were made of the dynamic response of a system with a geometric nonlinearity, which is encountered in many practical engineering applications. An exact solution was derived for the steady-state motion of a viscously damped Bernoulli-Euler beam with an unsymmetric geometric nonlinearity, under the action of harmonic excitation. Experimental measurements of a mechanical model under harmonic as well as random excitation verified the analytical findings. The effect of various dimensionless parameters on the system response was determined.


2015 ◽  
Vol 807 ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicklas Norrick

This paper outlines a design process for the bolted joints of the drive train of sheet-fed offset printing presses incorporating statistical data and methods. Sheet-fed offset printing presses are driven by a continuous geared drive train along the length of the press. The bolted joints of the drive train connecting the gears to the cylinders of the press are subjected to high loads, especially during emergency stops. A nonlinear mechanical model of a printing press implemented in Matlab/Simulink is presented which is used to calculate the occurring loads. Measurements of linear and nonlinear system response are presented to support the quality of the mechanical model. The bolted joints between the main drive train gears and cylinders are designed according to current standards. Statistical information based on experimental data is considered during the application of the standardized method. Using the Monte Carlo technique, a more exact description of the joint’s strength is made possible. In this way, the maximum tolerable load for the screw connection is 16% higher than the same result from a standard worst-case calculation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3172
Author(s):  
Suchat Tachaudomdach ◽  
Auttawit Upayokin ◽  
Nopadon Kronprasert ◽  
Kriangkrai Arunotayanun

Amidst sudden and unprecedented increases in the severity and frequency of climate-change-induced natural disasters, building critical infrastructure resilience has become a prominent policy issue globally for reducing disaster risks. Sustainable measures and procedures to strengthen preparedness, response, and recovery of infrastructures are urgently needed, but the standard for measuring such resilient elements has yet to be consensually developed. This study was undertaken with an aim to quantitatively measure transportation infrastructure robustness, a proactive dimension of resilience capacities and capabilities to withstand disasters; in this case, floods. A four-stage analytical framework was empirically implemented: 1) specifying the system and disturbance (i.e., road network and flood risks in Chiang Mai, Thailand), 2) illustrating the system response using the damaged area as a function of floodwater levels and protection measures, 3) determining recovery thresholds based on land use and system functionality, and 4) quantifying robustness through the application of edge- and node-betweenness centrality models. Various quantifiable indicators of transportation robustness can be revealed; not only flood-damaged areas commonly considered in flood-risk management and spatial planning, but also the numbers of affected traffic links, nodes, and cars are highly valuable for transportation planning in achieving sustainable flood-resilient transportation systems.


Bauingenieur ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 91 (04) ◽  
pp. S 2-S 9
Author(s):  
Rune Brincker ◽  
Anela Bajric ◽  
Reto Cantieni

Am Beispiel der experimentellen Untersuchung der dynamischen Eigenschaften einer Fußgängerbrücke werden Probleme bei der Bestimmung der Dämpfungskapazität eines Ingenieurtragwerkes diskutiert. Aus Gründen der Verständlichkeit wird zunächst relativ ausführlich auf diese Experimente, die für die Identifikation der modalen Eigenschaften der Brücke benützten Methoden und die dabei verwendeten Parameter eingegangen.   Solange man sich für die Bestimmung der Dämpfung auf dem Boden analoger Zeitsignale bewegt, sind keine gröberen Fehler zu erwarten. Die manuelle Untersuchung eines freien, rein harmonischen Ausschwingvorganges ist zwar auch nicht vor Ungenauigkeiten gefeit. Da es die „lineare, rein viskos gedämpfte“ Struktur nicht gibt, gibt es auch den rein exponentiellen Ausschwingvorgang nicht. Der aus dem Beginn eines Ausschwingvorganges bestimmte Dämpfungswert wird nicht mit jenem übereinstimmen, der sich aus der Auswertung des Endes des Vorganges ergibt [1]. Man wird sich aber in einem begrenzten Bereich bewegen, maximal vielleicht +/- 30...50 % des „wahren“ Wertes.   Nach der Beschreibung der Versuche wird auf die Probleme eingegangen, die zwangsweise auftreten, wenn für die Bestimmung der Dämpfung ein gemessenes Zeitsignal digitalisiert, in den Frequenzbereich und wieder zurück in den Zeitbereich transformiert wird. Der dabei auftretende, systematische Fehler kann für tiefe Frequenzen exorbitante Ausmaße annehmen. Dass dies hier am Beispiel der im ARTeMIS Softwarepaket angebotenen EFDD-Methode (EFDD = Enhanced Frequency Domain Decomposition, [2]) vorgeführt wird, ist Zufall. EFDD wird auch in anderen Softwarepaketen verwendet. Das gleiche gilt auch für das hier nur am Rand diskutierte Problem, dass auch bei Verwendung der in der Wissenschaft populären SSI Methode (SSI = Stochastic Subspace Identification) unter Umständen sehr grobe Fehler an der identifizierten Dämpfung auftreten können. Am Rand wird dieses Problem hier diskutiert, weil der Grund für solche Fehler noch nicht wissenschaftlich dokumentiert ist.   Der praktisch tätige Ingenieur sollte sich darauf verlassen können, dass die Anwendung eines kommerziell vertriebenen Softwarepaketes für die Auswertung seiner Experimente brauchbare Werte für die Dämpfung liefert. Die Kenntnis der Dämpfungskapazität ist von zentraler Wichtigkeit, wenn es darum geht, die möglichen Auswirkungen von Resonanzzuständen (oder resonanzähnlichen Zuständen) zu beurteilen. Dies trifft gerade für die ersten, tieffrequenten Eigenschwingungen eines Tragwerkes zu. Für exorbitante, systematische Fehler der Auswertemethoden ist hier kein Platz. Wenn man diese aber kennt, kann ihnen aus dem Weg gegangen werden.


2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven W. Shaw ◽  
Christophe Pierre

This paper describes an analytical investigation of the dynamic response and performance of impact vibration absorbers fitted to flexible structures that are attached to a rotating hub. This work was motivated by experimental studies at NASA, which demonstrated the effectiveness of these types of absorbers for reducing resonant transverse vibrations in periodically excited rotating plates. Here we show how an idealized model can be used to describe the essential dynamics of these systems, and used to predict absorber performance. The absorbers use centrifugally induced restoring forces so that their nonimpacting dynamics are tuned to a given order of rotation, whereas their large amplitude dynamics involve impacts with the primary flexible system. The linearized, nonimpacting dynamics are first explored in detail, and it is shown that the response of the system has some rather unique features as the hub rotor speed is varied. A class of symmetric impacting motions is also analyzed and used to predict the effectiveness of the absorber when operating in its impacting mode. It is observed that two different types of grazing bifurcations take place as the rotor speed is varied through resonance, and their influence on absorber performance is described. The analytical results for the symmetric impacting motions are also used to generate curves that show how important absorber design parameters—including mass, coefficient of restitution, and tuning—affect the system response. These results provide a method for quickly evaluating and comparing proposed absorber designs.


Author(s):  
K. Prabith ◽  
I. R. Praveen Krishna

Abstract The main objective of this paper is to use the time variational method (TVM) for the nonlinear response analysis of mechanical systems subjected to multiple-frequency excitations. The system response, which is composed of fractional multiples of frequencies, is expressed in terms of a fundamental frequency that is the greatest common divisor of the approximated frequency components. Unlike the multiharmonic balance method (MHBM), the formulation of the proposed method is very simple in analyzing the systems with more than two excitation frequencies. In addition, the proposed method avoids the alternate transformation between frequency and time domains during the calculation of the nonlinear force and the Jacobian matrix. In this work, the performance of the proposed method is compared with that of numerical integration and the MHBM using three nonlinear mechanical models undergoing multiple-frequency excitations. It is observed that the proposed method produces approximate results during the quasi-periodic response analysis since the formulation includes an approximation of the incommensurate frequencies to commensurate ones. However, the approximation error is very small and the method reduces a significant amount of computational efforts compared to the other methods. In addition, the TVM is a recommended option when the number of state variables involved in the nonlinear function is high as it calculates the nonlinear force vector and the Jacobian matrix directly from the displacement vector. Moreover, the proposed method is far much faster than numerical integration in capturing the steady-state, quasi-periodic responses of the nonlinear mechanical systems.


2011 ◽  
Vol 368-373 ◽  
pp. 2692-2697
Author(s):  
Hua Xi Gao ◽  
Min Jie Wen ◽  
Rong Xin Li

Based on Biot saturated soil theory, steady state dynamic response of the system is studied in the frequency domain when the inner boundary of a fractional derivative viscoelastic type circular lined tunnel is under the axisymmetric load and fluid pressure respectively. On the basis of introducing a partial permeable boundary condition, the solutions of stress, displacement and pore pressure of the lining and saturated soil are obtained by the inner boundary of the lining and continuity conditions of the interface, besides, the stress-displacement constitutive behavior of the lining is described by fractional derivative viscoelastic constitutive model. The influence of physical parameter on the system response is investigated. It is shown that the order of fractional derivative model has a great influence on the system dynamic response, and it depends on material parameter of the lining when the inner boundary of lining is subjected to axisymmetric load. The permeability parameter of lining has significant effects on system response induced by fluid pressure.


Author(s):  
Qiuying Zhao ◽  
Chunhua Sheng ◽  
Yousuf Al-Khalifin ◽  
Abdollah Afjeh

The structural dynamics and response of a two-bladed downwind wind turbine using a new nacelle tilt control are numerically investigated based on a coupled Computational Fluid Dynamics and Computational Structural Dynamics analysis. The new wind turbine tilt control method is investigated to regulate the power output under a varying wind speed environment for offshore wind turbines. The high fidelity aerodynamic loads obtained from CFD computations are used as input in a CSD code to perform a structural dynamics analysis in order to predict the system response and structural deformation of the two-bladed downwind turbine. The coupled CFD and CSD analysis provide high fidelity assessments of the aeromechanical performance with increased accuracy to evaluate the new nacelle tilt control concept, which may lead to an alternative wind turbine control strategy with reduced costs for offshore wind turbine operations.


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