Study on Dynamic Stability of a Torsional Isolator with Negative Stiffness Structures

Tiantian Gao*, Hui Liu, Xiaojie Wang, Wenping Li

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Abstract

The dynamic stability of a novel passive torsional vibration isolator with negative stiffness structures (NSS) is investigated in this study. First, the structure and vibration isolation principle of the isolator are introduced. The isolator is composed of conventional linear springs and connecting rod spring structures in parallel, which offer negative stiffness, thus to obtain low dynamic stiffness. The nonlinear stiffness is derived and torque characteristics of the isolator are studied under different compression deformation of springs used in negative stiffness structures. A two degree of freedom (DOF) nonlinear mathematical model is built and its dynamic characteristics are analyzed by using the numerical method. Based on the theories of chaos and bifurcation, variations of system stability with excitation amplitude, frequency and system damping are investigated respectively. Analysis results reveal that, the isolation system exhibits complex nonlinear dynamic behavior, including the period doubling solution, chaotic solution, etc. The results also demonstrate that in the condition of heavy load and low frequency, the system tends to be unstable. Ranges of amplitude and frequency of fluctuating torque which can be stably isolated are obtained from the bifurcation diagrams. And the system damping could be designed so that undesirable bifurcation and chaotic behaviors can be avoided or greatly suppressed. The results of the study provide a useful insight into the analysis and design for the stable control.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Mechanical Design - Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Mechanical Design, ICMD 2017
EditorsChangle Xiang, Jianrong Tan, Feng Gao
PublisherSpringer Netherlands
Pages749-763
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)9789811065521
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
EventInternational Conference on Mechanical Design, ICMD 2017 - Beijing, China
Duration: 13 Oct 201715 Oct 2017

Publication series

NameMechanisms and Machine Science
Volume55
ISSN (Print)2211-0984
ISSN (Electronic)2211-0992

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Mechanical Design, ICMD 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period13/10/1715/10/17

Keywords

  • Bifurcation behaviors
  • Chaotic behavior suppression
  • Negative stiffness structures
  • Nonlinear stability
  • Torsional vibration isolator

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