An analysis on a rigid-flexible coupling system of an oscillating mass and a rotating disk

Abstract

A mass-rod-disk system consisting of an oscillating mass attached to a rigid rotating disk by an elastic rod is designed to study rigid-flexible coupling mechanism. Suppose the rod is lightweight and has enough stiffness, the theorems of linear momentum and angular momentum are applied to the mass-rod-disk system based on the kinematic description of the system. With respect to two deflections of the mass and one angular velocity of the system, a group of nonlinear differential equations are established where the tangential inertial force, centrifugal force, Coriolis force as well as the moments of additional inertial forces take important effects on the dynamic response. For the sake of description, these three types of inertial forces mentioned before are referred to as additional inertial forces in this paper. The horizontal deflections of the mass and the angular velocity of the disk rotating about a fixed-axis are numerically solved for the prescribed external torque. The oscillating trajectory of the mass is deeply influenced by the additional inertial forces, meanwhile the dynamic fluctuations of the angular velocity and rotary inertia of the system are strongly affected by the mass oscillation.