Vibration Rotation Research Articles

Control the Working Process of the Rotor System with Tilting Pad Bearing

Various processes take place in rotor systems with tilting pad bearings. It is important not only to control but also to manage these processes. Due to the instability of the oil film layer in a bearing with inclined pads, oil whirl/whip can occur. Such whirl/whip destabilize the operation of the rotor system. Additional elastic elements between the tilt pads suppress oil whirl/whip and thus reduce rotor vibration excitation. By identifying the working zones of such bearings where oil whirl and whip occur, the problems of rotor rotation instability can be solved. In order to determine the effectiveness of the elastic elements between the tilting pads, research was conducted. A special stand with diagnostic equipment was used for the tests. The clearance between the rotor and the bearing was 50 μm. During the research, the rotor rotation speed was varied from 0 to 5000 rpm. After conducting the research, stable and unstable rotor working zones were determined (Zone I: 0 to 1938 rpm; Zone II: 1938–3923 rpm; Zone III: 3923–5000 rpm). Based on the obtained research results, it is possible to control the working process of the rotor system.

Noncontact Rotor Vibration Velocity Sensor and Its Application to Vibration Control of a Flexible Rotor on Active Magnetic Bearings

Noncontact Rotor Vibration Velocity Sensor and Its Application to Vibration Control of a Flexible Rotor on Active Magnetic Bearings

Influence of External Clearance Variation on Vibration Characteristics of Ship Electrically Assisted Turbocharger Rotor Bearing System

Electrically assisted turbocharging (EAT) technology is an important technical means to effectively solve the problems of insufficient intake air and poor transient response of traditional turbocharged engines at low speed or acceleration, and to realize the electrification of marine internal combustion engine power system. In the EAT design stage, the original rotor model of a marine turbocharger was established and verified. Subsequently, the EAT rotor dynamics design and analysis were carried out, and the influence of the unbalanced phase and external clearance on rotor vibration was discussed. The results show that when the external clearance is small, extensive sub-synchronous vibration occurs and bifurcation occurs at high speed. When the external clearance is large, the sub-synchronous vibration component almost disappears but high synchronous vibration occurs at a high speed. At the same time, the shaft is significantly affected by the gravity load at low speeds, and the rotor makes a balanced motion on the critical limit cycle at high speed. In order to minimize the vibration and noise of the same type of EAT, it is recommended to control the outer clearance of the EAT bearing in the range of 0.30–0.36[Formula: see text]mm. The research content provides a reference for the dynamic design and analysis of the EAT, which effectively helps the development of the original engine of the ship electric auxiliary turbocharger and improves the operation stability of the EAT.

Dynamic Models of Mechanical Seals for Turbomachinery Application

One of the primary causes of mechanical face seal failure is rotor vibration. Traditional dynamic seal models often cannot fully explain failure mechanisms. The dynamic models of seals proposed in this paper, including those developed by the authors, are valuable for predicting seal dynamics during operation in specific turbomachinery and for explaining the causes of seal failure. The single-mass dynamic model is suitable for analyzing the dynamics of contact mechanical face seals and simply designed dry gas seals. The two-mass dynamic model is used to investigate the operational dynamics processes of classical dry gas seals under complex loading conditions. The three-mass dynamic model is used to study various complex types of mechanical face seals. This model can determine the normal operating condition range and explain leakage mechanisms in the presence of excessive rotor vibrations.

Analysis of rotor vibration characteristics of surface mounted permanent magnet synchronous motor under air gap eccentricity fault

Taking a permanent magnet synchronous motor as the research object, the effect of air gap eccentricity fault on the vibration response characteristics of the motor rotor is analyzed through theoretical calculations, numerical simulation and finite element simulation. First, the change of air gap magnetic field under air gap eccentricity fault is analyzed, and then further calculated to obtain the unbalanced magnetic force under air gap fault by the expression of air gap magnetic field, at last, the rotor’s vibration response characteristics under the action of unbalanced electromagnetic force are obtained by the Newmark- β calculation method. Detailed analysis of the effects of eccentricity distance, eccentricity angle and motor pole-pair number on motor rotor vibration. Finally, the synchronous motor eccentricity fault model is built in ANSYS Maxwell electromagnetic simulation software, and the change characteristics of rotor unbalanced magnetic force after eccentricity fault are calculated and the results are consistent with the theoretical calculations.

Rotary ultrasonic surface machining of silicon: Effects of ultrasonic power and tool rotational speed

The surging demand for monocrystalline silicon materials in the production of microelectronic components highlights its crucial role in the semiconductor and optic industries. Hence it is inevitable to produce a silicon workpiece with high quality finish to meet the demand in semiconductor industries. Due to high brittleness, controlling the quality of silicon in surface machining is quite difficult. Traditional manufacturing processes induce issues like rough surfaces and edge chipping. It was reported that rotary ultrasonic surface machining (RUSM) can effectively reduce cutting force, roughness, and edge chipping in machining of brittle materials. There have been several studies on drilling and sliding silicon materials using rotary ultrasonic machining investigating the effects of machining parameters on the output variables such as cutting force, torque, edge chipping, surface roughness etc. However, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, there are no reported investigations on effects of machining variables (ultrasonic power and tool rotation speed) in surface machining of silicon materials using the rotary ultrasonic machining. This study aimed to investigate the impacts of ultrasonic power and tool rotation speed on the cutting force, edge chipping, and surface roughness. Experimental results show that the ultrasonic vibration and tool rotation speed had a notable impact on edge chipping and cutting forces. Lastly, the current research has paved the way for widening the research on investigating grinding of the silicon wafer in semiconductor manufacturing with ultrasonic vibration and high rotation speed. In semiconductor wafer manufacturing, grinding process is used to reduce the flatness but generate surface and subsurface damage. With further investigations, RUSM can contribute to reducing these damages.

Study on the transient performance of textured water-lubricated bearings considering different acceleration conditions

This study analyses the transient friction dynamics behavior of water-lubricated bearings (WLBs) with a textured structure, which explains the mechanism of texture structure influencing the hydrodynamic effect of WLB in the physical aspect. A comparison of experimental and numerical data is carried out to validate the proposed mixed lubrication model with a textured structure for WLBs. The effects of texture type, texture angle, acceleration mode, and acceleration time on the nonlinear friction dynamics properties of WLBs are investigated. The result shows that various texture structures exhibit distinct pumping effects and that the optimal friction dynamics performance of WLBs can be achieved by adopting the right herringbone texture and an acceptable texture angle. It is advisable to utilize the reverse S-shaped acceleration mode, as it may efficiently mitigate hydrodynamic shock, minimize frictional contact at the initial startup stage, and control the rotor's vibration in later stages. The brief acceleration time may result in a transient shock that hampers proper lubrication, consequently affecting the stable operation of WLBs. The study's findings offer helpful suggestions for the enhanced design of WLB structures and the mitigation of wear and vibration.

Phase-based video vibration measurement and fault feature extraction method for compound faults of rolling bearings

Vibration characterization of rotating machinery is crucial for determining rotational and failure frequencies. Traditional contact measurement methods have limitations, while high-speed cameras offer a non-contact alternative for measuring target vibrations, spatial phase-based techniques have recently been widely used in detecting subtle vibrations and show good robustness to imaging noise. In this paper, a vision-based vibration extraction method for rotating machinery is proposed, aiming at extracting minor vibrations of bearings from them and further analyzing their fault frequencies. To address the challenge of separating a single fault frequency from the extracted compound faulty vibration signals, kurtosis is employed to analyze the inverse convolution period of multiple periodic components, and the MOMEDA filter length is optimized using the golden section algorithm. MOMEDA is then used to enhance each periodic pulse separately, and fault frequency is obtained through envelope spectrum demodulation. In the experimental part, a phase-based method is used to extract minor vibration displacements from rotor vibration video, which is subsequently compared with eddy current sensors in both time and frequency domains to verify the accuracy of the proposed method in extracting vibration displacements based on vision. Finally, vibration signals are extracted from the bearing compound fault video, and the single fault frequency characteristics of the bearing are successfully separated using the adaptive MOMEDA method, which provides an efficient and reliable method in the field of rotating machinery fault diagnosis.

Research on the aerodynamic characteristics of electrically controlled rotor under Parallel Blade Vortex Interaction using Lattice Boltzmann Method

An electrically controlled rotor (ECR), also known as a swashplateless rotor, employs a trailing edge flap (TEF) system for primary rotor control instead of a swashplate, demonstrating the significant potential in rotor vibration and noise reduction. To investigate the aerodynamic characteristics of the blade flap segment of the ECR under parallel blade vortex interaction, an aerodynamic analysis model based on the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is established using the D3Q27 lattice model. The model is validated against experimental data of both the airfoil with trailing edge flap and conventional airfoil under vortex interaction, showing that the LBM can effectively predict variations in aerodynamic loads under both conditions. Based on this model, the effects of different flap deflection angles and miss distances on the aerodynamic characteristics of the ECR under parallel BVI are analyzed. The results indicate that under strong vortex interaction, a region of flow separation forms due to the entrainment effect of the vortex and adverse pressure gradient. The small-scale vortex structure upstream of the flap can also be observed and is believed to contribute to the unsteady flow phenomena such as vortex structure splitting, development, and separation on the upper surface of the flap. The different flap deflection angles mainly affect the scale and type of vortex structures developed on the flap upper surface. As the miss distance increases, the interaction effect is significantly weakened compared to strong vortex interaction. However, as the vortex moves downstream along the airfoil lower surface, it entrains vorticity from the lower surface, ultimately forming a negative pressure region on the lower surface of the flap. The different flap deflection angles will influence the structural characteristics during the downstream motion of the vortex, which changes the size of the negative pressure region, causing differences in the magnitude of the variations in aerodynamic parameters.

“Kill two birds with one stone” role of PTCA-COF: Enhanced electrochemiluminescence of Au nanoclusters via radiative transitions and electrochemical excitation for sensitive detection of cadmium ions

Au nanoclusters (AuNCs) have attracted significant attention in electrochemiluminescence (ECL) owing to their excellent luminescent properties; however, achieving high-efficient ECL remains a formidable challenge. Despite the extensively reported emphasis on enhancing radiative transitions, it is imperative to acknowledge that both radiation and excitation play crucial roles in ECL, thereby requiring a dual-enhanced strategy for improving ECL efficiency. Herein, we introduced PTCA-COF, a dual-functional covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with the effect of “kill two birds with one stone” to achieve this purpose. The PTCA-COF not only acted as a carrier to effectively suppress the rotational vibration of surface ligands and reduce self-quenching by minimizing non-radiative transitions, but also acted as an electrosensitiser that facilitated the generation of electrogenerated holes, thereby promoting efficient transfer of hot electrons and enhancing excitation of AuNCs due to favorable energy level alignment. As a proof of concept, by utilizing cadmium ions (Cd2+) as a model analyte, the ECL aptasensing platform fabricated based on the dual-enhancement AuNCs-COFs ECL system demonstrated a broad linear response spanning from 1 pM to 5 nM and achieved an impressive low detection limit of 0.66 pM (S/N=3) with exceptional reproducibility and selectivity. The findings of this study not only presented a novel approach for the rational dual-enhancement of ECL efficiency, but also contributed to the advancement of their potential applications in the field of environmental monitoring.

New Roughness Index of Passenger Car Rotational Vibration

Current road roughness indexes are limited to reflecting the unwanted rotational vibration of vehicles. This study focused on the relationship between the international roughness index (IRI) and rotational vibration around the longitudinal axis (pitch) and horizontal axis (roll) of the vehicle body. Sinusoidal wave input of different wavelengths and phase shifts between the left and right wheel tracks were used as excitation of a full-car model. Marked pitch and roll vehicle vibration were observed at shorter wavelengths (<1 m) and lower speeds (<50 km/h) of harmonic excitation. The IRI was limited to predicting the pitch and roll vibration of the full-car model at lower wavelengths, below 1 m. A simple alternative solution based on the IRI model was proposed as a robust, sensitive tool to detect unwanted rotational vibration of a vehicle. The proposal was based on the IRI approach using an alternative IRI model speed of 30 km/h, instead of the standard 80 km/h. The IRI for 30 km/h was several times more sensitive to pitch and roll vibration in the wavelength band up to 1.5 m than the IRI for 80 km/h. The new approach is recommended as an additional roughness index for monitoring roads with an allowable speed of up to 60 km/h.

A Study on Machine Learning-Based Feature Classification for the Early Diagnosis of Blade Rubbing.

This research focuses on the development of a machine learning-based approach for the early diagnosis of blade rubbing in rotary machinery. In this paper, machine learning-based diagnostic methods are used for blade rubbing early diagnosis, and the faults are simulated using experimental models. The experimental conditions were simulated as follows: Excessive rotor vibration is generated by an unbalance mass, and blade rubbing occurs through excessive rotor vibration. Additionally, the severity of blade rubbing was also simulated while increasing the unbalance mass. And then, machine learning-based diagnostic methods were applied and the trends according to the severity of blade rubbing were compared. This paper provides a signal processing method through feature analysis to diagnose blade rubbing conditions in machine learning. It was confirmed that the results of the unbalance and blade rubbing represent different trends, and it is possible to distinguish unbalance from blade rubbing before blade rubbing occurs. The diagnosis using machine learning methods will be applicable to rotating machinery faults like blade rubbing; furthermore, the early diagnosis of blade rubbing will be possible.

Vibration compensation control strategy of composite cage rotor bearingless induction motor based on fuzzy coefficient adaptive-linear-neuron method

To address the vibration problem induced by rotor eccentricity in a composite cage rotor bearingless induction motor(CCR-BIM), a vibration compensation control approach based on the fuzzy coefficient adaptive-linear-neuron is proposed. Firstly, the CCR-BIM mathematical model and the mechanism of unbalanced vibration are investigated, obtaining the expression of rotor displacement when the rotor is unbalanced. Afterwards, the displacement is decomposed by the fuzzy coefficient adaptive-linear-neuron algorithm to obtain the harmonic component related to vibration, and the value range of the weight coefficient is determined using stability analysis. Furthermore, through analyzing the shortcomings of the traditional PID vibration compensation method, a rotor vibration compensation method based on the fuzzy coefficient adaptive-linear-neuron is put forward to achieve high-performance vibration compensation control. Finally, the PID method and the proposed fuzzy coefficient adaptive-linear-neuron algorithm are simulated and verified by experiments. The findings demonstrate that the proposed algorithm successfully not only suppresses rotor unbalanced vibration but also exhibiting great dynamic performance.

Dynamics and adaptive backstepping control of rotor-hybrid foil-magnetic bearings system

The hybrid foil-magnetic bearing (HFMB) is a contactless-type bearing composed of a foil bearing (FB) in the inner side and an active magnetic bearing (AMB) in the outer side. It has the advantages of low drag torque, high DN value (bearing inner diameter times rotating speed), and high supporting efficiency. However, significant subsynchronous vibration will degrade the stability of the rotor-HFMBs system, which is an obstacle to the industrial implementation of HFMBs. To control the rotor vibration, this paper presents a dynamic model of the rotor-HFMBs system with unknown parameters and the design of an adaptive backstepping controller (ABC) for it. The stability of the closed-loop system is established. Simulation results of the rotor-HFMBs system controlled by ABC are compared with the proportional-integral-derivative controller (PID), illustrating that the ABC is capable of eliminating rotor vibration, and it is more effective than the PID.

Comprehensive Analysis on Rotor Vibration Characteristics Based on a Novel Dynamic Stator Interturn Short Circuit Model of Synchronous Generator

Comprehensive Analysis on Rotor Vibration Characteristics Based on a Novel Dynamic Stator Interturn Short Circuit Model of Synchronous Generator

Resonance and attraction domain analysis of asymmetric duffing systems with fractional damping in two degrees of freedom

This article establishes a two degree of freedom asymmetric Duffing system model with fractional damping through the study of the Jeffcott rotor system with horizontal support, and analyzes the dynamic behavior of its resonance and attraction domain structures. The second-order approximate solution of the system equation is obtained using a multiscale method, and the slow flow modulation equations of both the amplitudes and phases are extracted. The comparison between approximate and numerical solutions has shown their high consistency and the Routh Hurwitz criterion is utilized to study the stability of the system. Finally, we explore the effect of fractional damping on the vibration behavior of the system using amplitude frequency curves, attractive watersheds, and time trajectory plots, including both negative and positive values of the nonlinear stiffness coefficient. The analysis shows that if the coefficient and order of the fractional damping term are reasonably selected, the horizontal and vertical displacements of the system vibration can be effectively controlled. The importance of this work lies in its application in rotor vibration, which has significant implications for the study of the system under investigation.

Dynamic characteristics analysis and vibration control of coupled bending-torsional system for axial flow hydraulic generating set

Aiming at the vibration problems of shaft system for axial flow hydraulic generating sets caused by complex excitations, the coupled bending-torsional dynamic equations of rotor-runner system are established considering multi-effect including hydraulic, mechanical, electrical and other external vibration sources. Whether taking the torsional degree of freedom into account, the stability and disparate destabilization laws of system periodic solutions are analyzed using the shooting method combined with Floquet theory. On this basis, the influence of coupling bending-torsional effect on system dynamic behaviors is discussed through bifurcation diagrams, Poincaré maps, trajectories, time domains and frequency spectrums. Furthermore, in order to alleviate the unsteady vibration of rotor as well as runner, the magnetorheological fluid damper is introduced into the shaft system, and numerical simulations are performed on models of coupled bending-torsional systems with or without the magnetorheological fluid damper. The analyses indicate that the interaction between bending and torsional vibration of the shaft system will expand the chaotic sustained range for rotor. Meanwhile, the amplitude of the rotor-runner system is magnified owing to the torsional vibration, which leads to local rubbing faults of the system under specific operating conditions, while the intervention of the magnetorheological fluid damper can significantly suppress the nonlinear motion of rotor and runner, reduce the amplitude of system vibration, so as to avoid the occurrence of friction defects effectively. The above research results can provide conducive references for fault diagnosis, optimized design, and vibration control of axial flow hydraulic generating sets.

Research on vibration signal decomposition of cracked rotor-bearing system with double-disk based on CEEMDAN-CWT

In the actual working process, the source of vibration signal is not only the rotor itself, so the detected vibration signal will become complicated. This complex signal makes it difficult to accurately measure the existence of crack. In this paper, a novel method, which includes complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition with adaptive noise (CEEMDAN) and continuous wavelet transform (CWT), is proposed to analyze the cracked rotor-rolling bearing system. The CEEMDAN-CWT successfully separates the vibration signal of the rotor itself from the original signal and provides results similar to the simulation signal. At the speed below 2000 rpm, the 2X frequency difference between cracked rotor and healthy rotor in CEEMDAN-CWT spectrum is about 1, while the difference of FFT spectrum of original signal is about 0.6, which shows the superiority of the novel method in extracting rotor vibration signals from complex vibration signals.

Ca2+/ethanol driven in-situ integration of tough, antifreezing and conductive silk fibroin/polyacrylamide hydrogels for wearable sensors and electronic skin

Integrating high strength, flexibility, biocompatibility, adhesion, and freezing resistance into conductive hydrogels for developing wearable electronic devices has consistently posed significant challenges in relevant research fields. Inspired by the silk dissolution behavior, a robust, flexible, antifreezing, and conductive silk fibroin/polyacrylamide (SF/PAM) hydrogel was synthesized in a CaCl2-ethanol–water (Ca2+/E/W) ternary solvent via a one-pot photogelation process. The gelation of SF and AM was enhanced by the ternary solvent, attributed to the inhibitory effects of Ca2+ ions and alcohols on hydrogen bond formation. The SF/PAM hydrogels based on Ca2+/E/W exhibited desirable mechanical properties (stretching: 800 % strain and 120 kPa stress; compression: 80 % strain and 334.0 kPa stress), excellent recoverability after deformation, high ion conductivity (2.4 S·cm−1) and strain sensitivity (gauge factor: ∼2.0), and low-temperature tolerance (−60 °C). These hydrogels were assembled into various wearable electronic devices, such as strain sensors, electronic skin, and electrodes, for detecting multiple physiological parameters, including joint activities, bioelectrical signals, and subtle movements like finger and wrist rotation, heartbeat, and vocal cord vibrations, demonstrating significant potential in flexible electronic applications.

Multimodal Resonances of a Rectangular Planar Dielectric Elastomer Actuator and Its Application in a Robot with Soft Bristles.

Inspired by the fact that flying insects improve their power conversion efficiency through resonance, many soft robots driven by dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) have achieved optimal performance via first-order modal resonance. Besides first-order resonance, DEAs contribute to multiple innovative functions such as pumps that can make sounds when using multimodal resonances. This study presents the multimodal resonance of a rectangular planar DEA (RPDEA) with a central mass bias. Using a combination of experiments and finite element modeling (FEM), it was discerned that under a prestretch of 1.0 × 1.1, the first-, second-, and third-order resonances corresponded to vertical vibration, rotation along the long axis, and rotation along the short axis, respectively. In first-order resonance, superharmonic, harmonic, and subharmonic responses were activated, while only harmonic and subharmonic responses were observed in the second- and third-order resonances. Further investigations revealed that prestretching tended to inhibit third-order resonance but could elevate the resonance frequencies of the first and second orders. Conveniently, both the experimental and FEM results showed that the frequencies and amplitudes of the multimodal resonances could be tuned by adjusting the amplitudes of the excitation signals, referring to the direct current (DC) amplitude and alternating current (AC) amplitude, respectively. Moreover, instead of linear vibration, we found another novel approach that used rotation vibration to drive a robot with soft bristles via hopping locomotion, showcasing a higher speed compared to the first-order resonance in our robot.