An abnormal carbody swaying of intercity EMU train caused by low wheel-rail equivalent conicity and damping force unloading of yaw damper

Low-frequency carbody swaying phenomenon often occurs to railway vehicles due to hunting instability,which seriously deteriorates the ride comfort of passengers.This paper investigates low-frequency carbody swaying through experimental analysis and numerical simulation.In the tests,the carbody acceleration,the wheel-rail profiles,and the dynamic characteristics of dampers were measured to understand the characteristics of the abnormal carbody vibration and to find out its primary contributor.Linear and nonlinear numerical simulations on the mechanism and optimization measures were carried out to solve this carbody swaying issue.The results showed that the carbody swaying is the manifest of carbody hunting instability.The low equivalent conicity and the decrease of dynamic damping of the yaw damper are probably the cause of this phenomenon.The optimization measures to increase the equivalent conicity and dynamic damping of the yaw damper were put forward and verified by on-track tests.The results of this study could enrich the knowledge of carbody hunting and provide a reference for solving abnormal carbody vibrations.

Damping Characteristic Analysis and Optimization of Wind-thermal-bundled Power Transmission by LCC-HVDC Systems

With the rapid development of renewable energy,wind-thermal-bundled power transmission by line-commutated converter based high-voltage direct current(LCC-HVDC)systems has been widely developed.The dynamic interaction mechanisms among permanent magnet synchronous generators(PMSGs),synchronous generators(SGs),and LCC-HVDC system become complex.To deal with this issue,a path analysis method(PAM)is proposed to study the dynamic interaction mechanism,and the damping reconstruction is used to analyze the damping characteristic of the system.First,based on the modular modeling,linearized models for the PMSG subsystem,the LCC-HVDC subsystem,and the SG subsystem are established.Second,based on the closed-loop transfer function diagram of the system,the disturbance transfer path and coupling relationship among subsystems are analyzed by the PAM,and the damping characteristic analysis of the SG-dominated oscillation mode is studied based on the damping reconstruction.Compared with the PAM,the small-signal model of the system is obtained and eigenvalue analysis results are presented.Then,the effect of the control parameters on the damping characteristic is analyzed and the conclusions are verified by time-domain simulations.Finally,the penalty functions of the oscillation modes and decay modes are taken as the objective function,and an optimization strategy based on the Monte Carlo method is proposed to solve the parameter optimization problem.Numerical simulation results are presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed strategy.

Numerical evaluation of acoustic characteristics and their damping of a thrust chamber using a constant-volume bomb model

In order to numerically evaluate the acoustic characteristics of liquid rocket engine thrust chambers by means of a computational fluid dynamics method, a mathematical model of an artificial constant-volume bomb is proposed in this paper. A localized pressure pulse with a very high amplitude can be imposed on specified regions in a combustion chamber, the numerical procedure of which is described. Pressure oscillations actuated by the released constant-volume bomb can then be analyzed via Fast Fourier Transformation（FFT）, and their modes can be identified according to the theoretical acoustic eigenfrequencies of the thrust chamber. The damping performances of the corresponding acoustic modes are evaluated by the half-power bandwidth method. The predicted acoustic characteristics and their damping for a special engine combustor agree well with the experimental data, validating the mathematical model and its numerical procedures. A small-thrust liquid rocket engine chamber is then analyzed by the present model. The First Longitudinal（1L） acoustic mode can be excited easily and is hard to be damped. The axial position of the central constantvolume bomb has little influence on the amplitude and damping capacity of the First Radial（1R） and 1L acoustic modes. Tangential acoustic modes can only be triggered by an off-centered constant-volume bomb, among which the First Tangential（1T） mode is the strongest and regarded as the most harmful one. The amplitude of the 1L acoustic mode is smaller, but its damping factor is larger, as a constant-volume bomb is imposed approaching the injector face. These results are contributed to evaluate the acoustic characteristics and their damping of the combustion chamber.

Mechanical Characteristics of Oil-Damping Shock Absorber for Protection of Electronic-Packaging Components

A microstructure oil-damping shock absorber was designed for the protection of electronic- packaging components in vibration-impact environments. The nonlinearity of the oil viscosity, the oil flow characteristics, and the coupling between the oil and the physical structure were included in a mathematical model of the oil-damping shock absorber to attenuate vibrations. The results of multi-parameter-coupled dy- namic tests show that the mathematical model accurately simulates the actual physical system of the oil- damping shock absorber. The model could be used for engineering designs of vibration-impact isolation of electronic-packaging components.

MODELING AND DYNAMICS ANALYSIS OF SHELLS OF REVOLUTION BY PARTIALLY ACTIVE CONSTRAINED LAYER DAMPING TREATMENT

A new model for a smart shell of revolution treated with active constrained layer damping （ACLD） is developed, and the damping effects of the ACLD treatment are discussed. The motion and electric analytical formulation of the piezoelectric constrained layer are presented first. Based on the authors~ recent research on shells of revolution treated with passive constrained layer damping （PCLD）, the integrated first-order differential matrix equation of a shell of revolution partially treated with ring ACLD blocks is derived in the frequency domain. By virtue of the extended homogeneous capacity precision integration technology, a stable and simple numerical method is further proposed to solve the above equation. Then, the vibration responses of an ACLD shell of revolution are measured by using the present model and method. The results show that the control performance of the ACLD treatment is complicated and frequency-dependent. In a certain frequency range, the ACLD treatment can achieve better damping characteristics compared with the conventional PCLD treatment.

Small signal stability analysis of power systems with high penetration of wind power

The integration of large amount of wind power into a power system imposes a new challenge for the secure and economic operation of the system.It is necessary to investigate the impacts of wind power generation on the dynamic behavior of the power system concerned.This paper investigates the impacts of large amount of wind power on small signal stability and the corresponding control strategies to mitigate the negative effects.The concepts of different types of wind turbine generators(WTGs)and the principles of the grid-connected structures of wind power generation systems are first briefly introduced.Then,the state-of-the-art of the studies on the impacts of WTGs on small signal stability as well as potential problems to be studied are clarified.Finally,the control strategies on WTGs to enhance power system damping characteristics are presented.