Nonlinear Vibration and Stability Analysis of Axially Accelerating Beam in Axial Flow

The dynamics of an axially accelerating beam subjected to axial flow is studied.Based on the Floquet theory and the Runge-Kutta algorithm,the stability and nonlinear vibration of the beam are analyzed by considering the effects of several system parameters such as the mean speed,flow velocity,axial added mass coefficient,mass ratio,slenderness ratio,tension and viscosity coefficient.Numerical results show that when the pulsation frequency of the axial speed is close to the sum of first-and second-mode frequencies or twice the lowest two natural frequencies,instability with combination or subharmonic resonance would occur.It is found that the beam can undergo the periodic-1 motion under subharmonic resonance and the quasi-periodic motion under combination resonance.With the change of system parameters,the stability boundary may be widened,narrowed or drifted.In addition,the vibration amplitude of the beam under resonance can also be affected by changing the values of system parameters.

Nonlinear dynamics of axially moving viscoelastic Timoshenko beam under parametric and external excitations

This investigation focuses on the nonlinear dynamic behaviors in the trans- verse vibration of an axiMly accelerating viscoelastic Timoshenko beam with the external harmonic excitation. The parametric excitation is caused by the harmonic fluctuations of the axial moving speed. An integro-partial-differential equation governing the transverse vibration of the Timoshenko beam is established. Many factors are considered, such as viscoelasticity, the finite axial support rigidity, and the longitudinally varying tension due to the axial acceleration. With the Galerkin truncation method, a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations are derived by discretizing the governing equation. Based on the numerical solutions, the bifurcation diagrams are presented to study the effect of the external transverse excitation. Moreover, the frequencies of the two excitations are assumed to be multiple. Further, five different tools, including the time history, the Poincaré map, and the sensitivity to initial conditions, are used to identify the motion form of the nonlinear vibration. Numerical results also show the characteristics of the quasiperiodic motion of the translating Timoshenko beam under an incommensurable re- lationship between the dual-frequency excitations.