We study the dynamics of targeted energy transfers in suppressing chatter instability in a single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) machine tool system. The nonlinear regenerative (time-delayed) cutting force is a main source of machine tool vibrations (chatter). We introduce an ungrounded nonlinear energy sink (NES) coupled to the tool, by which energy transfers from the tool to the NES and efficient dissipation can be realized during chatter. Studying variations of a transition curve with respect to the NES parameters, we analytically show that the location of the Hopf bifurcation point is influenced only by the NES mass and damping coefficient. We demonstrate that application of a well-designed NES renders the subcritical limit cycle oscillations (LCOs) into supercritical ones, followed by Neimark-Sacker and saddle-node bifurcations, which help to increase the stability margin in machining. Numerical and asymptotic bifurcation analyses are performed and three suppression mechanisms are identified. The asymptotic stability analysis is performed to study the domains of attraction for these suppression mechanisms which exhibit good agreement with the bifurcations sets obtained from the numerical continuation methods. The results will help to design nonlinear energy sinks for passive control of regenerative instabilities in machining.
The external shape of a high-speed train nose is usually designed according to the aerodynamic considerations and to minimise the drag forces and noises. Crashworthiness of the nose is another aspect that is important from the passive-safety point of view. To improve the crashworthiness characteristics, usually there are not many options for changing the external shape of a high-speed train nose; therefore, a systematic study has been conducted to examine possible strategies in order to design crashworthy external and internal structures for a high-speed train nose. It is observed that the longer and slender noses show better crashworthiness characteristics. In addition, various multi-layer noses are studied, and the best internal-layer geometry is proposed. At the last step the effects of foam usage in different spaces between internal and external layers of the nose are shown.
The mechanical and electrical responses of the mammalian cochlea to acoustic stimuli are nonlinear and highly tuned in frequency. This is due to the electromechanical properties of cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs). At each location along the cochlear spiral, the OHCs mediate an active process in which the sensory tissue motion is enhanced at frequencies close to the most sensitive frequency (called the characteristic frequency, CF). Previous experimental results showed an approximate 0.3 cycle phase shift in the OHC-generated extracellular voltage relative the basilar membrane displacement, which was initiated at a frequency approximately one-half octave lower than the CF. Findings in the present paper reinforce that result. This shift is significant because it brings the phase of the OHC-derived electromotile force near to that of the basilar membrane velocity at frequencies above the shift, thereby enabling the transfer of electrical to mechanical power at the basilar membrane. In order to seek a candidate physical mechanism for this phenomenon, we used a comprehensive electromechanical mathematical model of the cochlear response to sound. The model predicts the phase shift in the extracellular voltage referenced to the basilar membrane at a frequency approximately one-half octave below CF, in accordance with the experimental data. In the model, this feature arises from a minimum in the radial impedance of the tectorial membrane and its limbal attachment. These experimental and theoretical results are consistent with the hypothesis that a tectorial membrane resonance introduces the correct phasing between mechanical and electrical responses for power generation, effectively turning on the cochlear amplifier.
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