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The discretization method and multi-contact force model on 3D cylindrical clearance joint for multibody dynamics of spatial mechanical system

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A discretization principle of multi-slice method and multi-contact model is proposed to investigate the line contact behavior of 3D cylindrical clearance joints in spatial mechanical systems. The cylindrical contact surface of the journal is discretized into multiple slices firstly. Then, we derive the contact force/indentation relationship and the hysteresis damping formula between the multi-slice and the bearing based on Lankarani and Nikravesh’s model, and establish the contact force model between the multi-slice and the bearing. Finally, the nonideal line contact of 3D cylindrical clearance joint is well simulated by adding more contact points, and the displacement, tilt angle and distributed contact force of local or whole line contact between the journal and the bearing are obtained accurately by using the proposed method. Furthermore, the contact stiffness and the overall stiffness of 3D cylindrical joint are well approximated by the distributed contact forces. We found that loads applied at both ends of the journal affect the distributed contact forces of all the slices mutually, and the contact type of 3D cylindrical clearance joint alternates between local and whole line contact. By applying the proposed method, the dynamic responses of spatial mechanical systems with 3D cylindrical clearance joint are simulated more accurately in the case of time-varying driving motion and unbalanced complex loads.

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The authors would like to express the sincere thanks to the referees for their valuable suggestions. This project is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no.12162016) and Youth Top Talent Training Foundation Project of Ten Thousand Talents Plan of China’s Yunnan Province (Grant no.109720200075). The supports are gracefully acknowledged.

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This work was conducted with support from the Grant 12162016 funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Tingqiang Yao) and from the Grant 109720200075 funded by Youth Top Talent Training Foundation Project of Ten Thousand Talents Plan of China’s Yunnan Province (Tingqiang Yao).

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Author contributions: Jiachen Xie and Tingqiang Yao wrote the manuscript of Sections 2 and 3. Tingqiang Yao developed the computational models and performed the computational simulations, Jiachen Xie analyzed and interpreted the computational results, Jiachen Xie and Tingqiang Yao wrote the manuscript and generated the figures, Lihua Wang and Xiaobao Liu revised the manuscript and wrote the manuscript of Introduction and Conclusions, and all authors reviewed the manuscript before submission.

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Xie, J., Yao, T., Wang, L. et al. The discretization method and multi-contact force model on 3D cylindrical clearance joint for multibody dynamics of spatial mechanical system. Multibody Syst Dyn 59, 447–484 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11044-023-09906-8

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