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Friction-induced limit cycling in flexible rotor systems: An experimental drill-string set-up

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Friction-induced limit cycling deteriorates system performance in a wide variety of mechanical systems. In this paper, we study the way in which essential friction characteristics affect the occurrence and nature of friction-induced limit cycling in an experimental drill-string set-up. This study is performed on the level of a Lyapunov-based stability analysis and on the level of both numerical and experimental bifurcation analyses. The synthesis of these results confirms that friction-induced limit cycling is due to a subtle balance between negative damping at lower velocities and viscous friction at higher velocities. Moreover, it is shown how these essential friction characteristics depend on physical conditions such as temperature and normal forces in the frictional contact in the experimental set-up.

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  1. Philips Research Laboratories, Prof. Holstlaan 4, 5656 AA, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    N. Mihajlovic

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    N. van de Wouw, M. P. M. Hendriks & H. Nijmeijer

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Mihajlovic, N., van de Wouw, N., Hendriks, M.P.M. et al. Friction-induced limit cycling in flexible rotor systems: An experimental drill-string set-up. Nonlinear Dyn 46, 273–291 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-006-9042-z

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Keywords

  • Discontinuous bifurcations
  • Experimental non-smooth dynamics
  • Flexible rotor systems
  • Friction-induced vibrations