Published: 15 August 2016

Analytically optimal parameters of fractional-order dynamic vibration absorber

Yongjun Shen1
Haibo Peng2
Shaofang Wen3
Shaopu Yang4
Haijun Xing5
1, 4, 5Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang, 050043, China
2Department of Engineering Mechanics, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang, 050043, China
3Transportation Institute, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang, 050043, China
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Yongjun Shen
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Abstract

In this paper the optimal parameters of the fractional-order Voigt type dynamic vibration absorber (DVA) are analytically studied for two cases, named as H and H2 optimization criteria. At first the approximately analytical solution is obtained by the averaging method when the primary system is subjected to harmonic excitation. Then the optimal fractional coefficient and order are obtained based on H optimization criterion, which is designed to minimize the maximum amplitude magnification factor of the primary system. Based on H2 optimization criterion, the optimal fractional parameters are obtained to reduce the total vibration energy of the primary system over the whole-frequency range. The comparisons of the approximate solutions with the numerical ones in the two cases are fulfilled, and the results verify that the approximately analytical solutions are correct and satisfactorily precise. At last the control performance of the fractional-order Voigt type DVA is compared with the classical integer-order counterpart, and it could be concluded that the fractional-order DVA has superiority in vibration engineering, and fractional-order element could replace the traditional damper and spring simultaneously in some cases.

1. Introduction

The dynamic vibration absorber (DVA), also named as tuned mass damper (TMD), is a vibration control device which is attached to a vibrating primary system in order to reduce its response by appropriately designing the parameters of DVA. In 1909 Frahm [1] invented the first DVA without damping element, and it could only work in a narrow frequency range close to the natural frequency of the primary system. In 1928, Den Hartog and Ormondroyd [2] presented a DVA with damping element, and found that it could suppress the amplitude of the primary system in a broader frequency range. The DVA by Den Hartog and Ormondroyd was very typical and called as the Voigt type DVA. Because it is efficient, reliable and low-cost, the Voigt type DVA has been used in many fields of engineering practice. In order to improve the control performance, it is necessary to study the optimal parameters of the Voigt type DVA.

At present the study on Voigt type DVA can be mainly divided into the three kinds of optimization criteria, i.e. H, H2, and stability maximization. The purpose of H optimization criterion is to minimize the maximum amplitude magnification factor. This optimization criterion started from the research by Ormondroyd and Den Hartog [2], when they found that the amplitude of the primary system in the damped DVA would pass through two fixed points independent of the absorber damping. Hahnkamm [3] obtained the optimum tuning ratio in 1932, and later the optimum damping ratio was proposed by Brock in 1946 [4]. In 2002, Nishihara and Asami [5] presented the exact series solution for H optimization criterion and compared it with the result by Den Hartog, and found that they are very close in control performance. The H2 optimization criterion was first proposed by Crandall and Mark [6] in 1963 when they considered the primary system was subjected to random excitation. The object of this criterion is to minimize the total energy of the primary system over the whole-frequency range. In other words, this object is to minimize the area under the amplitude-frequency curve of the primary system. In the late 2000s Iwata [7] and Asami [8] also studied the optimum parameters respectively based on this optimization criterion. The stability maximization criterion was presented by Yamaguchi [9] in 1988 to stabilize the transient vibration of the primary system as quick as possible. All the three optimization criteria have been analytically solved for the undamped primary system. However, for the damped primary system it is difficult to obtain the analytical solution. Accordingly, numerical method was usually dopted to solve this problem. For example, Ioi and Ikeda [10], Randll [11], and Thompson [12] studied the optimum parameters and presented some important results by numerical methods. A detailed numerical study was conducted by Warburton [13] for the primary system with light damping, and he designed a table about the optimum parameters. In 1997 Nishihara and Matsuhisa [14] derived the optimum parameters for the primary system with light damping according to the stability maximization criterion. After that Asami and Nishihara [15, 16] presented the series solutions for the H and H2 optimization criteria.

Fractional-order calculus was first proposed by Hospital and Leibniz in the late 1700s. In the early development, the research was focused on the definition, properties and computation methods of the fractional-order calculus. Due to the lack of physical and mechanical meaning, it was slowly developed only as a mathematical branch [17-19]. Until Mandelbrot [20] proposed the fractal theory, the study on fractional-order calculus, especially the study on fractional-order differential equation started to develop rapidly. The research on fractional-order dynamical systems could be mainly divided into three groups, i.e. the qualitatively analysis, numerical study, and analytical research on the fractional-order system. The qualitatively analysis is focused on the number and stability of periodic solutions. Machado and Galhano [21], Li et al. [22], Wang and Hu [23], and Wang and Du [24], Rossikhin and Shitikova [25] had studied the composition of the solution for some fractional-order differential equations, and obtained some important results on its stability and properties. The numerical study is focused on the numerically investigation about the complicated nonlinear phenomenon in fractional-order dynamical system, such as bifurcation and chaos. Cao et al. [26], Sheu et al. [27] investigated the effect of the fractional-order parameters on the different nonlinear systems. The analytical research is focused on the approximate solution and the quantitative analysis of fractional-order differential equation. Wahi and Chatterjee [28], Shen and Yang [29-31], Chen and Zhu [32-35] studied the effects of fractional-order parameters on the dynamical response, and presented some important results to improve the control performance by approximately selecting fractional-order parameters.

Although the fractional-order has many advantages in engineering practice, little study on fractional-order DVA has been fulfilled. In engineering, the viscoelastic material could be modelled by fractional-order derivative, such as the air spring, metal rubber and magnetorheological elastomer. In this paper, fractional-order Voigt type DVA is introduced, and the optimum parameters of the presented DVA is studied in detail. In Section 2 the optimum fractional-order parameters, i.e. the fractional order and coefficient are obtained based on the H and H2 optimization criteria. The research shows that the linear damping and stiffness in the traditional Voigt type DVA can be replaced by a single fractional-order element completely in the two optimization cases. The comparisons of the approximately analytical solutions with the numerical results are fulfilled in Section 3, and the comparisons between the fractional-order and the traditional integer-order Voigt type DVA are also given in this section. Due to the advantages of fractional-order derivative, this research provides a theoretical basis to use only one fractional-order element to replace the linear spring and damper simultaneously.

2. Analytically investigation on fractional-order DVA

The model of fractional-order Voigt type DVA is shown in Fig. 1, which consists of the primary system m1 and a damped DVA m2. The fractional-order element is put between the primary system and the DVA, which is in parallel with the spring and damper of the DVA. In vibration engineering, the fractional-order element may be arbitrary viscoelastic material and its force could be modelled as:

1a
F1=K1DPx1-x2,

where x1 and x2 are the displacement of the primary system and the DVA, DP(x1-x2) is the p-order derivative of x1-x2 to t with the fractional coefficient K1 (K10) and the fractional order p (0p1). There are several definitions for fractional-order derivative, and under some conditions they are equivalent. Here the Caputo’s definition is adopted for simplicity:

1b
Dpxt=1Γ1-p0tx'u(t-u)pdu,

where Γ(z) is the Gamma function satisfying Γ(z+1)=zΓ(z). In the fractional-order derivative, the initial condition is very important [36-38]. However, the steady-state responses are more meaningful in vibration engineering and both types of the derivatives will lead to the same steady-state solutions. Accordingly, the objective will be focused on the steady-state solution in the rest parts of this paper.

According to Newtonian second law, the motion equation could be established as:

2
m1x¨1+c1x˙1+k1x1+c2x˙1-x˙2+k2x1-x2+K1DPx1-x2=F0cosωt,m2x¨2-c2(x˙1-x˙2)-k2(x1-x2)-K1DP(x1-x2)=0,

where m1, m2, k1, k2, c1, c2 are the masses, linear stiffness coefficients, and linear viscous damping coefficients of the primary system and DVA respectively. F0 and ω are the amplitude and frequency of the external excitation.

Using the following parametric transformation:

y1=x1, y2=x1-x2, c1=2ζ1ω1m1, c2=2ζ2ω2m2
ω12=k1m1, ω22=k2m2, μ=m2m1, K=K1m2, F=F0m1.

Eq. (2) becomes:

3
y¨1+2ζ1ω1y˙1+ω12y1+2μζ2ω2y˙2+μω22y2+μKDpy2=Fcosωt,y¨1-y¨2-2ζ2ω2y˙2-ω22y2-KDp(y2)=0.

Fig. 1The model of fractional-order DVA

The model of fractional-order DVA

2.1. The analytical solution based on the averaging method

According to the averaging method, one can suppose Eq. (3) has the solution as:

4
y1=a1cosφ1,y˙1=-ωa1sinφ1, y2=a2cosφ2,y˙2=-ωa2sinφ2,

where φ1=ωt+θ1, φ2=ωt+θ2 are the generalized phases. By differentiating Eq. (4) to t one can obtain:

5
y˙1=a˙1cosφ1-a1ω+θ˙1sinφ1,y¨1=-ωa˙1sinφ1-ωa1ω+θ˙1cosφ1,
y˙2=a˙2cosφ2-a2ω+θ˙2sinφ2,y¨2=-ωa˙2sinφ2-ωa2ω+θ˙2cosφ2.

Combining Eq. (3) and Eq. (4) with Eq. (5), one can get:

6
a˙1cosφ1-a1θ˙1sinφ1=0,a˙1sinφ1+a1θ˙1cosφ1=-Δ1-μKDpa2cosφ2ω,
a˙2cosφ2-a2θ˙2sinφ2=0,a˙2sinφ2+a2θ˙2cosφ2=-Δ2-1+μKDpa2cosφ2ω,

where:

Δ1=Fcos(ωt)+2ζ1ω1ωa1sinφ1-ω12a1cosφ1+2μζ2ω2ωa2sinφ2
-μω22a2cosφ2+a1ω2cosφ1,
Δ2=Fcos(ωt)+2ζ1ω1ωa1sinφ1-ω12a1cosφ1+2(1+μ)ζ2ω2ωa2sinφ2
-1+μω22a2cosφ2+a2ω2cosφ2.

Solving Eq. (6) with a˙1, θ˙1, a˙2, θ˙2 as unknowns, one obtains:

7
a˙1=-Δ1-μKDpa2cosφ2ωsinφ1,a1θ˙1=-Δ1-μKDpa2cosφ2ωcosφ1,
a˙2=-Δ2-1+μKDpa2cosφ2ωsinφ2,a2θ˙2=-Δ2-1+μKDpa2cosφ2ωcosφ2.

Moreover, one could apply the standard averaging method to Eq. (7) in time interval T [39-40], that means:

8
a˙1=1T0T-Δ1-μKDp(a2cosφ2)ωsinφ1dφ1,a1θ˙1=1T0T-Δ1-μKDp(a2cosφ2)ωcosφ1dφ1,
a˙2=1T0T-Δ2-(1+μ)KDp(a2cosφ2)ωsinφ2dφ2,a2θ˙2=1T0T-Δ2-(1+μ)KDp(a2cosφ2)ωcosφ2dφ2.

One could select the time terminal T as T=2π if the integrands are periodic or T= if the integrands are aperiodic. Then Eq. (8) can be divided into the following types:

9
a˙1=a˙11+a˙12,a1θ˙1=a1θ˙11+a1θ˙12, a˙2=a˙21+a˙22,a2θ˙2=a2θ˙21+a2θ˙22,

where:

10a
a˙11=-12π02πΔ1sinφ1ωdφ1,a1θ˙11=-12π02πΔ1cosφ1ωdφ1,
10b
a˙12=limT1T0TμKDp(a2cosφ2)ωsinφ1dφ1,a1θ˙12=limT1T0TμKDp(a2cosφ2)ωcosφ1dφ1,
10c
a˙21=-12π02πΔ2sinφ2ωdφ2,a2θ˙21=-12π0TΔ2cosφ2ωdφ2,
10d
a˙22=limT1T02π(1+μ)KDp(a2cosφ2)ωsinφ2dφ2,a2θ˙22=limT1T0T(1+μ)KDp(a2cosφ2)ωcosφ2dφ2.

Then the first part of Eq. (9) will become:

11
a˙11=-12ωFsinθ1+2ωa1ζ1ω1+μa2ω22ωζ2cosθ1-θ2-ω2sinθ1-θ2,a1θ˙11=-12ωFcosθ1+a1(ω2-ω12)-μa2ω2[2ωζ2sin(θ1-θ2)+ω2cos(θ1-θ2)],
a˙21=-12ωFsinθ2+a1ω12ωζ1cosθ1-θ2+ω1sinθ1-θ2+21+μωa2ζ2ω2,a2θ˙21=-12ωFcosθ2+a1ω12ωζ1sinθ1-θ2-ω1cosθ1-θ2+a2ω2-1+μω22.

For the second part of Eq. (9), the integration region should be [0,]. Here a12 is taken as an example, and the others could be solved similarly. In order to calculate this integration, two important formulae are introduced [29-31]:

12
limT0Tsin(ωt)tpdt=ωp-1Γ1-pcospπ2,
limT0Tcos(ωt)tpdt=ωp-1Γ1-psinpπ2.

According to Eq. (12), one can get the integral in Eq. (10b):

13a
a˙12=μKa2ωp-12sinθ1-θ2cospπ2-cosθ1-θ2sinpπ2.

The detail derivation procedures are presented in Appendix A. Similarly, one can get:

13b
a1θ˙12=μKa2ωp-12sinθ1-θ2sinpπ2+cosθ1-θ2cospπ2,
13c
a˙22=-1+μKa2ωp-12sinpπ2,
13d
a2θ˙22=1+μKa2ωp-12cospπ2.

Combining Eq. (13) with Eq. (11), one could obtain:

14
a˙1=-12ωFsinθ1+2ωa1ζ1ω1+μa2ω2[2ωζ2cos(θ1-θ2)-ω2sin(θ1-θ2)] +μKa2ωp-12sinθ1-θ2cospπ2-cosθ1-θ2sinpπ2,a1θ˙1=-12ωFcosθ1+a1(ω2-ω12)-μa2ω2[2ωζ2sin(θ1-θ2)+ω2cos(θ1-θ2)] +μKa2ωp-12sinθ1-θ2sinpπ2+cosθ1-θ2cospπ2,
a˙2=-12ωFsinθ2+a1ω12ωζ1cos(θ1-θ2)+ω1sin(θ1-θ2)+2(1+μ)ωa2ζ2ω2 -1+μKa2ωp-12sinpπ2,a2θ˙21=-12ωFcosθ2-a1ω1-2ωζ1sinθ1-θ2+ω1cosθ1-θ2+a2[ω2-(1+μ)ω22] +1+μKa2ωp-12cospπ2.

The steady-state system response is more meaningful. Letting the right part of Eq. (14) be zero and simplifying the equation, one can obtain:

15
0=-12ωFsinθ-1+2ωa-1ζ1ω1+μa-2Kωpsinpπ2-θ-1+θ-2 +2ωζ2ω2cos(θ-1-θ-2)-ω22sin(θ-1-θ-2)]},0=12ω-Fcosθ-1+a-1(-ω2+ω12)+μa-2Kωpcospπ2-θ-1+θ-2 +2ωζ2ω2sin(θ-1-θ-2)+ω22cos(θ-1-θ-2)]},0=-12ω{Fsinθ-2+a-1ω1[2ωζ1cos(θ-1-θ-2)+ω1sin(θ-1-θ-2)] +1+μa-2Kωpsinpπ2+2ωζ2ω2,0=12ω{-Fcosθ-2+a-1ω1[-2ωζ1sin(θ-1-θ-2)+ω1cos(θ-1-θ-2)] +a-2-ω2+K1+μωpcospπ2+1+μω22.

The steady-state amplitudes a-1, a-2 and phases θ-1, θ-2 can be obtained by solving Eq. (15). Accordingly, one can get:

16
a-1=FKωpsinpπ2+2ωζ2ω22+Kωpcospπ2+ω22-ω22Δ3, a-2=Fω2Δ3,

where:

Δ3=1+μω2-ω12Kωpsinpπ2+2ωζ2ω2+2ωζ1ω1ω2-Kωpcospπ2-ω222
+-2ωζ1ω1Kωpsinpπ2+2ωζ2ω2+ω12-ω2+Kωpcospπ2+ω22
+ω2ω2-K1+μωpcospπ2-1+μω222.

Substituting the parameters with the original ones, Eq. (16) could be transformed into:

17
a-1=FK1ωpsinpπ2+ωc22+K1ωPcospπ2+k2-ω2m22Δ4, a-2=Fω2m2Δ4,

where:

Δ4=ωc1K1ωpcospπ2+k2-ω2m2+K1ωpsinpπ2+ωc2k1-ω2(m1+m22
+ωc1K1ωpsinpπ2+ωc2-k1K1ωpcospπ2+k2-ω2m2
+ω2m2K1ωpcospπ2+k2+ω2m1K1ωpcospπ2+k2-ω2m22.

Two new parameters C2(p) and K2(p), defined as equivalent damping coefficient and the equivalent stiffness coefficient, can be introduced. Then Eq. (17) can be rewritten as:

18
a-1=F0ω2C2(p)2+K2(p)-ω2m22Δ5, a-2=F0ω2m2Δ5,

where:

C2p=c2+K1ωp-1sinpπ2, K2p=k2+K1ωpcospπ2,
Δ5=ωc1K2(p)-ω2m2+ωC2(p)k1-ω2(m1+m2)2
+ω2c1C2(p)-k1K2(p)-ω2m2+ω2m2K2(p)+ω2m1K2(p)-ω2m22.

2.2. H optimization of the DVA

The calculation will be very complicated if the primary system contains viscous damping, so that the primary system without damping is considered. One could suppose ωω1 in the equivalent damping coefficient and the equivalent stiffness coefficient because the main object of H optimization criterion is to reduce the maximum resonance amplitude of the primary system. Here the amplitude amplification factor A is defined based on Eq. (18) and the parameters in Eq. (3):

19
A=a-1(F0/k1)
=(2ν-λζ-2)2+(ν-2-λ2)24λ2[ζ1(ν-2-λ2)+ν-ζ-2(1-λ2-μλ2)]2+[ν-2-(1+4ν-ζ1ζ-2+ν-2+μν-2)λ2+λ4]2,

where:

ζ-2=C2(p)2m2Ω2, ν-=Ω2ω1, λ=ωω1, Ω2=K2(p)m2.

Considering the undamped primary system, namely c1=0, Eq. (19) can be:

20
A-=a-1(F0/k1)=(2ν-λζ-2)2+(ν-2-λ2)2(2λν-ζ-2)2(1-λ2-μλ2)2+[ν-2-(1+ν-2+μν-2)λ2+λ4]2.

According to the fixed-point theory, the amplitude of the primary system will pass through two fixed points independent of the damping ratio ζ-2. Assuming the two A- to be equal when ζ-2=0 and ζ-2, one can get:

21
A-=ν-2-λ2ν-2-(1+ν-2+μν-2)λ2+λ4=±11-λ2-μλ2.

One can find that there is no meaning if the right part of the equal sign is positive. Taking the negative one and simplifying the equation, one could obtain:

22
λ4-2λ21+ν-2+μν-22+μ+2ν-22+μ=0.

Solving Eq. (22), one can get:

23
λ1,22=1+(1+μ)ν-22+μ±1-2ν-2+(1+μ)2ν-42+μ.

2.2.1. The optimal equivalent frequency ratio

Substituting λ1,22 into A- respectively when ζ-2, one can obtain:

24
11-λ12-μλ12=-11-λ22-μλ22.

Simplifying Eq. (24), one will get:

25
λ12+λ22=21+μ.

According to Eq. (23), one can obtain:

26
λ12+λ22=2(1+ν-2+μν-2)2+μ.

Comparing Eq. (25) with Eq. (26), one can get:

27
2(1+ν-2+μν-2)2+μ=21+μ.

The optimal equivalent frequency ratio can be obtained by solving Eq. (27):

28
ν-=11+μ.

Substituting ν- into λ1,22, then the abscissas of the two fixed points can be obtained:

29
λ1,22=11+μ1±μ2+μ.

2.2.2. The optimal equivalent damping ratio

Substituting the optimal equivalent frequency ratio ν- into A-, differentiating A- to t, and equating the obtained slopes to zero at the two optimal equivalent frequency ratio, one could get the best equivalent damping ratio:

30
(ζ-2)1,2=μ81+μ3±μ2+μ.

Based on Eq. (30), one could obtain an average value between the two given optimal equivalent damping ratios:

31
ζ-2=(ζ-2)12+(ζ-2)222=3μ8(1+μ).

In order to determine the optimal equivalent stiffness and equivalent damping, the optimal frequency ratio and the optimal damping ratio are replaced by the equivalent stiffness and the equivalent damping. After simplification one could get:

32
C2p=2m2ω11+μ3μ81+μ=c2+K1ω1p-1sinpπ2,K2p=m2ω12(1+μ)2=k2+K1ω1pcospπ2.

The optimal fractional order p and the fractional coefficient K1 can be obtained by solving Eq. (32):

33
p=2πarctanm2ω 126μ(1+μ)-c2ω1(1+μ)22m2ω12-2k2(1+μ)2,K1=k2-m2ω12(1+μ)22+c2ω1-m2ω126μ2(1+μ)3/22ω1p.

That means, the fractional-order element could replace the linear spring and damper simultaneously in H optimization criterion, and reduce the maximum resonance amplitude of the primary system the same as traditional Voigt type DVA.

2.3. H2 optimization of the DVA

H2 optimization will be more desirable if the system is subjected to random excitation instead of harmonic excitation, because the object of this optimization criterion is to reduce the total vibration energy of the primary system over the whole-frequency range. It means the area under the amplitude-frequency curve of the primary system should be minimized.

The performance index is defined as follow for the H2 optimization criterion:

34
I1=E[x12]2πSfω1/k12=x 122πSfω1/k12,

where the symbol E[] is statistical average, the symbol is the temporal averages, and Sf is the uniform power spectrum density of the excitation force respectively. The mean square value of the displacement of the primary system is calculated by the following equation:

35
x12=Sfk12-+A2dω=Sfω1k12-+A2dλ,

where A is the amplitude amplification factor. Thus the performance index can be simplified as:

36
I1=12π-+A2dλ.

Based on the residue theorem, Eq. (36) will be:

37
I1=p1ζ-23+p2ζ-22+p3ζ-2 +p44(q1ζ-23+q2ζ-22+q3ζ-2 +q4),

where:

p1=41+μν-2, p2=4ν-ζ11+(1+μ)ν-2,
p3=1+(1+μ)2ν-4-ν-22+μ-4ζ12, p4=μν-3ζ1,
q1=4ν-2ζ11+μ, q2=ν-μ+4ζ121+ν-21+μ,
q3=ζ1[1+ν-41+μ)2-2ν-21-2ζ12, q4=μν-3ζ12.

The performance index has a minimum value at a certain combination of ζ-2 and ν- when the value of μ and ζ1 is given. This condition is achieved when both the partial derivatives of I1 with respect to ζ-2 and ν- are zero. Considering the undamped primary system, one can get a pair of simultaneous equations after differentiation:

38
ζ-244μν-2+4ν-2+ζ-223μ2ν-4+6μν-4-μν-2+3ν-4-2ν-2-1=0,ζ-244μν-2+4ν-2+ζ-22-μ2ν-4-2μν-4+μν-2-ν-4+2ν-2-1=0.

Eliminating ζ-2 for solving the functions, the equation about ν- can be obtained:

39
21+μ2ν-4-2+μν-2=0.

The optimal equivalent tuning ratio can be obtained by solving Eq. (39):

40
ν-opt=11+μ2+μ2.

Substituting ν-opt into Eq. (38), the optimal equivalent damping ratio ζ-2 can be obtained as:

41
ζ-2opt=μ4+3μ81+μ2+μ.

Replacing the parameters with the equivalent stiffness and the equivalent damping, one could get a pair of equations about p and K1:

42
C2p=12m2ω1μ4+3μ(1+μ)3=c2+K1ω1p-1sinpπ2,K2p=2+μm2ω1221+μ2=k2+K1ω 1pcospπ2.

Solving the equations one can get the optimal fractional order and the fractional coefficient for H2 optimization criterion:

43
p=2πarctan2ω1c2(1+μ)2-m2ω1(1+μ)μ(4+3μ)/(1+μ)2k2(1+μ)2-m2ω12(2+μ),K1=12m2ω12μ4+3μ(1+μ)3-c2ω12+2+μm2ω1221+μ2-k22ω1p.

That means, the fractional-order element could replace the linear spring and damper simultaneously in H2 optimization criterion, and reduce the total energy of the primary system as traditional Voigt type DVA.

3. Numerical simulation and comparison

3.1. The comparison between the analytical and numerical solution

The numerical results are also presented to verify the precision of the analytical solution. Here the numerical formula presented in [17, 18] are adopted:

44
Dpxtlh-pj=0lCjpxtl-j,

where tl=lh is the sample points, h is the sample step, Cjp is the binomial coefficient with the iterative relationship as:

45
C0p=1, Cjp=1-1+pjCj-1p.

The total computation time is selected as 400 s and the sample step is 0.001 s. The peak value of the later 50 s response is taken as the steady-state amplitude of the numerical results and the temporary response in frontal 350 s is omitted.

Based on the above optimized results, one could investigate the effect of the fractional-order parameters through the following four groups of parameters:

a) k2= 0, c2=0.

b) k2= 0, c2=100,

c) k2= 6000, c2=0,

d) k2= 6000, c2=100.

The other system parameters are selected as m1= 1000, k1= 100000, c1= 0, m2= 100, F0= 1000000.

3.1.1. H optimization criterion

According to Eq. (19) and Eq. (33), the analytical normalized amplitude-frequency curves of the primary system are plotted in Fig. 2 and denoted by the solid lines. The corresponding numerical results are also shown in Fig. 2, and denoted by the circles. From the figure it could be found that the two kinds of curves agree well, that means the approximately analytical solution is satisfactorily precise. Moreover, the similarity of those curves shows that all the analytical amplitudes remain almost the same no matter how the stiffness coefficient k2 and damping coefficient c2 changes. That means the fractional order and fractional coefficient can affect the dynamic system characteristics by affecting the equivalent stiffness and the equivalent damping coefficient. Even it could replace the linear spring and damper of DVA completely. This result is different from the traditional results where the fractional-order derivative was generally regarded as damping device only.

3.2. H2 optimization criterion

Based on the aforementioned system parameters, the normalized amplitude-frequency curves are plotted in Fig. 3 according to the optimal p and K1 in Eq. (43). It could also be found that the analytical solutions agree very well with the numerical results in H2 optimization case.

Fig. 2The normalized frequency response curve based on H∞ optimization criterion

The normalized frequency response curve based on H∞ optimization criterion

a)k2= 0, c2= 0

The normalized frequency response curve based on H∞ optimization criterion

b)k2= 0, c2= 100

The normalized frequency response curve based on H∞ optimization criterion

c)k2= 6000, c2= 0

The normalized frequency response curve based on H∞ optimization criterion

d)k2= 6000, c2= 100

Fig. 3The normalized frequency response curve based on H2 optimization criterion

The normalized frequency response curve based on H2 optimization criterion

a)k2= 0, c2= 0

The normalized frequency response curve based on H2 optimization criterion

b)k2= 0, c2= 100

The normalized frequency response curve based on H2 optimization criterion

c)k2= 6000, c2= 0

The normalized frequency response curve based on H2 optimization criterion

d)k2= 6000, c2= 100

To study more realistic situation, 50 s random excitation are constructed, which is composed of 5000 random numbers with normal distribution. The excitation is normalized so that it is with mean value 0 and variance 1. The time history of the random excitation is shown in Fig. 4. When there is no fractional-order derivative in the Voigt type DVA, the time history of the primary system is given in Fig. 5. Here the optimum parameters are k2= 8686 and c2= 285, which are obtained according to reference [15]. For comparison the time histories of the primary system with the fractional-order DVA for the above different system parameters are presented in Fig. 6 to Fig. 9. The variances of the primary system in the above five systems are summarized in Table 1.

Table 1The variances of the displacement of the primary system

The integer-order DVA
The fractional-order DVA
k2= 0,
c2= 0
k2= 0,
c2= 100
k2= 6000,
c2= 0
k2= 6000,
c2= 100
Variances
3.929e-11
2.8434e-11
2.8632e-11
2.8348e-11
2.8577e-11

Fig. 4The time history of random excitation

The time history of random excitation

From the Figs. 4-9 and Table 1 it could be concluded that the fractional-order DVA can not only reduce the peak displacement of the primary system (H optimization criterion), but also reduce the total energy of the primary system in the whole-frequency range (H2 optimization criterion).

Fig. 5The time history of the primary system without fractional-order derivative (k2= 8686, c2= 285)

The time history of the primary system without fractional-order derivative (k2= 8686, c2= 285)

Fig. 6The time history of the primary system with fractional-order derivative (k2= 0, c2= 0)

The time history of the primary system with fractional-order derivative (k2= 0, c2= 0)

Fig. 7The time history of the primary system with fractional-order derivative (k2= 0, c2= 100)

The time history of the primary system with fractional-order derivative (k2= 0, c2= 100)

Fig. 8The time history of the primary system with fractional-order derivative (k2= 6000, c2= 0)

The time history of the primary system with fractional-order derivative (k2= 6000, c2= 0)

Fig. 9The time history of the primary system with fractional-order derivative (k2= 6000, c2= 100)

The time history of the primary system with fractional-order derivative (k2= 6000, c2= 100)

3.3. The comparison with the Voigt type DVA

In order to verify the performance of the fractional-order DVA, the comparison between the fractional-order and the traditional integer-order Voigt type DVA is presented in this subsection.

The amplification factor of the integer-order Voigt type DVA is:

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A=(2νλζ2)2+(ν2-λ2)2(2λνζ2)2(1-λ2-μλ2)2+[ν2-(1+ν2+μν2)λ2+λ4]2.

According to the reference [4], the optimal parameters of Voigt DVA for the H optimization criterion is μ=0.1, νopt=0.909, ζ2opt=0.185.

The comparison of the fractional-order and the traditional integer-order Voigt type DVA is shown in Fig. 10. The parameters k2 and c2 are all selected as 0 in the fractional-order DVA so as to find out the effect of fractional-order derivative on the system clearly.

Similarly, one can choose the following parameters according to the existing literature [15] for the H2 optimization criterion μ=0.1, νopt=0.932, ζ2opt=0.153.

Fig. 10The comparison of the fractional-order and integer-order Voigt type DVA for H∞ optimization criterion

The comparison of the fractional-order  and integer-order Voigt type DVA for H∞ optimization criterion

Fig. 11The comparison of the fractional-order and integer-order Voigt type DVA for H2 optimization criterion

The comparison of the fractional-order  and integer-order Voigt type DVA for H2 optimization criterion

To observe the effect of the fractional-order derivative, one can also select k2 and c2 to be zero. The comparison results are shown in Fig. 11. From Fig. 10 and Fig. 11, it could be found that in the two cases the amplitude-frequency curves of the fractional-order DVA agree well with those of the integer-order DVA, even when the linear stiffness and damping coefficients of the fractional-order DVA equal zero. That means the fractional-order derivative has a very good substitution for the stiffness and damping elements of DVA. The results also prove the correctness of the concept of equivalent stiffness and damping coefficients presented in references [29-31].

4. Conclusion

The optimization of the fractional-order DVA is studied in this paper, and the optimal fractional order and fractional coefficient are obtained for the H and H2 optimization criteria. The comparisons of the approximately analytical solutions with the numerical solutions certify the satisfactory precision of the approximately analytical solutions. The comparisons with the integer-order DVA show that the fractional-order derivative can almost replace the linear stiffness and linear damping element, which may make the dynamical system much simpler. As the fractional-order derivative can accurately model many viscoelastic materials for vibration control engineering, the linear spring and damping elements may be replaced by one fractional-order element. These results may be very useful to design or revise vibration control device in engineering. Of course, it is important to study the replacement in engineering practice, which may be the next study object.

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About this article

Received
09 November 2015
Accepted
17 February 2016
Published
15 August 2016
SUBJECTS
Mechanical vibrations and applications
Keywords
dynamic vibration absorber
fractional derivative
parameters optimization
averaging method
Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the support by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11372198), the Cultivation Plan for Innovation Team and Leading Talent in Colleges and Universities of Hebei Province (LJRC018), the Program for Advanced Talent in the Universities of Hebei Province (GCC2014053), and the Program for Advanced Talent in Hebei Province (A201401001).

Author Contributions

Yongjun Shen presented the whole structure of the article. Yongjun Shen and Haibo Peng wrote the draft manuscript. Shaofang Wen, Shaopu Yang, and Haijun Xing helped to improve the quality of the article in the preparation procedure.