Published: 28 June 2021

Dynamic of a cylindrical column on a vibrating base

Munitsyn Alexander1
Munitsyna Maria2
1National Research University MPEI, Moscow, Russia
2Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Moscow, Russia
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Munitsyn Alexander
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Abstract

The solution of the problem of cylindrical column on a rigid horizontal foundation motion is presented. It is assumed that the base moves in a horizontal direction, there is no slippage between the column and the base, and the column height is significantly greater than the base diameter. The modes of oscillations of the column, corresponding to the main resonance for two laws of the base motion are found. The results are presented in the form of amplitude-frequency characteristics. It is shown that the solutions corresponding to the column motion in the plane of vibration excitation are unstable.

1. Introduction

The study of the motion of a rigid body on a horizontal supporting surface is of great interest for applications in technology. The problem of vibrations of a rigid body in the form of a parallelepiped on a vibrating base was first considered in [1]. In this and a number of other works [2-4], this problem was considered in relation to the problems of seismic stability. There are other technical areas of application of this problem, for example, the problem of the movement of parts on a conveyor. The exact solution to the problem of vibrations of a parallelepiped on a vibrating base was obtained in [5], and in [6, 7] the averaging method was used, which made it possible to investigate the stability of the solutions obtained. A detailed list of publications on the issue of seismic stability of elongated structures is given in [8].

In his article in 1963, G. Housner [1], analyzing reports on a number of earthquakes, drew attention to the fact that structures that are highly elongated in height can safely withstand earthquakes, despite their unstable appearance. The explanation for this phenomenon lies in the existence of stable vibration modes, in which the body consistently rests on the ribs of the base. In this work and a large number of subsequent ones, a body in the form of a parallelepiped was considered as a model, although most of the structures (water tanks, stone columns) have a base in the form of a circle.

In this paper, the dynamics of similar systems, but with a base in the form of a circle, is investigated.

2. Formulation of the problem

Consider the motion of a rigid body in the form of a column with circular cross-section on a horizontal supporting surface, performing harmonic oscillations in the horizontal direction. A rigid body on a support surface in the absence of slippage is a system with two degrees of freedom. In the equilibrium position, the central axis of the column coincides with the normal to the supporting plane, and the bottom base rests completely on the plane. When motions, the axis of the column deviates from the vertical by a certain angle α (Fig. 1). We assume that there is no slippage at the point of contact between the column and the plane, and, in addition, the column cannot rotate about the vertical axis. This formulation of the problem corresponds to the case of taking into account the forces of interaction between the base and the column according to the Coulomb friction model, with a finite area of the contact patch and a sufficiently large value of the friction coefficient.

We will also assume that the column is strongly elongated in the vertical direction and the ratio of the base radius to the half-height of the column is small c=r/h1.

We take α1, α2 – the angles of rotation of the column axis relative to the axes Ox1, Ox2 associated with the movable base as a generalized coordinates. From the last assumption α1, α21 and we can put α=α12+α22. The kinetic energy of the system isT=Jα˙12+α˙22/2. For a column extended in height, we put Jx1=Jx2=J.

Fig. 1The design scheme

The design scheme

The potential energy of the system Π=mgh2+r2cosγ-α, where m is the mass, g is the gravitational acceleration, γ is the angle between the axis of the column and the line connecting the center of mass of the column C with the point contact. Generalized forces:

Q1=Q01mh2+r2cosγ-α1cosθ0t,
Q2=Q02mh2+r2cosγ-α2cosθ0t+φ0,

where θ0 is the vibration frequency of the supporting surface, Q01, Q02, φ0 are the amplitudes and phase of the base motions in two orthogonal directions.

Substituting the obtained formulas into the Lagrange equations of the second kind, we obtain the equations of motion of the system:

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α¨1-α1+cα1α12+α22-1/2+ηα1˙+a1cosθτ=0,
α¨2-α2+cα2α12+α22-1/2+ηα2˙+a2cosθτ+φ0=0,

where, the dimensionless time τ=tω0 is introduced, where ω0=mgh/J, the dimensionless amplitude and frequency of oscillation excitation are ai=Q0i/g, θ=θ0/ω0, i=1,2. The dot denotes the derivative with respect to the dimensionless time. Dissipation according to the model of viscous friction with a dimensionless friction parameter η is introduced into the equations of motion.

The system of Eq. (1) describes the motion of a strongly nonlinear system. With a1=a2=0 and η=0, we obtain the equation of column vibrations on a fixed plane, which has two solutions. The first solution corresponds to the vibrations of the column in the plane located at an angle β to the x1 axis. For one oscillation period, this solution has the form [6]:

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α1τ=cosβc-c-Achτ, α2τ=sinβc-c-Achτ,
-π/2ωτπ/2ω,
α1τ=cosβc-c-Achτ-π/ω, α2τ=sinβc-c-Achτ-π/ω,
π/2ωτ3π/2ω,

where A, ω are the amplitude and frequency of natural vibrations, interconnected by the dependence:

3
A=c1-ch-1π/2ω.

If α20 Eqs. (1) coincide with the equation of vibrations of a rigid body in the form of a parallelepiped on a vibrating base. The generating solution in this case coincides with Eq. (2) for β=0. Unlike a rigid body in the form of a parallelepiped, a cylindrical column can vibrate freely in any plane. The solution obtained in [6] by the averaging method describes the vibrations of a cylindrical column in the plane of excitation of vibrations, however, it requires an additional study of stability. The second solution describes motion in space:

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α1τ=Acosωt,α2τ=Asinωt.

In this case, the base of the column rolls in a circle with center O on the reference plane (Fig. 1). After substituting Eq. (4) into Eq. (1), we obtain the dependence of the oscillation amplitude on frequency for this solution:

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A=c/1+ω2.

Let us change the variables in Eq. (1):

α1τ=Acosβ, α2τ=Asinβ,

where A>0 is the angle of deviation of the column axis from the vertical, β is the angle formed by the radius vector OK of the contact point with the x1 axis. Let us introduce the notation μ=A˙ – the angular velocity of the column relative to the axis perpendicular to OK and ω=β˙ – the angular velocity of the contact point along a circle with center O on the reference plane. The equations for the vibrations of the column in the new variables have the form:

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μ˙=A1+ω2-c-ημ-a1cosβcosθτ-a2sinβcosθτ+φ0,
Aω˙=-2μω-ηωA+a1sinβcosθτ-a2cosβcosθτ+φ0,
A˙=μ, β˙=ω.

Next, we consider the problem of forced vibrations of a column on a moving base in the vicinity of the generating solution Eq. (4). In new variables, this solution μ=0, β=ωτ, A and ω are constants related by relation Eq. (5). We restrict ourselves to solving the system of Eq. (6) for two types of base motion.

3. Base motion in a circle

Consider the special case a2=a1=a0, φ0=-π/2, which corresponds to the motion of all points of the supporting plane along a circle. For steady-state forced vibrations, there is an exact solution to the problem. Setting β=θτ+ψ, we obtain a system of equations that does not explicitly contain time on the right-hand side:

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μ˙=A1+ω2-c-ημ-a0cosψ,
ω˙=-2μωA-ηω+a0Asinψ,
A˙=μ, ψ˙=ω-θ.

The solution of the system Eq. (7) is:

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μ=0, ω=θ,
A=c1+θ2±a021+θ22+η2θ2a02-c21+θ22+η2θ2,
tgψ=ηθAA1+θ2-c.

In this case, the column has a constant angle of deviation from the vertical, and the point of contact moves in a circle with a constant angular velocity equal to the angular velocity of movement of the base. The last two formulas Eq. (8) are amplitude-frequency and phase-frequency characteristics, respectively. To study the stability of the obtained solution, we consider a matrix consisting of partial derivatives of Eqs. (7) with respect to μ, ω, A and ψ. After substituting μ=0, ω=θ from solution Eq. (8), this matrix has the form:

-η2θA1+θ2a0sinψ-2θA-η-a0sinψA2 a0cosψA10010 00 0.

The asymptotic stability was investigated using the Routh-Hurwitz criterion.

Fig. 2Amplitude-frequency characteristic

Amplitude-frequency characteristic

Fig. 3Phase-frequency characteristic

Phase-frequency characteristic

Dependences Aθ and ψθare shown in Figs. 2 and 3 with the ratio of the base radius to the column half-height c= 0.1, the friction coefficient η= 0.1. Curves 2, 3 correspond to the amplitude of acceleration of the base a0= 0.02, curves 4,5 – a0= 0.065. Bold lines indicate stable solutions. Dependences Aθ are adjacent to curve 1 – the dependence of the amplitude on the frequency of free vibrations Eqs. (5). Curves 2 and 4 are located below curve 1 and correspond to unstable solutions with the phase ψπ. Dependences 3 and 5 have a stable and unstable section, the border between them shifts to the right with an increasing of the excitation amplitude.

4. Base motion along a straight line

Consider one more special case a2=0, in which all points of the support plane move along a straight line. As in the previous case, we put β=θτ+ψ. The system of equations has the form:

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2θμ˙=A1+ω2-c-ημ-12a1cosψ-12a1cosχ+ψ,
2θω˙=-2μωA-ηω+a12Asinψ-a12Asinχ+ψ,
2θA˙=μ, 2θψ˙=ω-θ.

The system of differential Eq. (9) explicitly contains the fast variable χ=2θτ on the right-hand side. We will use the averaging method [9, 10], for which we assume that the value of the viscous friction coefficient η/2θ, the excitation amplitude a1/4θ, the angular velocity μ/2θ and the frequency detuning ω-θ/2θ are small. In the vicinity of the generating solution, the term A1+ω2-c in the first equation is small. The functions A, μ, φ, ω are slow variables of the dimensionless time χ. Applying the averaging procedure and keeping the previous notation for the averaged variables, we obtain:

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2θμ˙=A1+ω2-c-ημ-12a1cosψ, 2θω˙=-2μωA-ηω+a12Asinψ,
2θA˙=μ, 2θψ˙=ω-θ.

For steady-state oscillations, we assume the left-hand side of equations Eq. (10) to be equal to zero. The solution of the resulting system coincides with Eq. (8) taking into account the replacement a0=12a1. The amplitude-frequency and phase-frequency characteristics coincide with those shown in Fig. 2 and 3, curves 2, 3 correspond to a1= 0.04, curves 4.5 - a1= 0.13. In contrast to the previous case, for the movement of the base along the straight line A(θ)and ψθ in Fig. 2 and 3 are the averaged values of the amplitude and phase of the oscillations.

There is one more solution corresponding to the movement of the column in the plane of excitation of oscillations. Let us prove that the generating solution Eq. (2) of the system of Eq. (1) is unstable. For free vibrations of a column on a fixed plane without friction, the system of Eqs. (6) has the form:

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μ˙=A1+ω2-c, Aω˙=-2μω, A˙=μ, β˙=ω.

Consider its solution under the initial conditions A0=A0, μ(0)=0, β(0)=0, ω0=0. The solution Aτ, μ(τ) is periodic with the interval π/ω, and on the interval -π/2ωτπ/2ω has the form:

Aτ=c-c-A0chτ,μτ=c-A0shτ.

β(τ) has period 2π/ω:

βτ=0, -π/2ωτπ/2ω, βτ=π, π/2ωτ3π/2ω.

The second equation in Eq. (11) has a solution ω=ω0A0/A2 and system can be written in the form:

A¨=-ω02A02A3-A+c, β˙=ω0A0A2.

The solution corresponding to the motion of the column in the plane is realized only when ω0=0. When the initial velocity ω0 is nonzero, the modulus of the angle β increases indefinitely. This means that the motion of a column with a round base in one plane is unstable.

5. Conclusions

At small values of the acceleration amplitude of the base a0<c or a1<c and zero initial conditions, the column remains in a vertical position, the movement of the base only leads to a redistribution of the pressure of the lower edge of the column to the support plane. Under arbitrary initial conditions, or large amplitudes of excitation, the column can overturn. From the analysis of the results obtained, it follows that at low frequencies of vibration excitation, there are only these two variants of the motion of the system. When the excitation frequency exceeds a certain critical value, the value of which depends on the parameters of the problem, a stable solution exists for the system under consideration (Figs. 2 and 3). In this case, the base of the column rolls in a circle on the reference plane. Thus, even with large amplitudes of base motion, the column may not tip over.

The form of the amplitude-frequency dependences for a column with a round base and a parallelepiped [6] qualitatively coincide, but these are completely different curves adjacent to dependences Eqs. (5) and (3), respectively.

The assumption introduced at the beginning of the article about the absence of slippage at the point of contact of the column with the base reduces the scope of the results obtained. The problem requires additional research for various models of forces and moments of friction at the point of contact.

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About this article

Received
28 April 2021
Accepted
09 June 2021
Published
28 June 2021
SUBJECTS
Mathematical models in engineering
Keywords
supporting surface
nonlinear vibrations
averaging method
Acknowledgements

This research was financed by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (19-01-00140) and Program No 29 “Advanced Topics of Robotic Systems” of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences.