Mugen Ito

Bio: Mugen Ito is an academic researcher from Nagoya University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bearing (mechanical) & Rotor (electric). The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 3 citations.

Order reduction and bifurcation analysis of a flexible rotor system supported by a full circular journal bearing

Abstract: Journal bearing has been widely used in the wide range of rotating machineries to support large loads and to add significant damping to the system. Conventionally, its fluid film force is represented by the linear model of spring and damper around its equilibrium position in the vibration analysis of the rotor system. However, the fluid film force of the journal bearing is essentially nonlinear, and it is necessary to consider its nonlinearity to expect the characteristics of the limit cycle at around the instability point. This paper investigated the order reduction and bifurcation analysis of a flexible rotor system supported by a full circular journal bearing. The fluid film force is derived under the conditions of both infinitesimal length approximation and half-Zommerfeld boundary condition, and its polynomial function approximation expression is used. Order reduction in the FEM rotor model retaining the nonlinearity of the journal bearing was performed by utilizing the substructure synthesis method. Then, its bifurcation phenomena at around the instability point are investigated by applying the center manifold theory and using the normal form theory. The influences of various parameters, such as kinematic viscosity, bearing length, and the disk position, on the bifurcation phenomena at around the instability point were investigated and explained. Furthermore, the validity of the derived analytical observation was confirmed by numerical simulation and experiment. By invoking these analytical techniques and obtained results, the bifurcation characteristics can be expected theoretically at the design stage of the journal bearing and rotor system.

A Review of Model Order Reduction Methods for Large-Scale Structure Systems

Abstract: The large-scale structure systems in engineering are complex, high dimensional, and variety of physical mechanism couplings; it will be difficult to analyze the dynamic behaviors of complex systems quickly and optimize system parameters. Model order reduction (MOR) is an efficient way to address those problems and widely applied in the engineering areas. This paper focuses on the model order reduction of high-dimensional complex systems and reviews basic theories, well-posedness, and limitations of common methods of the model order reduction using the following methods: center manifold, Lyapunov–Schmidt (L-S), Galerkin, modal synthesis, and proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) methods. The POD is a powerful and effective model order reduction method, which aims at obtaining the most important components of a high-dimensional complex system by using a few proper orthogonal modes, and it is widely studied and applied by a large number of researchers in the past few decades. In this paper, the POD method is introduced in detail and the main characteristics and the existing problems of this method are also discussed. POD is classified into two categories in terms of the sampling and the parameter robustness, and the research progresses in the recent years are presented to the domestic researchers for the study and application. Finally, the outlooks of model order reduction of high-dimensional complex systems are provided for future work.

Nonlinear Vibration Analysis of a Flexible Rotor Supported by a Journal Bearing Considering Journal Angular Motion

Abstract: The effect of bearing length to diameter (L/D) ratio and large disk position on nonlinear vibration of a flexible rotor-bearing system was investigated. The rotor consisted of a shaft modeled by one-dimensional finite elements (FEs) and disks. It was supported by a self-aligning ball bearing (BB) and an axial-groove journal bearing (JB). Two JB's L/D ratios of 0.4 and 0.6, two large disk positions of 340 and 575 mm measured from the BB, and two bearing models that consider both journal's lateral and angular motion (model A) and consider only journal's lateral motion (model B) were investigated. The degrees-of-freedom (DOF) of the equation of motion (EOM) were reduced to those of the boundary DOF by real mode component mode synthesis (CMS) that retains only the first forward and backward modes of the internal DOF. Shooting method and Floquet multiplier analysis were applied to the reduced EOM to obtain limit cycles and their stability, which indicates Hopf bifurcation type. Numerical results indicated that supercritical bifurcation only occurred in the case of L/D = 0.4 and large disk position 575 mm for both bearing models. Otherwise, the subcritical bifurcation occurred except the case of L/D = 0.6 with the large disk position 575 mm that supercritical bifurcation occurred if model B was used. The experiment with the same parameters used in the calculation was conducted as verification. The experimental results showed the same bifurcation type as calculated by using model A.

Nonlinear Vibration Prediction of a Highly Flexible Rotor Supported by an Axial Groove Journal Bearing Considering Journal Angular Whirling Motion

Abstract: The difference in dynamic behavior of the rotor-bearing system supported by the bearing model that considers both lateral and angular whirling motions of the journal (model A), and the model that considers only lateral whirling motion (model B) is investigated. The rotor model consists of a slender shaft, a large disk, and two small disks supported by a self-aligning rolling element bearing (REB) and an axial groove journal bearing (JB) of length-to-diameter ratio (L/D) = 0.6. Three positions of the large disk: 410, 560, and 650 mm measured from the REB, are investigated. Numerical integration of the rotor-bearing system which is modally reduced to the first forward (FWD) mode is performed at above the onset speed of instability until either a steady-state journal orbit or contact between the journal and the bearing occurs to identify the bifurcation type. Numerical results using model A indicate subcritical bifurcation with the contact between the journal and the inboard (IB) side of the bearing in all three large disk positions, whereas those of model B indicate subcritical bifurcation when the large disk position is at 410 mm, and supercritical bifurcation is observed in the other two cases. Finally, the experiments at the same three large disk positions are performed. Subcritical bifurcation with the contact between the journal and the IB side of the bearing is observed in all large disk positions, which conforms with the calculation result of model A. Hence, model A is essential in nonlinear vibration analysis of a highly flexible rotor system.