Bearing as an important machine element is widely used for industrial and automotive applications.At certain operational speed,bearings induce disturbing vibrations and noises that affect machine service life,producti...Bearing as an important machine element is widely used for industrial and automotive applications.At certain operational speed,bearings induce disturbing vibrations and noises that affect machine service life,productivity and passenger comfort in case of vehicle applications.Dissipative elastic metamaterials have caught considerable attention of scientific community due to their effective medium properties and peculiar dynamic characteristics including frequency bandgaps that can be effectively applied to attenuate and control undesirable vibration and noises.Although a substantial amount of theoretical work for effective medium characteristics and dynamic properties of acoustic/elastic metamaterials has been reported,the practical design and application of these composite structures for real-life engineering problems still remain unexplored.The present study intends to investigate a potential application of dissipative elastic metamaterials in controlling the bearing-generated vibration and noises over an ultrawide frequency range.The study is based on a simple analytical model together with rigorous finite element numerical simulations.It has been established that the dissipative characteristic of resonant system caused by larger material mismatch broadens the local resonance bandgaps beyond the bounding resonance frequency at the cost of wave transmission.In order to achieve broadband vibration and noise control,multi-resonant composite structures are embedded inside the bearing housing in five different layers.The reported results revealed the presence of broadband wave attenuation zone distributed from 3 to 52 kHz with consideration of material damping.The bearing-generated vibration and noises lying inside the wave attenuation zone will be mitigated.This feasibility study provides a new concept for the design and application of acoustic/elastic metamaterials in the bearing industry to improve machine service life and to enhance productivity and passenger comfort.展开更多
The phenomenon of ground vibration amplification caused by railway traffic was found and proved. In order to study the reasons which cause the amplification, a drop-weight test was performed. Then, the model for both ...The phenomenon of ground vibration amplification caused by railway traffic was found and proved. In order to study the reasons which cause the amplification, a drop-weight test was performed. Then, the model for both homogeneous and layered soil subjected to a harmonic vertical load was built. With the help of this model, displacement Green's function was calculated and the propagation laws of ground vibration responses were discussed. Results show that: 1) When applying a harmonic load on the half-space surface, the amplitude of ground vibrations attenuate with fluctuation, which is caused by the superposition of bulk and Rayleigh waves. 2) Vibration amplification can be enlarged under the conditions of embedded source and the soil layers. 3) In practice, the fluctuant attenuation should be paid attention to especially for the vibration receivers who are sensitive to single low frequencies(<10 Hz). Moreover, for the case of embedded loads, it should also be paid attention to that the receivers are located at the place where the horizontal distance is similar to embedded depth, usually 10 to 30 m for metro lines.展开更多
基金The work described in this paper was supported by General Research Grants from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(Project No.CityU 11216318)City University of Hong Kong(Project No.9680213)。
文摘Bearing as an important machine element is widely used for industrial and automotive applications.At certain operational speed,bearings induce disturbing vibrations and noises that affect machine service life,productivity and passenger comfort in case of vehicle applications.Dissipative elastic metamaterials have caught considerable attention of scientific community due to their effective medium properties and peculiar dynamic characteristics including frequency bandgaps that can be effectively applied to attenuate and control undesirable vibration and noises.Although a substantial amount of theoretical work for effective medium characteristics and dynamic properties of acoustic/elastic metamaterials has been reported,the practical design and application of these composite structures for real-life engineering problems still remain unexplored.The present study intends to investigate a potential application of dissipative elastic metamaterials in controlling the bearing-generated vibration and noises over an ultrawide frequency range.The study is based on a simple analytical model together with rigorous finite element numerical simulations.It has been established that the dissipative characteristic of resonant system caused by larger material mismatch broadens the local resonance bandgaps beyond the bounding resonance frequency at the cost of wave transmission.In order to achieve broadband vibration and noise control,multi-resonant composite structures are embedded inside the bearing housing in five different layers.The reported results revealed the presence of broadband wave attenuation zone distributed from 3 to 52 kHz with consideration of material damping.The bearing-generated vibration and noises lying inside the wave attenuation zone will be mitigated.This feasibility study provides a new concept for the design and application of acoustic/elastic metamaterials in the bearing industry to improve machine service life and to enhance productivity and passenger comfort.
基金Project(51278043)supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘The phenomenon of ground vibration amplification caused by railway traffic was found and proved. In order to study the reasons which cause the amplification, a drop-weight test was performed. Then, the model for both homogeneous and layered soil subjected to a harmonic vertical load was built. With the help of this model, displacement Green's function was calculated and the propagation laws of ground vibration responses were discussed. Results show that: 1) When applying a harmonic load on the half-space surface, the amplitude of ground vibrations attenuate with fluctuation, which is caused by the superposition of bulk and Rayleigh waves. 2) Vibration amplification can be enlarged under the conditions of embedded source and the soil layers. 3) In practice, the fluctuant attenuation should be paid attention to especially for the vibration receivers who are sensitive to single low frequencies(<10 Hz). Moreover, for the case of embedded loads, it should also be paid attention to that the receivers are located at the place where the horizontal distance is similar to embedded depth, usually 10 to 30 m for metro lines.
