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Frequency (Hz)
FIGURE 2 Isolator nonlinear stiffness characteristics.
highly hysteretic load-deflection characteristics. The wire rope isolator model validation uses
The coulomb damper element exhibits linear both static and dynamic test data. Figure 5 dem-
spring behavior with viscous damping until the onstrates the isolator model validation using the
specified maximum or minimum force limits are static hysteretic characteristics of the isolators.
exceeded, at which point axial slipping occurs at Figure 6 presents the comparison of isolator
a constant force. Unloading of the coulomb ele- model dynamic response to the dynamic test data
ment occurs linearly from the point of maximum at the prescribed excitation vibration levels.
slip. The superposition of the approximated cou- Further analysis using the isolator model
lomb damping force and the parallel spring/vis- shows that the resonant frequency shift with var-
cous damping force results in the complete hys- iation in input vibration level is primarily a func-
teresis function illustrated in Figure 4. tion of the hysteretic behavior and the influence
of the isolator stiffness in the transition region
between static load and unload curves.
displacement
6000 .----r--..-------r--"'T"""_7...j,,,..----,
analysis of the input is desired. The first step
toward establishing an appropriate frequency re-
4800 I---+--+-~-+~":?~---,~~--;
sponse function for a nonlinear system is to esti-
W mate a sample time domain forcing function from
g 3600 I---+--+-::n~"---:::t"'---t---;
-0
the PSD input spectrum. The time domain forc-
.eo ing function can then be used as input to a two
] 2400 I---+-r-"?"':.F--~>"'--_I_--t--__i degrees of freedom (DOF) payload model with
time history acceleration output. To determine
1200 I-f:.......,,;'-h-....,IT'---t--_I_--tf--__i the resonant frequency and the peak gain factor
(Q) of the isolator, the acceleration output of the
.16 .40 .48
two DOF model can be converted back to a PSD
Deflection (inches) acceleration spectrum and ratioed to the input
spectrum. The steps detailing these conversions
FIGURE 5 Isolator static load-deflection curve (test
together with a typical application will be pre-
vs. analysis).
sented here.
i
I'" VI1.0 g fi = T' i = 1,2, . . . ,N, (3)
1.0
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where N represents the number of frequencies in
the digitized spectrum.
Let the amplitude IXI and the phase angle a
,\...~
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c:
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{ such that
k = 1, . . . ,M, (7)
Time (seconds)
where M represents the number of samples in the FIGURE 8 Time history acceleration equivalent to
time record. Equation (7) constitutes the opera- PSD input.
tion required to convert a PSD spectrum to its
equivalent time domain representation. To illus-
trate the conversion numerically, consider the
acceleration PSD environment given in Fig. 7. Time Domain Conversion to PSD
Figure 8 shows the time history equivalent ob-
The proposed method here is to derive spectral
tained through this operation. To assure the
density functions based on a finite Fourier trans-
transformation is accurate, one expects to obtain
form of the time history data records, which al-
the same PSD spectrum shown in Fig. 7 starting
lows checking to assure that the previous trans-
from its equivalent time history and proceeding
formation from PSD to time domain is
in reverse steps. The reverse steps needed to
acceptable.
verify the accuracy of the resulting PSD spec-
Consider x(t) representing a sample time his-
trum require finite Fourier transformation that
tory. For a finite time interval 0 :::; t :::; T, define
will be discussed next.
.001.__
i = 1, 2, . . . N. (8)
Lt
. - ~
-, The quantity IX(fi, T)I represents the amplitude
v of the finite Fourier transform of x(t). The bar is
used to differentiate from the Fourier amplitude
in Eq. (1).
Equation (8) can be expressed in the form
M } 112
+~ [x(tk)sin 27TfitkF ,
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Frequency (Hz)
10
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100
i = 1, 2, . . . N.
1
-
G(fj, T)I = T2 IX(ii.
-
T)12,
;/
rRigid
payload
node 3 mass
i = 1, 2, . . . ,N, (10)
Rigid
Linear pad
in which IX(fj, T)I is defined by Eq. (9). stiffness and
Now the conversion of time record xU) to mass
damping
power spectral density form can be obtained us- (k 3 , C:3 )
i~ Eqs. (9) and (10). A direct comparison of
IG(fj, T)I obtained from X(tk) to the starting PSD,
IG(fj, T)I, is shown in Fig. 9. This comparison
Linear Elastically
shows the ideal Fig. 7 spectrum falls along the
spring/ C2 connected
average of the Fig. 9 calculation. No averaging is
dashpot coulomb
applied to the calculated acceleration spectra. A damper
(k l' c1 )
result closer to Fig. 7 could be obtained by se-
(k2' c2 )
lecting a larger time history record T and apply-
ing an averaging technique. x (t)
node 1
FIGURE 10 Two DOF payload/carriage model.
TWO DOF PAYLOAD MODEL
Description of Model
.001
'N A two DOF collinear mathematical model repre-
~
(\I senting the nonlinear isolation system connected
.9
0 to the carriage and primary payload masses is
CI)
a.
c:
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payload structural design details does not yield a
e
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considerable improvement in the determination
of the transmissibility characteristics of the isola-
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tor. Therefore, nodes 2 and 3 shown in Fig. 10
. -Ideal represent the rigid carriage and payload masses,
t-+-+~f+Ht----'f-++t+1+H-- - - Calcu lated respectively, with only vertical motion allowed
.1E-05 1--..L....l...1..l.J..llil_L.L..Ll.l.J.LU..---l--L.LWLlll---L..LJ...LllllJ so that the fundamental vertical resonance mode
.01 .1 10 leo of the isolator is captured. Carriage/paYload in-
Frequency (Hz)
terface pad stiffness and damping was assumed
FIGURE 9 Calculated vs. ideal acceleration PSD linear. The excitation input x(t) is defined at node
spectra. 1 along the line of action.
Nonlinear Dynamics 355
springs). The acceleration PSD response for each The advantage of first using the simplified
environment at the critical payload internal com- models and PSD conversion suggested here prior
ponents was compared to the allowables to as- to the more complex finite-element model ap-
sess the final random vibration response. This proach is that the payload model developed here
approach avoided a costly and time-consuming may include several nonlinear elements that can-
nonlinear finite-element analysis. not be easily considered in the finite element
model. Therefore, following the general tech-
nique presented here, the detailed finite-element
CONCLUSIONS payload model can be employed with its nonlin-
ear elements replaced by their linear equivalents
A practical approximate approach was devel- for the final modal frequency and shock spec-
oped for the analysis of output PSD of a general trum response analyses.
nonlinear system. The mathematical models and
the PSD conversion methods developed in this This work was conducted in support of the U.S. Air
study are demonstrated to be successful in the Force Ballistic Missile Organization under the Rail
dynamic analysis of a nonlinear shock isolation Garrison BT&SS Contract No. F04704-87-C-0108.
system. It can be concluded from the study of the The author wishes to thank the Air Force and The
numerical results presented here that the two Boeing Company for permission to publish this article.
The author also wishes to thank his colleagues Lee J.
DOF payload/carriage model with the nonlinear
Favour, Wesley R. Bruner, and Dr. Karlheinz
isolator element is adequate for a simple but ac- Eisinger for their technical assistance, and Rise A.
curate dynamic analysis of an aerospace shock Windell for preparation of the manuscript.
isolation system. The accuracy of the nonlinear
isolator element has been demonstrated by com-
paring predicted responses to test data. The va-
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