Dynamic analysis on flexible hub-beam with step-variable cross-section

Weipeng Hu, Mengbo Xu, Fan Zhang, Chuan Xiao, Zichen Deng

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Abstract

Decreasing the vibration amplitude of the manipulator in the Space Manipulator Systems (SMS) with a given mass limitation is an effective way to reduce the control costs for the SMS. In this paper, the dynamic response of the SMS modeled by a flexible hub-beam with a step-variable cross-section excited by an external torque is investigated employing a new complex structure-preserving method. The dynamic model of the flexible hub-beam with a step-variable cross-section is deduced firstly. Then, a new structure-preserving method connecting the symplectic precise integration method and the generalized multi-symplectic method is proposed, in which, the time-consuming iteration is avoided and the simulation time is saved. In the numerical simulations, several simple cases for the step-variable cross-section are considered and the stable vibration amplitudes of the flexible beam at the free end are reported. The main contribution of this work is proposing a structure-preserving method for the solving the coupling dynamic problems of the hub-beam system to provide some suggestions on the structure design for the SMS directly.

Original languageEnglish
Article number109423
JournalMechanical Systems and Signal Processing
Volume180
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Nov 2022

Keywords

  • Flexible hub-beam system
  • Generalized multi-symplectic method
  • Step-variable cross-section
  • Structure-preserving
  • Symplectic precise integration

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