Dynamics Modeling and Numerical Analysis of Rotor with Elastic Support/Dry Friction Dampers

The elastic support/dry friction damper is a type of damper which is used for active vibration control in a rotor system. To establish the analytical model of this type of damper, a two-dimensional friction model-ball/plate model was proposed. By using this ball/plate model, a dynamics model of rotor with elastic support/dry friction dampers was established and experimentally verified. Moreover, the damping performance of the elastic support/dry friction damper was studied numerically with respect to some variable parameters. The numerical study shows that the damping performance of the elastic support/dry friction damper is closely related to the stiffness distribution of the rotor-support system, the damper location, the pressing force between the moving and stationary disk, the friction coefficient, the tangential contact stiffness of the contact interface, and the stiffness of the stationary disk. In general, the damper should be located on an elastic support which has a large vibration amplitude in order to achieve a better damping performance, and the more vibration energy in this elastic support concentrates, the better performance of the damper will be. The larger the tangential contact stiffness of the contact interface, and the stiffness of the stationary disk are, the better performance of the damper will be. There will be an optimal value of the friction force at which the damper performs best.