Dynamic stability of centrifugal pendulum vibration absorbers allowing a rotational mobility

• Published in: Journal of sound and vibration Vol. 517; p. 116525
• Main Authors: Mahe, V., Renault, A., Grolet, A., Thomas, O., Mahe, H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 20.01.2022; Elsevier Science Ltd; Elsevier
• Subjects: Absorbers; Automobile industry; Centrifugal pendulum vibration absorber; Dynamic models; Dynamic stability; Dynamical systems; Energy localisation; Engineering Sciences; Mechanical engineering; Mechanics; Non-linear dynamics; Numerical analysis; Pendulums; Perturbation methods; Rotors; Stability; Stability analysis; Vibration; Vibrations; Energy localisation; Stability; Centrifugal pendulum vibration absorber; Non-linear dynamics; Nonlinear dynamics
• ISSN: 0022-460X; 1095-8568
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2021.116525

Centrifugal pendulum vibration absorbers (CPVA) are used in the automobile industry to reduce the vibrations of the transmission system. These passive devices are made of several masses oscillating along a given trajectory relative to the rotor. In this paper, the dynamic stability of a new class of CPVA is investigated. The particularity of this new class is that masses now admit a significant rotation motion relative to the rotor, in addition to the traditional translation motion. The efficiency of such devices is optimal for a perfect synchronous motion of the oscillating masses. However, masses unison can be broken for the benefit of energy localisation on a given absorber, leading to a loss of mitigation performances. To assess the stability of such devices, a dynamical model based on an analytic perturbation method is established. The aim of this model is to predict analytically localisation and jumps of the response. The validity of the model is confirmed through a comparison with both a numerical resolution of the system’s dynamics and an experimental study. •The periodic response and stability of a CPVA with rotating pendulums are analysed.•The stability is represented as a function of the trajectory and the rotation law.•Design guidelines are proposed for the trajectory and rotation functions.•The analytical results are compared with numerical and experimental ones.