Torsional Vibration in Mill Drive System

Decoupling Control of Bridle Rolls for Steel Mill Drive System

A decoupling controller between the tension and speed of a steel processing line is proposed for bridle rolls of the steel mill drive system. With the controller, the tension of the steel strip is kept as a reference value, regardless of the line speed variations, and the speed of the strip is also kept, regardless of the tension variations. The controller generates a torque reference of each r...

Characterization of Torsional Stiffness in Harmonic Drive

Primarily for aerospace applications, harmonic drives (HD’s) are high-ratio, compact torque transmission systems. This mechanical transmission employs a continuous deflection wave along a non-rigid gear, the socalled ‘flexspline’, to allow gradual engagement of gear teeth. A harmonic drive also contains a wave-generator (a ball-bearing assembly with a rigid elliptical inner-race) and a circular...

Torsional Vibration of Eccentric Building Systems

The axial–torsional vibration of pretwisted beams

We investigate the coupled axial–torsional vibration of pretwisted beams. The equations of motion governing the extension, torsion, and cross-sectional warping of pretwisted beams are derived from Hamiltons principle, and the common assumptions used to simplify the equations are carefully examined through scaling analysis. Inconsistencies in previous works—such as the neglect of spatial and tim...

A dynamically generated fuzzy neural network and its application to torsional vibration control of tandem cold rolling mill spindles

Based on the model of Higgins and Goodman, we describe a dynamically generated fuzzy neural network (DGFNN) approach to control, from input–output data, using on-line learning. The DGFNN is complete with the following powerful features drawn or modified from the existing literature: (1) a small FNN is created from scratch—there is no need to specify initial network architecture, initial members...