Targeted Energy Transfer for Suppressing Regenerative Instabilities in a 2-DOF Machine Tool Model

We study targeted energy transfer (TET) mechanisms by applying a nonlinear energy sink (NES) to suppress regenerative instabilities in a 2-DOF planar machine tool model. With the help of a numerical continuation tool, DDEBIFTOOL, we show that the tool instability is generated through a subcritical Hopf bifurcation in this simplified tool model. Studying modal energy exchanges reveals that only one of the DOFs is predominant, which may lead to the standard single-DOF machine tool model. Then, we apply an ungrounded NES to the 2-DOF tool model such that the NES interacts only with the dominant mode, which turns out to be more efficient than applying the NES to the other insignificant mode. Simple numerical simulations and bifurcation analysis demonstrate that the three typical TET mechanisms can be identified That is, recurrent burst outs and suppression, and partial and complete suppression of tool instability. ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE) This work may not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part for any commercial purpose. Permission to copy in whole or in part without payment of fee is granted for nonprofit educational and research purposes provided that all such whole or partial copies include the following: a notice that such copying is by permission of Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.; an acknowledgment of the authors and individual contributions to the work; and all applicable portions of the copyright notice. Copying, reproduction, or republishing for any other purpose shall require a license with payment of fee to Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright c ©Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., 2013 201 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139