Papers by Author: Yong Fang Zhang

Abstract: The prospective application of flexible electronics is feasible by shielding the silicon ribbons from damage in the structure. The silicon failure in the design of strain isolation for stretchable and flexible sensors is analyzed by FEM. The destruction of the silicon circuit is different with the change of the thickness of the PDMS layer in stretchable sensors. Owing to the fact that the PDMS layer is not infinitely thick in the application, the purpose of the paper is to provide a reference for choosing the thickness of the PDMS layer in the design of stretchable sensors.

Abstract: Dynamic model and equation of a nonlinear flexible rotor-bearing system are established based on rotor dynamics. A local iteration method consisting of improved Wilson-θ method, predictor-corrector mechanism and Newton-Raphson method is proposed to calculate nonlinear dynamic responses. By the proposed method, the iterations are only executed on nonlinear degrees of freedom. The proposed method has higher efficiency than Runge-Kutta method, so the proposed method improves calculation efficiency and saves computing cost greatly. Taking the system parameter ‘s’ of flexible rotor as the control parameter, nonlinear dynamic responses of rotor system are obtained by the proposed method. The stability and bifurcation type of periodic responses are determined by Floquet theory and a Poincaré map. The numerical results reveal periodic, quasi-periodic, period-5, jump solutions of rich and complex nonlinear behaviors of the system.

Abstract: The unbalanced response and corresponding bifurcation behavior of the rotor dynamic system supported by gas journal bearings are investigated. A time-dependent mathematical model is used to describe the pressure distribution of gas journal bearing with nonlinearity. The rigid Jeffcott rotor with self-acting gas journal bearing supports is modeled. The finite difference method and the Successive Over Relaxation (S.O.R.) method are employed to solve the time-dependent Reynolds equation of gas journal bearings. The bifurcation of unbalanced responses of the rotor is analyzed by a Poincaré map. The numerical results reveal periodic, period-doubling, quasi-periodic, and chaotic motion of rich and complex non-linear behaviors of the system.

Abstract: In this paper, a numerical method is presented to determine the periodic response of hydrodynamic bearing-rotor system. The observed state information of the system is used to solve inversely the Jacobian matrix, and to trace the periodic response with the change of the control parameter. Jacobian matrix obtained is used to calculate the Floquet multiplier, so the stability of the periodic response can be determined by Floquet theory. The proposed method is applied to a rotor system with the elliptical bearing supports to solve the periodic response and determine its nonlinear stability. Validity of this method is illustrated by comparing numerical results with the traditional method.