Stability Analysis of a Force-Aided Lever Actuation System for Dry Clutches with Negative Stiffness Element

A force-aided lever with a preload spring is not only force-saving but also energy-saving. Therefore, it has great potential to be applied to dry clutch actuations. However, the negative stiffness of the clutch diaphragm spring introduces unstable dynamics which becomes more intensive due to the preload spring. In order to explore the intensified unstability, this paper builds dynamic models for the rotating lever coupling a negative stiffness diaphragm spring and a preload spring. The stability analysis using the Routh-Huiwitz criterion shows that the open-loop system can never be stable due to the negative stiffness. Even if the diaphragm spring stiffness is positive, the system is still unstable when the preload of the spring exceeds an upper limit. A proportionalintegral- derivative (PID) closed-loop scheme addressing this problem is designed to stabilize the system. The stability analysis for the closed-loop system shows that stable region emerges in spite of the negative stiffness; the more the negative stiffness is, the less the allowed preload is. Further, the influences of the dimensions and PID parameters on the stability condition are investigated. Finally, the transient dynamic responses of the system subjected to disturbance are compared between the unstable open-loop and stabilized closed-loop systems.     

岐岭隧道

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一种交流电机故障诊断中的特征提取与强化

为提高电机故障诊断的准确率和有效性,提出了一种故障特征提取与强化的新方法.即在对所采集的交流电机振动加速度信号进行数据预处理之后,用盲源分离方法进行独立振动源的分离,然后采用小波包分析方法进行特征提取,并进行特征频带的简化及特征强化处理,特征强化后的数据作为交流电机故障诊断模型的输入.该方法通过对振动加速度信号进行分离,能够分离出混合信号中的独立振动源,提高了故障特征提取的正确率和准确度;通过对特征频带化简,减少了故障诊断模型的输入,进而简化了模型的结构;特征强化使模型能够更有效地识别故障状态.