Modal analysis of viscoelastic three-dimensional rotating beam with generic tip mass

In this paper, the nonlinear dynamic modelling, free vibration and nonlinear analysis of three-dimensional viscoelastic Euler-Bernoulli beam undergoing hub motion incorporating substantial tip mass is accomplished. The kinetic, and potential energy of the system are derived in terms of velocities of general point on the link and center of gravity of the tip mass expressed in multi-floating co-ordinate systems. Hamilton's principle is used to obtain the governing equations of motion and linearly coupled boundary conditions. The material of the beam is considered as viscoelastic constituted of Kelvin-Voigt rheological model. The mass attached at the terminal end of the beam is assumed to have eccentricity in axial, lateral, as well as transverse directions. Free vibration analysis is performed on the linearized system model to obtain the transcendental eigenfrequency equation. Further, the dynamic equations of motion of beam are discretized using the obtained mode shapes and the response of system under rotary motion of hub is investigated. The steady state solutions and frequency response curves exhibiting bi-stable and tri-stable regions are obtained using method of multiple scales. The bifurcation diagrams of the system are studied for resonance conditions when the frequency of the rotary motion becomes equal or nearly equal to the normalized beam frequencies. The saddle node and pitchfork bifurcations exhibiting multiple solutions and jump phenomena are observed and investigated to avoid catastrophic failure of the system. The numerical simulations of modal parameters of the system, nonlinear characteristics, and their parametric dependency is discussed thoroughly.