Internal Resonance Analysis for Electromechanical Integrated Toroidal Drive

In this paper, the electromechanical coupled nonlinear equations for the electromechanical integrated toroidal drive are proposed. Using the equations, the free vibration and forced response under internal resonance are investigated. The effects of the drive parameters on the resonance are investigated. Three different resonance types exist for the different drive parameters. They are the normal resonance, internal resonance, and jump vibration between the normal and internal resonances. Compared with the normal resonance without internal resonance, the internal resonance has a large amplitude and the energy exchange occurs between the vibrations of the different components. The resonance types of the drive system are dependent on the electromechanical parameters of the drive system. In the design stage, one can select properly the electromechanical parameters of the drive system to remove the internal resonance and the jump vibration. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4001821]