
which can cause the shaft to vibrate in an undesirable manner. In this section,
we shall model such a system and analyze it to determine the factors that in-
fluence its vibratory motion.
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Consider a massless rotating shaft carrying a disk of mass m, as shown in
Figure 7.22a. We ignore damping effects in this analysis, and assume “small”
angular motions of the disk, as will be explained subsequently. The external
forces and moments that act on the disk also will be discussed later. Referring
to Figure 7.22b, the center of mass of the disk is located at P, which is located
at a distance e from the center of the shaft C. In addition, the shaft is assumed
to be supported at its left and right ends by pairs of translational springs in the
x and y directions, as shown in Figure 7.23.
Kinematics and Kinetic Energy
As shown in Figure 7.22b, the unit vectors i, j, and k are directed along the
O-x, O-y, and O-z directions, and point O is fixed in an inertial reference frame.
The unit vectors i, j, and k are directed along the C-x, C-y, and C-z direc-
tions, where C is the geometric center of the disk. The static unbalance angle is
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The derivation of the equations of motion follows the treatment provided in G. Genta, 1995,
ibid.
z
x
m
z
y
m
(a)
(b)
i
j
k
x
z
y
O
⇒
x
i
j
y
z
k
C
P
|R
PC
|
Rotation axis
x
i
j
y
z
k
C
P
χ
Axis of symmetry
FIGURE 7.22
(a) Rotating shaft with disk showing supports and the x, y, and z axes of the inertial reference frame; and (b) transformation from
Oxyz to disk fixed frame Cxyz and the rotation x that accounts for the angular imbalance. An Euler-angle sequence of a w rotation
about the O-x axis, followed by a u rotation about the intermediate y axis, and a subsequent rotation of q about the O-z axis takes
one from the Oxyz frame to the Cxyz frame shown in Figure 7.22b. A subsequent rotation x about the C-y axis takes one to the
principal axes of the disk.