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Theoret. Appl. Mech.,Vol.31,No.1,pp.73-83,Belgrade2004 Dynamics of a rigid rotor in the elastic bearings Inga M. Arkhipova ? Abstract Asaruleinthestudiesofarigidrotorintheelasticbearingsthe authorsconsiderthelinearsystemcorrespondingtotheplane- parallel motion and the e?ect of self-centring under unlimited growthoftherotationfrequency. Inthepresentpaperrotoris consideredasamechanicalsystemwithfourdegreesoffreedom. Di?erent motions of a statically and dynamically unbalanced verticalrotorsupportedinthenon-linearbearingsarestudied. Keywords: unbalanced rotor, precessionmotion, self-induced vibrations. 1 Introduction TheabsoluterigidrotorofmassMandlengthLissupportedvertically intwoimmovablenon-linearbearingsinsuchawaythatthecenterof massoftherotorisplacedsymmetricallywithrespecttothebearings (Fig. 1). The rotor is dynamically symmetric; A is the moment of inertiaabouttheaxisofsymmetryandB istheequatorialmomentof inertia. Thedistancebetweenthecenterofmassoftherotorandthe axisofrevolution(staticeccentricity)isequaltoe,theanglebetween ?Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, St.Petersburg State University, inga@ia5225.spb.edu) 28 University Ave., St.Petersburg, 198504, Russia (e-mail: 73  74 I.M.Arkhipova theaxisofdynamicalsymmetryandtheaxisofrevolution(dynamical eccentricity)isequaltoδ. Theanglebetweentheplanecontainingthe axis of revolution and the mass center and the plane containing the angleδ isdenotedby?. Figure1: Unbalancedrotorinelasticbearings Itisassumedthattheelasticbearingsarecentrallysymmetricand the reactions in the bearings have only radial components. We only considerthecaseofthehardcharacteristicoftherestoringforceswith cubicnon-linearity: P =?Sj ?a +a |S | j bearing fromtheequilibriumposition, a anda arethepositivereal 0 1 j 2 ￠, j=1,2. (1) j HereS isthevectordescribingthedisplacementofthecenterofa 0 1 constants,characterisingtheelasticityofthebearings. The rotor rotates with an ideal engine (an engine with unlimited power),so