简介:Thispaperexaminesacomputerprogramdevelopedtoanalyzethevibrationofrotatingmachineriesbasedontheoriesofvibrationandmultibodydynamics(MBD).Bendingvibrationproblemsofrotatingmachinerieshavegenerallybeencategorizedaseitherlinearornonlinear.LinearproblemscanbeformulatedbystandardmethodsandnonlinearproblemscanbeformulatedbyMBDmethods.Inourstudy,nonlinearproblemsaretreatedbytheuseofageneral-purposecomputerprogram,RecurDyn(RD).Intheprogramwedeveloped,rotorbendingvibrationanalysis(RotB)structuralpropertiessuchasshafts,rotatingrotarydisks,unbalancedmassesandfoundationstructuresaremodeledasmultibodyelements.Also,nonlinearitiessuchascontact,non-symmetricalshafteffects,bearingcharacteristics,nonlinearrestoringanddampingcharacteristicsinthebearingsaretakenintoaccount.ThecomputationalresultsdemonstratethevalidityofRotB.