Unilateral Constrained Bending Vibrations on a Torsional String

Vibrations in long torsional strings result in spatio‐temporal dynamics. In order to actively damp these vibrations the system has to be analysed analytically, numerically and experimentally. Stick‐slip‐effects result in torsional selfexcited vibrations of the string. These vibrations are coupled with bending vibrations which are constrained by the borehole. The straight string was modelled in an experimental setup. The control of the straight string and the unilateral constrained bending vibrations were treated seperately. The dynamics of straight strings were controlled using three different approaches: firstly, a simple PD‐controller with the parameters calculated based on a one‐degree‐of‐freedom oscillator, secondly, the parameters were optimized using a simplex‐method, thirdly, the Karhunen‐Loeve‐transformation was used in order to reduce the dimension of the system. A controller based on the reduced system was implemented and the parameters were optimized with the same simplex algorithm. The unilateral constrained bending motion were examined at a cantilever beam which was assumed to be constrained in one direction in the middle of the beam. First, the beam was modelled analytically as a continuous system. The two states (contact and no contact) were described separately. The transition between these states were modelled with energy assumptions. Second, the beam was modelled as a Finite‐Element‐System. The numerical results of both methods were compared with experimental data.