Nonlinear Vibration of Rotating Thin Disks

Abstract

The response and natural frequencies for the linear and nonlinear vibrations of rotating disks are given analytically through the new plate theory proposed by Luo in 1999. The results for the nonlinear vibration can reduce to the ones for the linear vibration when the nonlinear effects vanish and for the von Karman model when the nonlinear effects are modified. They are applicable to disks experiencing large-amplitude displacement or initial flatness and waviness. The natural frequencies for symmetric and asymmetric responses of a 3.5-inch diameter computer memory disk as an example are predicted through the linear theory, the von Karman theory and the new plate theory. The hardening of rotating disks occurs when nodal-diameter numbers are small and the softening of rotating disks occurs when nodal-diameter numbers become larger. The critical speeds of the softening disks decrease with increasing deflection amplitudes. [S0739-3717(00)02004-3]