... and deformation, and allow capturing coupled deformation modes that cannot be captured using beam formulations implemented in existing computational algorithms and computer codes. In this investigation, new three-dimensional nonlinear dynamic rubber chains and belt drives models are developed using the finite...

...Guilhem Michon; Lionel Manin; Robert G. Parker; Régis Dufour This paper is devoted to the theoretical and experimental investigation of a sample automotive belt-pulley system subjected to tension fluctuations. The equation of motion for transverse vibrations leads to a Duffing oscillator...

...Michael A. Michaux; Aldo A. Ferri; Kenneth A. Cunefare This work examines how friction-induced oscillations in a traditional mass-on-a-moving-belt system are affected by high-frequency excitations, commonly referred to as dither signals. Two different friction laws are considered: a Stribeck...