Structural Dynamics

Structural Dynamics

How to include effect of the magnetic attraction in bearings for a rotordynamic analysis?

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      Usually, the effect of the magnetic attraction is considered by locally including some kind of a compression spring with a negative stiffness (the lower the radial clearance, the higher the attraction force is). In ANSYS Workbench one can use COMBIN14 to handle negative stiffnesses.