The nonstationary, nonlinear dynamic interactions in slender continua deployed in high-rise vertical transportation systems in the modern built environment

This paper presents a nonlinear mathematical model and numerical results concerning the nonstationary lateral dynamic behaviour of long low tension slender continua deployed and moving at speed in high-rise vertical transportation systems installed in tall structures. The analysis presented in this study involves the identification of conditions for internal lateral resonances that can readily arise in the system when the slowly varying frequencies approach the fundamental or higher frequencies of the structure. The passage through the fundamental resonance leads to dangerously large displacements in the plane of the excitation. Due to the nonlinear (cubic) coupling, interactions between the in-plane modes and the out-of-plane modes occur. These interactions are studied numerically in order to predict and to examine the non-planar motions that may arise due to the autoparametric resonances. In order to suppress the internal resonance interactions higher speed levels and /or cable tension levels should be applied. Alternatively, an active tension control algorithm can be considered.