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Volume 2019, Article ID 4232730, 8 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/4232730

Research Article
Influence of Load Weight on Dynamic Response of
Vibrating Screen

Yong-Zheng Jiang ,1 Kuan-Fang He ,1 Yong-Le Dong,2 Da-lian Yang ,1 and Wei Sun2
1
Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Health Maintenance for Mechanical Equipment,
Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, China
2
Henan Gengli Engineering Equipment Co., Ltd., Luoyang 471132, China

Correspondence should be addressed to Yong-Zheng Jiang; jiangyz186@126.com

Received 2 January 2019; Revised 6 March 2019; Accepted 21 March 2019; Published 11 April 2019

Academic Editor: Enrico Zappino

Copyright © 2019 Yong-Zheng Jiang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution
License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is
properly cited.
The dynamic response of the vibrating screen has a great impact on the screening efficiency and fatigue life of the structures. For
the conventional dynamic design, the consideration of the influence of load weight on dynamic response is lacking. So, in this
paper, taking a very common vibrating screen used in tunnel construction as an example, the relationship between the screen
dynamic response and the load weight is studied through numerical simulations. Firstly, to make sure the accuracy of simulation,
the three-dimensional finite element model of a vibration screen is strictly built to maximize consistency with the real screen, and
then the simulated results are validated by experiments. Furthermore, the variation regularity of dynamic response with the load
weight and excitation frequency is analyzed based on simulations. Results show the load weight has obvious influence on the
modal shapes as well as the natural frequencies. There are three regions that will lead to the sudden increase of vibration
acceleration: (1) the load weight variates within 0–50 kg and excitation frequency variates within 40–60 Hz; (2) the load weight
variates within 10–100 kg and excitation frequency variates within 50–90 Hz; (3) the load weight variates within 80–200 kg and
excitation frequency variates within 70–100 Hz. These results will provide new theoretical reference for the maintenance and
further improvement in the dynamic design of the vibrating screen.

1. Introduction
The vibration screen which is an important kind of sizing
classifier is widely used in various industries. The screen
works by the action of the excitation which usually produces
periodic alternating centrifugal force by the rotation of ec-
centric mass. In the working process, due to the inappropriate
design of the structures and the unsuitable parameter settings,
the vibrating screen is prone to underload or overload
conditions, which results in bad screening effect or induces
fatigue cracks and even causes serious accidents such as
collapse of the whole machine [1–3]. Therefore, it is of great
significance to study the response of the vibrating screen for
improving the screen effect and prolonging the fatigue life of
the equipment.
For the better design of the structures, a lot of studies
concerned with the natural frequencies, dynamic response,
and screening efficiency have been carried out recently. And,
the existing research methods mainly include experiment
and numerical simulation which mainly incorporates finite
element method (FEM) and discrete element method
(DEM) [4]. With the fast development of solution tech-
nology, FEM simulations have been widely applied for
calculating the natural frequencies of the vibrating screen.
Through comparison with the corresponding modal ex-
periments, it has been proved the FEM simulation results
can accurately predicted the real natural frequencies through
well-accordant modeling [5, 6]. Based on FEM simulations,
dynamic response characteristics of screen were widely
studied, especially the influence of structure parameters on
dynamic response characteristics [7], so are the dynamic
responses changing regularities of vibrating screen under
different forced vibration frequencies [8, 9]. Furthermore,
complex particle flow-behavior and screening efficiency on
2 Shock and Vibration
the vibrating screen were studied by simulations based on
the discrete element method [10, 11]. Based on DEM, the
functional relationship between screening efficiency and
screen length is established, and the sensitivity of the roller
screen performance to material parameters and operating
variables is studied [12–14].
In general, existing literatures have studied the natural
frequencies, dynamic response, and screening efficiency
through experiments and numerical simulations, and the
obtained results have a good guiding significance for the
structure design as well as screening performance improve-
ment. However, currently, the study on the influence of the
changing weight of bulk materials on the dynamic response of
screen is lacking. In actual working process, the weight of bulk
materials on the sieve decreases gradually, which will lead to
the variation of natural frequencies of the vibration systems,
so that dynamic response of the structures will also change.
This change is very likely to cause the worse of screening effect
or the failure of structure strength. However, usually, con-
ventional design calculates the dynamic parameter based only
on empty or full load of the screen [15, 16], ignoring the
weight change which has important influence on the vibration
system. So, this paper focuses on the study of relationship
among the response, load weight, and excitation frequencies
to provide new theoretical reference for dynamic design of
vibrating screens.
2. Motional Differential Equation
The vibration system is mainly made up of the exciter,
screen, and bulk material. In the actual working process, the
weight of the vibration system decreases gradually as the
bulk material falls down. The motional differential equation
can be written as
€ } +[C]{u(t)
[M(t)]{u(t) _ } +[K]{u(t)} � {F(t)}, (1)
where mass matrix [M(t)] varies as a function of time; [K]
denotes stiffness matrix; and {u(t) € }, {u(t) _ }, {u(t)}, and
{F(t)} denote the acceleration, velocity, displacement, and
excitation force, respectively.
Obviously, equation (1) is a variable coefficient differ-
ential equation rather than ordinary differential equation
when the time-varying of vibration mass is counted. Its
characteristic equation is
􏼌􏼌 􏼌 3.2.1. Modal Analysis. Since obtaining the natural fre-
􏼌􏼌[K] − ω2 [M(t)]􏼌􏼌􏼌 � 0. (2)
Due to the time-varying of [M], the eigenvalue ω and the
corresponding eigenvector A are also time-varying, and they
can be expressed in the following form:
ωi � ωi (t),
(3)
Ai � Ai (t).
According to the forced vibration theory, the screen
vibration frequency and acceleration are decided together by
the natural frequencies, excitation frequency, and damping
ratio. Therefore, due to the change of system natural fre-
quencies caused by the falling down of bulk material, the
dynamic response of the screen will also change dramatically
in the screening process.
3. FE Modeling and Experiment Verification
3.1. 3D Finite Element Modeling. In this paper, the vibrating
screen used in tunnel construction is chosen for study.
Figure 1(a) shows its structure which is composed mainly of
a frame, a sieve, an exciter, and four support springs. The size
of the screen is 1.125 meter long, 0.925 meter wide, and
0.14 meter high, and screen hole is square and the size is
0.039 meter long by 0.043 meter wide. The sieve material is
stainless steel X6Cr17 with elastic modulus 2E5 MPa, yield
strength 240 MPa, and ultimate tensile strength 430 MPa.
The material of the four supporting coil springs which are
mounted on the foundation is 60Si2Mn, and each spring is
120 mm long, with stiffness 50.4 N/mm.
As for the powerful modeling capability, the commercial
software HYPERMEHS 13.0 edition is selected for the es-
tablishment and analysis of finite element model. For modal
analysis, the key to high accuracy of simulation model de-
pends on the similarity of the structure, mass, and stiffness
between the model and the real object. Therefore, to make
sure the accuracy of simulation model, the weight, shape, and
structure of each component is strictly built to maximize
consistency with the real screen. In the FE modeling, the
plates of the frame are modeled with shell elements which
represent the real plates by assigning shell thickness. The sieve
which is made up of beams is modeled with beam elements
which represent the real beams by assigning beam cross-
section shapes. The exciter is simplified as a mass element
which owns the same mass, and the four supporting coil
springs are simplified as spring elements which are assigned
the same stiffness. All the freedoms of the end node of the
spring elements are constrained, and a sine excitation of
2000 N amplitude with frequency of 53 Hz is applied on the
mass element. After the process of geometric cleaning,
midsurface extraction, meshing, mesh quality control, and so
on, the finished high-quality simplified finite element model
with mixed element types is shown as Figure 1(b).
3.2. Modal and Harmonic Frequency Response Analysis
quencies is the basis of the dynamic response analysis, in this
paper, block Lanczos method is adopted for solving the
natural frequencies, the results consist of the first four
natural frequencies, and modal shapes are shown in Figure 2.
The first natural frequency is 25.54 Hz, and the corre-
sponding modal shape (Figure 2(a)) is the overall warpage.
This modal shape needs to be avoided as much as possible in
working process because it has no help for screening but it is
harmful to the structure strength. For the second, third, and
fourth frequencies, the values are 52.62, 101.57, and
126.29 Hz, respectively. All these three screen modal shapes
are the z direction motion which is just the needing
movement type for screening.
Shock and Vibration 3

Exciter Frame Screen

Spring

(a) (b)

Figure 1: Structure of the vibrating screen: (a) real vibrating screen; (b) finite element model.

Contour plot Contour plot

Eigen mode (mag) Eigen mode (mag)
Analysis system Analysis system
4.590E – 01 3.553E – 01
4.080E – 01 3.209E – 01 f2 = 52.62 Hz
f1 = 25.54 Hz
3.570E – 01 2.865E – 01
3.061E – 01 2.520E – 01
2.551E – 01 2.176E – 01
2.041E – 01 1.831E – 01
1.532E – 01 1.487E – 01
1.022E – 01 1.143E – 01
5.123E – 02 7.983E – 02
2.666E – 04 4.539E – 02
No result X No result X
Max = 4.590E – 01 Max = 3.553E – 01
Y Y
Grids 69563 Grids 137276
Min = 2.666E – 04 Z Min = 4.539E – 02 Z
Grids 59311 Grids 54440

(a) (b)
Contour plot Contour plot
Eigen mode (mag) Eigen mode (mag)
Analysis system f3 = 101.57 Hz Analysis system f4 = 126.29 Hz
6.401E – 01 5.934E – 01
5.703E – 01 5.277E – 01
5.005E – 01 4.619E – 01
4.308E – 01 3.962E – 01
3.610E – 01 3.304E – 01
2.912E – 01 2.647E – 01
2.215E – 01 1.989E – 01
1.517E – 01 1.332E – 01
8.192E – 02 6.743E – 02
1.215E – 02 1.677E – 03
No result X No result X
Max = 6.401E – 01 Y Max = 5.934E – 01 Y
Grids 136624 Z Grids 72890 Z
Min = 1.215E – 02 Min = 1.677E – 03
Grids 54430 Grids 130971

(c) (d)

Figure 2: The first four modes of the vibrating screen: (a) the first mode; (b) the second mode; (c) the third mode; (d) the fourth mode.

3.2.2. Harmonic Frequency Response. The harmonic fre-
quency response is scanned from 20 to 95 Hz. Simulated
results show the acceleration of the screen center varies with
excitation frequency dramatically. The max acceleration
reaches 304 m/s2 (Figure 3(a)), and the acceleration value is
279 m/s2 when the exciter generates excitation force of 53 Hz.
Under this work condition, the acceleration distribution of
the whole structure is shown as Figure 3(b). It can be seen that
the acceleration is unevenly distributed, and the maximum
acceleration happens near the center of the screen. For
comparison with the following test results, values at five
different places are presented. They are 18 m/s2 of x direction
on the exciter, 279 m/s2 of z direction at the center of screen,
158 m/s2 of z direction on the frame center, 12 m/s2 of x
4 Shock and Vibration

Contour plot
X
Acceleration (mag)
Global system
300 2.791E + 02 Y
(53 Hz, 279 m/s2) ax = 18 m/s2 az = 279 m/s2
2.481E + 02
250 Z
Acceleration (m/s2)

2.171E + 02
200 1.861E + 02
150 1.551E + 02
1.240E + 02
100 9.303E + 01
50 6.202E + 01
az = 158 m/s2
3.101E + 01
0 2
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0.000E + 00 az = 96 m/s
Frequency (Hz) No result ax = 12 m/s2

Figure 3: Dynamic frequency response: (a) acceleration variation with frequency; (b) acceleration distribution of the screen under ex-
citation of 53 Hz.

No. 1: z direction No. 2: z direction No. 3: x direction

No. 5: x direction No. 4: z direction

X

Figure 4: The positions of five accelerometers.

direction on the screen center, and 96 m/s2 of z direction on
the frame left corner, respectively.
3.3. Experiment Verification. To validate the results of the
simulation model, corresponding experiments are carried out
to test both the natural frequency and the accelerations of the
five positions in Figure 3(b). The experiment program is as
shown in Figure 4. There are totally five accelerometers
mounted, respectively, at the five key positions. Sensors No. 1,
No. 2, and No. 4 are mounted on the frame and screen for
measuring z direction acceleration signals, while sensors No. 3
and No. 5 are mounted on the exciter and screen for mea-
suring x direction acceleration signals. In a single test pro-
cedure, at first, the screen is in static state, after then the
exciter begins to rotate at 53 Hz, so that obvious vibration
occurs. After about 10 seconds, the exciter is suddenly
powered off, leaving the screen vibration decaying freely until
it stops completely. This test procedure is repeated two times,
and the in-time signals of five sensors are shown as Figure 5. It
can be seen that repeated signal is very close to the origin. For
calculating the natural frequencies, the fast Fourier-transform
(FFT) is applied to convert the free decay signals of No. 1 from
the time domain into the frequency domain which is shown as
Figure 5(b). In total, three natural frequencies can be obvi-
ously identified. They are 24.9, 52.8, and 98.8 Hz, respectively,
which corresponds fairly closely with the simulated results of
25.54, 52.62, and 101.57 Hz. Further, the measured acceler-
ation value of the five key positions are 89, 230, 14, 128, and
7.5 m/s2, which also corresponds fairly closely with the
simulated results of 96, 279, 18, 158, and 12 m/s2.
The percentage of difference between FEM and exper-
imental results is reported in Table 1. It can be seen that the
simulated values of the three natural frequencies are very
close to the experimental ones, and the error is within 3%.
Shock and Vibration 5

FFT
100 a = 89 vs. 96 (m/s2) 8 f 2 = 52.8 Hz vs. 52.62 Hz
Acceleration (m/s2)

50 6
f 1 = 24.9 Hz vs. 25.54 Hz

Magnitute
0 4 f 3 = 98.9 Hz vs. 101.57 Hz

–50 2

–100 0
0 5 10 15 20 0 50 100 150
Time (s) Frequency (Hz)
(a) (b)
Start Stop Restart 30
300
a = 230 vs. 279 (m/s2)
200 20 a = 14 vs. 18 (m/s2)

Acceleration (m/s2)
Acceleration (m/s2)

100 10
0
0
–100
–10
–200

–300 –20
0 5 10 15 20 0 5 10 15 20
Time (s) Time (s)
(c) (d)
200 10
a = 128 vs. 158 (m/s2) a = 7.5 vs. 12 (m/s2)

100
5
Acceleration (m/s2)

Acceleration (m/s2)

0
0
–100
–5
–200

–300 –10
0 5 10 15 20 0 5 10 15 20
Time (s) Time (s)
(e) (f)
Figure 5: Experiment results: (a) signal of sensor No. 1; (b) FFT results of the free decay signal; (c) signal of sensor No. 2; (d) signal of sensor
No. 3; (e) signal of sensor No. 4; (f ) signal of sensor No. 5.

But for the comparison of the acceleration values at the five
measured positions, the average difference of the five po-
sitions between FEM and experimental results is 17.7%.
Since it is very difficult to calculate the acceleration values
quantitatively, it is already very valuable to reach this pre-
cision at so many positions. Also, the acceleration distri-
bution of the simulation is very similar to experimental
results. So, based on an overall consideration, the simulation
model can be regarded as high precision.
4. Relationship between the Dynamic Response
and Load Weight
In actual production process, the load weight of the vibrating
screen is time-varying as the bulk material falls down. So, it is
important to study the changing trend of vibration response
with the load weight which varies within 0–200 kg for this
study.
4.1. Natural Frequency Varies with Load Weight.
Variation of the first four natural frequencies with load
weight is shown as Figure 6. It clearly shows that all the four
natural frequencies are lowered as the weight increases.
When the mass reaches 200 kg, the frequencies are reduced
to 11.60, 26.55, 45.09, and 48.27 Hz, respectively. Moreover,
the modal shape of the fourth frequency also changes when
the mass is over 20 kg and the new shape is convex on left
and concave on the right, rather than overall convex of
empty load, as shown in Figure 7.
4.2. Regularity of the Dynamic Response Changing with Load
Weight and Excitation Frequency. Since the load weight has
6 Shock and Vibration

Table 1
f1 f2 f3 a1 a2 a3 a4 a5
Experiment 24.9 52.8 98.9 89 230 14 128 7.5
FEM 25.54 52.62 101.57 96 279 18 158 12
Percentage error 2.5 0.3 2.6 7.3 17.6 22.2 19.0 37.5

150

100
f (Hz)

50

0
0 50 100 150 200
W (kg)

f1 f3
f2 f4

Figure 6: Variation of the first four natural frequencies with load weight.

Contour plot Contour plot

Eigen mode(mag) Eigen mode(mag)
Analysis system Analysis system
5.934E – 01 4.749E – 01
5.277E – 01 4.223E – 01
4.619E – 01 3.696E – 01
3.962E – 01 3.169E – 01
3.304E – 01 2.643E – 01
2.647E – 01 2.116E – 01
1.939E – 01 1.589E – 01
1.332E – 01 1.063E – 01
6.743E – 02 5.362E – 02
X
1.677E – 03 X 9.596E – 04
No result No result Y
Y
Max = 5.934E – 01 Z Max = 4.749E – 01 Z
Grids 72890 Grids 160044
Min =1.677E – 03 Min = 9.596E – 04
Grids 130971 Grids 135952

(a) (b)

Figure 7: The fourth modal shape of (a) empty-load screen and (b) load weight over 20 kg.

significant influence on the natural frequency of the screen,
the vibration response will also be different under different
load weights. After many calculations, the relationship be-
tween the vibration response of the screen center, material
weight, and excitation frequency is built as shown in Fig-
ure 8. It can be seen the dynamic response varies dramat-
ically with the change of weight and excitation frequency.
There are three paths that will lead to the sudden increase of
vibration acceleration. They are as follows: (1) the load
weight variates within 0–50 kg and excitation frequency
within 40–60 Hz. In this region, the maximum acceleration
reaches about 300 m/s2, and the typical modal shape is
overall concave, as shown in Figure 9(a); (2) the load weight
variates within 10–100 kg and excitation frequency within
50–90 Hz. In this region, the maximum acceleration reaches
about 1200 m/s2, and the typical modal shape is double
concave, as shown in Figure 9(b); (3) the load weight variates
within 80–200 kg and excitation frequency within 70–
100 Hz. In this region, the max acceleration reaches about
800 m/s2, and the typical modal shape is triple concave, as
shown in Figure 9(c).
5. Conclusions
This paper aims to study the relationship between the vi-
bration response, load weight, and excitation frequency
Shock and Vibration 7

Path 3
1500

Path 2
1000
a (m/s2)

500 200

0 150
100
80 Path 1 100
g)
(k
60 W
fe (H 50
z) 40
20 0

Figure 8: Changing regularity of the dynamic response with the load weight and excitation frequency.

Contour plot Contour plot

Acceleration(mag) Acceleration(mag)
Global system W = 0 kg, f = 53 Hz Analysis system
W = 20 kg, f = 82.5 Hz
2.791E + 02 1.191E + 03
2.481E + 02 1.062E + 03
2.171E + 02 9.341E + 02
1.861E + 02 8.057E + 02
1.551E + 02 6.773E + 02
1.240E + 02 5.490E + 02
9.303E + 01 4.206E + 02
6.202E + 01 2.923E + 02
3.101E + 01 1.639E + 02
0.000E + 00 X 3.556E + 01 X
No result Y No result Y
Z Max = 1.191E + 03 Z
Grids 136623
Min = 3.556E + 01
Grids 74837

(a) (b)
Contour plot
Acceleration(mag)
Analysis system
W = 120 kg, f = 92.5 Hz
7.849E + 02
6.986E + 02
6.122E + 02
5.259E + 02
4.396E + 02
3.533E + 02
2.669E + 02
1.806E + 02
9.429E + 01
7.967E + 00
No result
Max = 7.849E + 02 X
Grids 143663
Y
Min = 7.967E + 00
Z
Grids 195733

(c)

Figure 9: Typical vibrating shapes of the three paths: (a) overall concave of path 1; (b) double concave of path 2; (c) triple concave of path 3.
8 Shock and Vibration

based on finite element simulations. The detail conclusions Acknowledgments

can be summed as follows:
This study was funded by the National Natural Science
(1) The simulation model is strictly built to maximize Foundation of China (no. 51705143) and Hunan Provincial
consistency with the real screen, and the calculated Natural Science Foundation of China (nos. 2018JJ3164 and
results correspond fairly closely with the testing 2017JJ1015).
results. The first three natural frequencies are re-
spectively 25.54, 52.62, 101.57, and 126.29 Hz, and
the acceleration of the empty screen center reaches
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