Non-Local Periodic Motions of a Thin Cantilevered Rod

In this work we consider the existence of unforced periodic motionsfor a thin cantilevered elastic rod. In particular, largeamplitude motions that combine bending and twisting of the rodare studied. We use a lumped mass model consisting of a cantilevered planar rod whose base is attached to a torsional spring. The stability of the torsional vibration is studied and then the existence of a oneparameter family of large amplitude periodic motions is demonstrated.     

Stability of Singular Periodic Motions in a Vibro-Impact Oscillator

A single-degree-of-freedom vibro-impact oscillator is considered. Forsome values of parameters, a non-differentiable fixed point of thePoincaré map exists: a local expansion of the Poincaré map around such apoint is given, including a square root term on the impact side. Fromthis approximate map, the stability of the fixed point can beinvestigated, and it is shown that the periodic solution is stable whenthe Floquet multipliers are real.     

Regular and Chaotic Motions of a Body Over a Periodic Surface

Conditions and criteria of regular and chaotic motions are considered. A numerical simulation reveals that these motions exist     

Approximate Solution of a Class of Nonlinear Oscillators in Resonance with a Periodic Excitation

This paper deals with the most important characteristics of a generalized Van der Pol–Duffing oscillator in resonance with a periodic excitation. We use an asymptotic perturbation method based on Fourier expansion and time rescaling and demonstrate through a second order perturbation analysis the existence of one or two limit cycles. Moreover, we identify a sufficient condition to obtain a doubly periodic motion, when a second low frequency appears, in addition to the forcing frequency. Comparison with the solution obtained by the numerical integration confirms the validity of our analysis.     

Generation of Periodic Motions by a Disk Performing Torsional Oscillations in a Viscous, Continuously Stratified Fluid

The solution of the problem of nonlinear generation of periodic internal waves by a boundary flow on a vertical cylinder or a horizontal disk performing torsional oscillations in an exponentially stratified fluid is constructed. The calculations are in satisfactory agreement with the results of experiments in which both horizontal and inclined disks of various diameters and a model propeller performing periodic torsional oscillations, including oscillations against a background of uniform rotation, are used as perturbation sources. The experiments were carried out over a wide range of parameters including the laminar, transition, and turbulent flow regimes. The limits of applicability of the proposed analytic theory of wave radiation are determined.     

Linear Stability Analysis of Resonant Periodic Motions in the Restricted Three-Body Problem

The equations of the restricted three-body problem describe the motion of a massless particle under the influence of two primaries of masses 1 −μ and μ, 0≤μ≤ 1/2, that circle each other with period equal to 2π. When μ=0, the problem admits orbits for the massless particle that are ellipses of eccentricity e with the primary of mass 1 located at one of the focii. If the period is a rational multiple of 2π, denoted 2π p/q, some of these orbits perturb to periodic motions for μ > 0. For typical values of e and p/q, two resonant periodic motions are obtained for μ > 0. We show that the characteristic multipliers of both these motions are given by expressions of the form in the limit μ→ 0. The coefficient C(e,p,q) is analytic in e at e=0 and C(e,p,q)=O(e^|p-q|). The coefficients in front of e^|p-q|, obtained when C(e,p,q) is expanded in powers of e for the two resonant periodic motions, sum to zero. Typically, if one of the two resonant periodic motions is of elliptic type the other is of hyperbolic type. We give similar results for retrograde periodic motions and discuss periodic motions that nearly collide with the primary of mass 1 −μ.     

Periodic and Chaotic Motions of a Rotor-Active Magnetic Bearing with Quadratic and Cubic Terms and Time-Varying Stiffness

In this paper, we use the asymptotic perturbation method to investigate nonlinear oscillations and chaotic dynamics in a rotor-active magnetic bearings (AMB) system with 8-pole legs and the time-varying stiffness. The stiffness in the AMB is considered as the time varying in a periodic form. Because of considering the weight of the rotor, the formulation on the electromagnetic force resultants includes the quadratic and cubic nonlinearities. The resulting dimensionless equations of motion for the rotor-AMB system with the time-varying stiffness in the horizontal and vertical directions are a two-degree-of-freedom nonlinear system with quadratic and cubic nonlinearities and parametric excitation. The asymptotic perturbation method is used to obtain the averaged equations in the case of primary parametric resonance and 1/2 subharmonic resonance. It is found that there exist period-3, period-4, period-6, period-7, period-8, quasiperiodic and chaotic modulated amplitude oscillations in the rotor-AMB system with the time-varying stiffness. It is seen from the numerical results that there are the phenomena of the multiple solutions and the soft-spring type and the hardening-spring type in nonlinear frequency-response curves for the rotor-AMB system. The parametric excitation, or the time-varying stiffness produced by the PD controller is considered to be a controlling force which can control the chaotic response in the rotor-AMB system to a period n motion.     

系泊海洋平台周期运动倍周期分岔的胞映射分析

应用胞映射方法研究了系泊海洋生产平台的周期运动及其倍周期分岔。系泊运动的数学模型是一个具有指数回复力特性的非线性强迫振子 ,以波浪作用力为外激励。将波浪激励周期作为分岔控制参数 ,研究了周期系泊运动的倍周期分岔。胞映射方法用于寻找系统的稳定吸引子并确定其吸引域。时间历程、相图、功率谱和Poincar啨映射用于确定吸引子的具体类型芯糠⑾?,分岔参数处于不同的区域时 ,系统存在着相异的倍周期分岔特性。观察到了倍周期分岔的产生和突然消失 ,也找到了一个趋于吸引子的倍周期分岔序列。根据吸引域的胞映射分析结果解释了上述不同的倍周期分岔特征。发现其原因在于倍周期序列中的每个吸引子是否具有全局吸引性。     

时滞对于参数激励系统周期运动的影响

本文以结构物承受周期激励地震波和具有时滞的弹性地基为背景，研究时滞对于结构物振动响应的影响规律。问胚的数学模型是一个非线性参数激励时滞系统，采用中心流形和平均法得到Hopf分岔方程，研究结果表明时滞量对结构物的地震响应有重要影响，它可使响应振幅增大，意味着结构物遭破坏的危险性增大，同时，结果也表明可以通过阻尼控制器克服时滞引起的危险性。最后，对于不同的时滞量，比较理论分析与数值模拟结果基本吻合，说明了本文结果的可靠性。     

On the Generation of Discontinuous Shearing Motions of a Non-Newtonian Fluid

The system under study models unsteady, one-dimensional shear flow of a highly elastic and viscous incompressible non-Newtonian fluid with fading memory under isothermal conditions. The flow, in a channel, is driven by a constant pressure gradient, is symmetric about the center line, and satisfies a no-slip boundary condition at the wall. The non-Newtonian contribution to the stress is assumed to obey a differential constitutive law (due to Oldroyd, Johnson & Segalman), the key feature of which is a non-monotone relation between the total steady shear stress and strain rate. In a regime in which the Reynolds number is much smaller than the Deborah (or Weissenberg) number, one obtains a degenerate, singularly perturbed system of nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations. It is shown that if the driving pressure gradient exceeds a critical value (the local shear stress maximum of the steady stress vs. strain rate relation), then the solution to the governing system, starting from rest at , tends as to a particular discontinuous steady state solution (the “top-jumping” steady state), except in a small neighborhood of the discontinuity. This discontinuous steady state is shown to be nonlinearly stable in a precise sense with respect to perturbations yielding smooth initial data. Such discontinuous steady states have been proposed to explain “spurting” flows, which exhibit a large increase in mean flow rate when the driving pressure is raised above a critical value. (Accepted April 22, 1996)     

Energy Method for Approximate Periodic Solution of Strongly Nonlinear Nonautonomous Systems

In this paper, based upon the concept of the conservation of average energy, a theorem for the periodic solution of strongly nonlinear nonautonomous systems is proved. By using this theorem not only the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence and stability of the periodic solutions can be obtained but, at the same time, the approximate expressions for those periodic solutions can also be obtained.     

On the Finite Motions Generated by a Mode I Propagating Crack

The motion field surrounding a rapidly propagating crack, loaded symmetrically about the plane of the crack, is investigated. The problem is formulated within the framework of finite elastodynamics for thin slabs composed of compressible hyperelastic material. Writing the motion equations, the initial and the internal boundary conditions, with respect to a coordinate system that translates with the moving crack tip, we perform an asymptotic local analysis for a traction-free straight crack that suddenly grows at constant velocity. Moreover, the asymptotic Piola–Kirchhoff and Cauchy stress fields are computed, and we discuss the order of singularity of the dynamic stresses. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

On Spherically Symmetric Motions Of a Viscous Compressible Barotropic and Selfgravitating Gas

We consider the Cauchy problem for the equations of spherically symmetric motions in \mathbb R³{\mathbb {R}^3}, of a selfgravitating barotropic gas, with possibly non monotone pressure law, in two different situations: in the first one we suppose that the viscosities μ(ρ), and λ(ρ) are density-dependent and satisfy the Bresch–Desjardins condition, in the second one we consider constant densities. In the two cases, we prove that the problem admits a global weak solution, provided that the polytropic index γ satisfy γ > 1.     

On the Local Representation of G-Closure

We give a representation for the G-closure of the set of elliptic operators defined by means of the Nemitskii operators , , where the functions a _i are strongly monotone and belong to given sets of uniformly Lipschitz functions, but where the characteristic functions satisfy standard volume restrictions.     

On an Iterative Method for Approximate Solutions of a Generalized Boussinesq Model

An iterative method is proposed for finding approximate solutions of an initial and boundary value problem for a nonstationary generalized Boussinesq model for thermally driven convection of fluids with temperature dependent viscosity and thermal conductivity. Under certain conditions, it is proved that such approximate solutions converge to a solution of the original problem; moreover, convergence-rate bounds for the constructed approximate solutions are also obtained.     

The Existence Stability and Approximate Expressions of Periodic Solutions of Strongly Nonlinear Nonautonomous Systems with Multi-Degree-of-Freedom

Based upon the conservation of average energy a theorem about the periodic solutions of strongly nonlinear nonautomous systems with multi-degree-of freedom is proved. This theorem can not only decide the existence and stability of the periodic solutions, but at the same time can also give their first-order and second-order approximate expressions.