Transient dynamics,damping, and mode coupling of nonlinear systems with internal resonances

In this paper, we study and compare performance and robustness of linear and nonlinear Lanchester dampers. The linear Lanchester damper consists of a small mass attached to a primary system through a linear dashpot, whereas the nonlinear Lanchester damper is linked to the primary mass through dry friction forces. In each case, we propose a semi-analytical method for computing the frequency response, for different values of the design parameters, in order to evaluate the performance and robustness of the two kinds of damper. Overall, it is shown that linear Lanchester dampers perform better than nonlinear damper both in terms of attenuation and robustness. Moreover, the nonlinear frequency response curves, that include the intrinsic non-smooth nature of the friction force, may serve as reference curve for further numerical studies.

     

Research on linear/nonlinear viscous damping and hysteretic damping in nonlinear vibration isolation systems

A nonlinear vibration isolation system is promising to provide a high-efficient broadband isolation performance. In this paper, a generalized vibration isolation system is established with nonlinear stiffness, nonlinear viscous damping, and Bouc-Wen(BW)hysteretic damping. An approximate analytical analysis is performed based on a harmonic balance method(HBM) and an alternating frequency/time(AFT) domain technique.To evaluate the damping effect, a generalized equivalent damping ratio is defined w...     

Tailoring the resonances of nonlinear mechanical systems

Nonlinear Dynamics - The objective of this paper is the realization of a desired frequency–amplitude dependence of a specific vibration mode of a nonlinear system. To this end, we introduce...     

Conjugate resonances and bifurcations in nonlinear systems under biharmonical excitation

Using a bistable oscillator described by a Duffing equation as an example, resonances caused by a biharmonical external force with two different frequencies (the so-called vibrational resonances) are considered. It is shown that, in the case of a weakly damped oscillator, these resonances are conjugate; they occur as either the low and high frequency is varied. In addition, the resonances occur as the amplitude of the high-frequency excitation is varied. It is also shown that the high-frequency action induces the change in the number of stable steady states; these bifurcations are also conjugate, and are the cause of the seeming resonance in an overdamped oscillator.     

Derivation of nonlinear damping from viscoelasticity in case of nonlinear vibrations

Nonlinear Dynamics - Experiments show a strong increase in damping with the vibration amplitude during nonlinear vibrations of beams, plates and shells. This is observed for large size structures...     

The auto-adjustable damping method for solving nonlinear equations

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Bifurcation of rupture path by nonlinear damping force

The linear damping mechanism of the Rayleigh waves is extended to the nonlinear one. Conferring to the model, the analytical method is chosen for the solutions. These solutions depict the unusual bifurcation of the rupture path related to the intersection point of antisoliton and soliton.     

Effect of nonlinear material damping on whirling shafts

Summary This paper carefully investigates the precise role of internal damping on the whirling motion of an elastic shaft. Damping is introduced through a measured stress-strain law. The equations of motion are studied on an analog computer. It is shown that material damping tends to destabilize the motion.     

Fractional damping enhances chaos in the nonlinear Helmholtz oscillator

Nonlinear Dynamics - The main purpose of this paper is to study both the underdamped and the overdamped dynamics of the nonlinear Helmholtz oscillator with a fractional-order damping. For that...     

Chaotic advection and nonlinear resonances in an oceanic flow above submerged obstacle

The effect of an isolated submarine obstacle on the motion of fluid particles in a periodic external flow is studied within the framework of the barotropic, quasi-geostrophic approximation on f-plane. The concept of background currents advanced by Kozlov [1995. Background currents in geophysical hydrodynamics. Izvestia, Atmos. Oceanic Phys. 31 (2), 245-250] is used to construct a dynamically consistent stream function satisfying the potential vorticity conservation law. It is shown that a system of two topographic vortices revolving about a rotation center can form in a circular external flow. Unsteady periodic perturbations, associated with either variations in the background current or deviations of the external flow from circulation, are analyzed. Unsteadiness in the external flow essentially complicates the pattern of the motion of fluid particles. Vortex-type quasi-periodic structures, identified with nonlinear resonances that form in Lagrangian equations of fluid particle advection, are examined. They either surround the stationary configuration by a vortex chain—a ringlet-like structure [Kennelly, M.A., Evans, R.H., Joyce, T.M., 1985. Small-scale cyclones on the periphery of Gulf Stream warm-core rings. J. Geophys. Res. 90(5), 8845-8857], or they form a complex-structure multivortex domain. Asymptotic estimates and numerical modeling are used to study the distribution and widths of the nonlinear resonance domains that appear under unsteady perturbations of different types. The onset of chaotic regimes owing to the overlapping of nonlinear resonance domains is analyzed. Transport fluxes determined by chaotic advection and barriers for transport (KAM-tori) and the conditions of their existence are studied. The relation of the rotation frequency of fluid particles on their initial position (when the dependence is calculated in the undisturbed system) is shown to completely determine the main features of the pattern of Lagrangian trajectories and chaotization effects. Because of nonlinear effects, the domain involved in quasi-periodic and chaotic motions can be much larger than the domain occupied by steady topographic vortices. The results of study by Sokolovskiy et al. [1988. On the influence of an isolated submerged obstacle on a barotropic tidal flow. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn. 88(1), 1-30] concerning the due regard on the irrotational background component as the necessary factor for the transportation of fluid particles from the vortex domain to infinity are confirmed.     

The effects of nonlinear damping on degenerate parametric amplification

Nonlinear Dynamics - This paper considers the dynamic response of a single degree of freedom system with nonlinear stiffness and nonlinear damping that is subjected to both resonant direct...     

Dynamic analysis of the nonlinear energy sink with local and global potentials: geometrically nonlinear damping

Nonlinear Dynamics - In this paper, the considered two-DOF system consists of a linear oscillator (LO) under external harmonic excitation and an attached lightweight nonlinear energy sink (NES)...     

On primary resonances of weakly nonlinear delay systems with cubic nonlinearities

We implement the method of multiple scales to investigate primary resonances of a weakly nonlinear second-order delay system with cubic nonlinearities. In contrast to previous studies where the implementation is confined to the assumption of linear delay terms with small coefficients (Hu et al. in Nonlinear Dyn. 15:311, 1998; Ji and Leung in Nonlinear Dyn. 253:985, 2002), in this effort, we propose a modified approach which alleviates that assumption and permits treating a problem with arbitrarily large gains. The modified approach lumps the delay state into unknown linear damping and stiffness terms that are functions of the gain and delay. These unknown functions are determined by enforcing the linear part of the steady-state solution acquired via the method of multiple scales to match that obtained directly by solving the forced linear problem. We examine the validity of the modified procedure by comparing its results to solutions obtained via a harmonic balance approach. Several examples are discussed demonstrating the ability of the proposed methodology to predict the amplitude, softening-hardening characteristics, and stability of the resulting steady-state responses. Analytical results also reveal that the system can exhibit responses with different nonlinear characteristics near its multiple delay frequencies.     

Influences of random disturbances on simultaneous resonances of nonlinear coupling systems

The influences of random disturbances on simultaneous resonances of nonlinear coupling systems are dealt with in this paper. First, the approximate probability distribution of behavior of nonlinear system is presented through using the stochastic averaging method. Secondly, using the Monte Carlo numerical simulation method, we study the above mentioned system. Both conclusions are nearly same. It is confirmed that the stochastic averaging method is one of efficient methods for dealing with nonlinear random vibration problems.     

Stability analysis of a nonlinear rotating asymmetrical shaft near the resonances

An asymmetrical rotating shaft with unequal mass moments of inertia and flexural rigidities in the direction of principal axes is considered. In this system, there are two excitation sources, including a harmonic excitation due to the dynamic imbalances and a parametric excitation due to shaft asymmetry. Nonlinearities are due to the in-extensionality of the shaft and large amplitude. In this study, harmonic and parametric resonances due to the mentioned effects are considered. The influences of inequality of mass moments of inertia and flexural rigidities in the direction of principal axes, inequality between two eccentricities corresponding to the principal axes and external damping on the stability and bifurcation of steady state response of the rotating asymmetrical shaft are investigated. In addition, the characteristic of stable stationary points and loci of bifurcation points as function of damping coefficient are determined. In order to analyze the resonances of the system the multiple scales method is applied to the complex form of partial differential equations of motion. The achieved results show a good agreement with those of numerical computation.