Rotating a pendulum with an electromechanical excitation

The objective of this paper is showing investigation of pendulum rotations via vertical, non-linear electromechanical excitation generated using a RLC-circuit-powered solenoid, which is originally built for an electro-vibro-impact mechanism. Various non-linear phenomena of pendulum dynamics, namely period-1 rotation, period-1 oscillation and period-2 oscillation, have been observed experimentally from the proposed apparatus. A mathematical model has been developed for the experimental rig and the system parameters have also been identified for the mathematical model. Finally, numerical results have been generated using the developed mathematical model and identified parameters, and their correlations with experimental observations have been discussed.     

Stability of equilibrium for an inverted two-link mathematical pendulum with critical tracking forces

We investigate nonlinear stability for equilibrium of a pendulum with viscoelastic components. The tracking force is chosen so that the matrix of the linearized part of the perturbed motion has two purely imaginary roots or one zero and one negative root. The other two roots are complex with negative real part. The boundary of the domain of stability is divided into “dangerous” and “safe” (in the sense of Bautin) zones. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 35, No. 9, pp. 100–105, September, 1999.     

Coexistence phenomenon in autoparametric excitation of two degree of freedom systems

Coexistence phenomenon refers to the absence of expected tongues of instability in parametrically excited systems. In this paper we obtain sufficient conditions for coexistence to occur in the generalized Ince equation

     

Parametric resonance,stability and heteroclinic bifurcation in a nonlinear oscillator with time-delay: Application to a quarter-car model

This work examines dynamical behavior of a nonlinear oscillator with symmetric potential that models a quarter-car forced by the road profile under parametric excitation. The parametric resonance of a harmonically excited nonlinear quarter-car model with position and velocity time-delayed active control are investigated. We focus on the influence of delay and parametric excitation in the system. The influence of parametric excitation, time-delay and feedback gain parameters on the stability of the steady state response are investigated. By means of Melnikov's method, conditions for onset of chaos resulting from heteroclinic bifurcation is derived analytically and numerically.     

Stability Region Control for a Parametrically Forced Mathieu Equation

We exhibit common features of how the size of parametric regions of stability for the Mathieu equation can be enlarged. The paper shows that the mechanisms for these changes via parametric forcing follow the pattern established earlier for the Arnold circle map which provides a discrete model for external forcing. The various types of behaviour of the standard Mathieu equation for a given set of parameters can be classified as having either (i) all solutions bounded, (ii) at least one unbounded solution, or (iii) periodic solutions of period -/-2 or -/-4. The marginal case (iii) forms the boundary of the regions of stability and instability. We consider a parametric method for changing the shapes of the stability regions and show how maximally stable regions can be produced.     

Stability domains of the vertical equilibrium state of a triple simple pendulum

The stability boundaries for the vertical equilibrium position of a triple simple pendulum subject to asymmetric follower force are analyzed. The effect of the upper spring and the magnitude of the follower force on the roots of the characteristic equation is studied Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 44, No. 10, pp. 122–134, October 2008.     

Suspension point vibration parameters for a given equilibrium of a double mathematical pendulum

The motion of a double mathematical pendulum under the action of the gravity force and a vibration force whose frequency substantially exceeds the system natural frequencies is considered. An oblique vibration stabilizing the pendulum in an arbitrarily given position is sought. The domain of existence of the pendulum equilibrium points and the vibration parameters corresponding to a given equilibrium of the pendulumare obtained analytically. In the domain of existence of equilibrium points, the subdomain of their stability is distinguished.     

Damping in a parametric pendulum with a view on energy harvesting

The present article addresses the quantification of damping in a parametric pendulum, with a view on further applications in the design of energy harvesting devices. Detailed new experimental data is obtained for such purpose, and a novel mathematical model is presented. Linear and quadratic viscous damping and also dry friction are taken into account. To introduce the dry friction component, the pendulum axis is mounted on ball bearings. This is considered as a very realistic situation of a harvester. Damping parameters are determined by minimizing the difference between numerical and experimental time histories. It is shown that the damping model here presented is more adequate to replicate experiments than commonly used linear models, which consider only a linear viscous damping term characterized by means of free decay tests. It is also pointed that linear models are not adequate for refined studies, since they can lead to erroneous predictions of rotation zones, and consequently to wrong considerations in the design of pendulum harvesters.     

Symmetry breaking bifurcations of a parametrically excited pendulum

This paper examines the bifurcation behavior of a planar pendulum subjected to high-frequency parametric excitation along a tilted angle. Parametric nonlinear identification is performed on the experimental system via an optimization approach that utilizes a developed approximate analytical solution. Experimental and theoretical efforts then consider the influence of a subtle tilt angle in the applied parametric excitation by contrasting the predicted and observed mean angle bifurcations with the bifurcations due to excitation applied in either the vertical or horizontal direction. Results show that small deviations from either a perfectly vertical or horizontal excitation will result in symmetry breaking bifurcations as opposed to pitchfork bifurcations.     

Dynamics of the nearly parametric pendulum

Dynamically stable periodic rotations of a driven pendulum provide a unique mechanism for generating a uniform rotation from bounded excitations. This paper studies the effects of a small ellipticity of the driving, perturbing the classical parametric pendulum. The first finding is that the region in the parameter plane of amplitude and frequency of excitation where rotations are possible increases with the ellipticity. Second, the resonance tongues, which are the most characteristic feature of the classical bifurcation scenario of a parametrically driven pendulum, merge into a single region of instability.     

Evolution of the equilibrium states of an inverted pendulum

The influence of the pendulum parameters and the follower force on the evolution of equilibrium states is analyzed using a generalized mathematical model of inverted pendulum. Equilibrium curves are plotted using the parameter continuation method. It is shown that the pendulum with certain values of the angular eccentricity has one or three nonvertical equilibrium positions __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 122–131, March 2007.     

Stability of equilibrium states in a simple system with unilateral contact and Coulomb friction

The aim of this paper is to study the stability of equilibrium states in a mechanical system involving unilateral contact with Coulomb friction. Since the assumptions made in classical stability theorems are not satisfied with this class of systems, we return to the basic definitions of stability by studying the time evolution of the distance between a given equilibrium and the solution of a Cauchy problem where the initial conditions are in a neighborhood of the equilibrium. It was recently established that the dynamics is well posed in the case of analytical data. In the present study, we focus in particular on the stability of the equilibrium states under a constant force and deal only with a simple mass-spring system in .     

Oscillation of an elastic bar rigidly linked to a kinematically excited pendulum

The oscillation of a mechanical system consisting of an elastic bar rigidly linked at the middle to a kinematically excited pendulum is studied. A system of integro-differential equations with appropriate boundary and initial conditions for the deflections of the bar axis and the rotation angle of the pendulum is derived using the Hamilton-Ostrogradsky principle. Given kinematic excitation conditions, the rotation angle is found as a solution to an inhomogeneous Hill equation in the form of a double power series in the amplitude of kinematic excitation. It is shown that the oscillation of the bar is the linear superposition of three oscillations __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 10, pp. 107–115, October 2006.     

A precessing and nutating beam with a tip mass

Stability analysis of elastic vibration of a simultaneously precessing and nutating beam with a tip mass is attempted here. A simple two-degree of freedom model is considered to have an understanding of the terms appearing in the parametric equations with precession softening and centrifugal stiffening. The stability margin is determined using a variant of Hill's method using precession and nutation speeds as parameters. It is found that the stability of an only precessing beam depends on the inclination of the beam-centerline with the axis of precession. A precessing beam with very slow nutation is unstable because of its passage through a particular range of nutation angle.     

Two models for the parametric forcing of a nonlinear oscillator

Instabilities associated with 2:1 and 4:1 resonances of two models for the parametric forcing of a strictly nonlinear oscillator are analyzed. The first model involves a nonlinear Mathieu equation and the second one is described by a 2 degree of freedom Hamiltonian system in which the forcing is introduced by the coupling. Using averaging with elliptic functions, the threshold of the overlapping phenomenon between the resonance bands 2:1 and 4:1 (Chirikov’s overlap criterion) is determined for both models, offering an approximation for the transition from local to global chaos. The analytical results are compared to numerical simulations obtained by examining the Poincaré section of the two systems.     

Parametric identification of a chaotic base-excited double pendulum experiment

The parametric identification of a chaotic system was investigated for a double pendulum. From recorded experimental response data, the unstable periodic orbits (UPOs) were extracted and then used in a harmonic balance identification process. By applying digital filtering, digital differentiation and linear regression techniques for optimization, the results were improved. Verification of the related simulation system and linearized system also corroborated the success of the identification algorithm.     

Stability and Hopf bifurcation in an inverted pendulum with delayed feedback control

In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of the inverted pendulum with delayed feedback control. The existence and stability of multiple equilibria depending on the control strengths are studied. Taking the time delay of the control terms as a parameter, periodic oscillations induced by delay are found. By using the method of multiple scales, the effect of the control gains and the relative mass of the pendulum on the stability and direction of Hopf bifurcations are discussed. Numerical simulations are employed to illustrate the obtained theoretical results.