Rotation of the apparent vibration plane of a swinging spring at the 1:1:2 resonance

Nonlinear spatial vibrations of a mass point on a weightless elastic suspension (pendulum on a spring) are considered. The frequency of vertical vibrations is assumed to be equal to the doubled swinging frequency (the 1:1:2 resonance). In this case, as numerical calculations and experiments show, the vertical vibrations are unstable, which leads to the vertical vibration energy transfer to the pendulum swinging energy. The vertical vibrations of the mass point decay and, after a certain time period, the pendulum starts swinging in a certain vertical plane. This swinging is also unstable, which results in the reverse energy transfer into the vertical vibration mode. The vertical vibrations are again repeated. But after the second transfer of the vertical vibration energy to the pendulum swinging energy, the apparent plane of vibrations rotates by a certain angle. These effects are described analytically; namely, the energy transfer period, the time variations in the amplitudes of both modes, and the variations in the angle of the apparent vibration plane are determined. An asymptotic solution is also constructed for the mass point trajectory in the orbit elements. In projection on the horizonal plane, the mass point moves in a nearly elliptic trajectory. The ellipse semiaxes slowly vary with time, so that their product remains constant, and the major semiaxis slowly rotates at a constant sectorial velocity. The obtained analytic time dependence of the ellipse semiaxes and the precession angle agree well with the results of numerical calculations.     

Gas bubble oscillations in a fluid in the presence of 2:1 resonance between the radial and deformation oscillation frequencies

Small nonlinear oscillations of an ellipsoidal bubble in a fluid in the presence of 2:1 frequency resonance between the radial and ellipsoidal modes are considered. The equations of motion are reduced to Hamiltonian form. The quadratic and cubic terms are taken into account in the expansion of the Hamiltonian. The Hamilton function is transformed to the normal form using the invariant normalization method in the first approximation. This makes it possible to construct an analogy between the system considered and the well-known problem of a pendulous spring. The radial and ellipsoidal bubble oscillation modes correspond to the vertical and horizontal coordinates of a material point, respectively. In the absence of resonance the solution of the nonlinear equations differs from the solution of the linear equations by only a small (quadratic in the amplitude) change in the oscillation frequency. In the resonance case the radial and ellipsoidal oscillation modes periodically change places and the energy of one mode is converted into that of the other. The interest in the system in resonance is associated with precisely this fact. The question of the dissipation effect in real media is considered. The decay rate depends significantly on the physical properties of the material and, in certain special cases, can be small enough for the energy transfer effect to manifest itself.     

Nonlinear normal modes in pendulum systems

Dynamics of the spring pendulum and of the system containing a pendulum absorber is considered by using the nonlinear normal modes?? theory and the asymptotic-numeric procedures. This makes it possible to investigate the pendulum dynamics for both the small and large vibration amplitudes. The vibration modes stability is analyzed by different methods. Regions of the nonlinear normal modes?? stability/instability are obtained. The nonlinear normal modes?? approach and the modified Rauscher method are used to construct forced vibration modes in the system with a pendulum absorber.     

Asymptotic analysis of nonlinear dynamics of simply supported cylindrical shells

Donnell equations are used to simulate free nonlinear oscillations of cylindrical shells with imperfections. The expansion, which consists of two conjugate modes and axisymmetric one, is used to analyze shell oscillations. Amplitudes of the axisymmetric motions are assumed significantly smaller, than the conjugate modes amplitudes. Nonlinear normal vibrations mode, which is determined by shell imperfections, is analyzed. The stability and bifurcations of this mode are studied by the multiple scales method. It is discovered that stable quasiperiodic motions appear at the bifurcations points. The forced oscillations of circular cylindrical shells in the case of two internal resonances and the principle resonance are analyzed too. The multiple scales method is used to obtain the system of six modulation equations. The method for stability analysis of standing waves is suggested. The continuation algorithm is used to analyze fixed points of the system of the modulation equations.     

气泡振动的非线性耦合模型

我们推广了Longuet-Higgins关于各向同性气泡的非各向同性模式激发的二阶理论。着重注意“呼吸”模式和“变形”模式之间的相互作用,两个模式之间的能量交换足够强,以致于两个模式有同量级的振幅。文中指出:模式耦合的方程组类似于其他物理领域(如非线性光学、水波)所研究的方程组,并讨论了二种特解,考虑了平衡点及其稳定性。     

Interaction of free and forced nonlinear normal modes in two-DOF dissipative systems under resonance conditions

The resonance dynamics of a dissipative spring-mass and of a dissipative spring-pendulum system is studied. Internal resonance case is considered for the first system; both external resonances and simultaneous external and internal resonance are studied for the second one. Analysis of the systems resonance behavior is made on the base of the concept of nonlinear normal vibration modes (NNMs) by Kauderer and Rosenberg, which is generalized for dissipative systems. The multiple time scales method under resonance conditions is applied. The resulting equations are reduced to a system with respect to the system energy, arctangent of the amplitudes ratio and the difference of phases of required solution in the resonance vicinity. Equilibrium positions of the reduced system correspond to nonlinear normal modes; in energy dissipation case they are quasi-equilibriums. Analysis of the equilibrium states of the reduced system permits to investigate stability of nonlinear normal modes in the resonance vicinity and to describe transfer from unstable vibration mode to stable one. New vibration regimes, which are called transient nonlinear normal modes (TNNMs) are obtained. These regimes take place only for some particular levels of the system energy. In the vicinity of values of time, corresponding to these energy levels, the TTNM attract other system motions. Then, when the energy decreases, the transient modes vanish, and the system motions tend to another nonlinear normal mode, which is stable in the resonance vicinity. The reliability of the obtained analytical results is confirmed by numerical and numerical-analytical simulations.     

Large Uniform Expansions of Periodic Solutions to Strongly Non-Linear Evolution Equations with Odd Polynomial Non-Linearity

A new method of uniform expansions of periodic solutions to ordinary differential equations with arbitrary odd polynomial non-linearity is constructed to study quasi-harmonic processes in non-linear dynamical systems, in particular when a small parameter of non-linearity is absent. The main idea of the method consists in using the ratio of the amplitudes of higher harmonics to the amplitude of the first harmonic of a periodic solution as a small formal parameter. In the particular case of a single-periodic solution, this small parameter appears due to descending the amplitudes of harmonics monotonically with increasing their number. Due to uniform expansion the amplitudes of higher harmonics turn out to be rational and fractional functions in the amplitude of the first harmonic and the frequency of oscillations. We show that the method of uniform expansions is an effective tool for obtaining convergent expansions of periodic solutions in explicit form all over the domain, where periodic solutions exist, independently of the magnitude of non-linearity. In each subsequent approximation, one more higher harmonic is taken into account, with all the other harmonics being corrected. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the method on the examples of the harmonically forced Duffing oscillator; free vibrations of the oscillator with fifth-power non-linearity and mathematical pendulum.     

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.     

Nonlinear interaction of longitudinal—Transverse acoustic waves in a circular cylinder

The limiting amplitudes of acoustic oscillations in a cylindrical volume of a heat releasing medium in which one or several modes are unstable in the linear approximation are determined. One of the mechanisms limiting the amplitudes of unstable acoustic modes is the transfer of energy from them to damped modes by nonlinear interaction. The nonlinear interactions of plane acoustic waves in a long channel have been considered by Artamonov and Vorob'ev [1]; in the present paper, the interaction of mixed longitudinal—transverse acoustic modes in a closed cylindrical volume is considered. The equations describing the interaction of two and three longitudinal—transverse modes are derived and investigated in the quadratic approximation by the method of slowly varying amplitudes and phases of the oscillations [2]. The treatment is applicable to a high-temperature gas, for which general stability conditions in the linear approximation have been formulated by Artamonov [3].Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 3–9, September–October, 1982.I should like to express my thanks to K. I. Artamonov (deceased) for suggesting the problem and for scientific supervision and A. P. Vorob'ev for constant interest in the work and helpful advice.     

On the Perturbation of Hamel Flow Due to Unevenness of the Channel Walls

A method of analyzing the receptivity of longitudinally inhomogeneous flows is proposed. The process of excitation of natural oscillations is studied with reference to the simplest inhomogeneous flow: the two-dimensional flow of a viscous incompressible fluid in a channel with plane nonparallel walls. As physical factors generating perturbations, the cases of a stationary irregularity and localized vibration of the channel walls are considered. By changing the independent variables and unknown functions of the perturbed flow, the problem of the generation of stationary perturbations above an irregularity is reduced to a longitudinally homogeneous boundary-value problem which is solved using a Fourier transform in the longitudinal variable. The same problem is investigated using another method based on representing the required solution in the form of a superposition of solutions of the homogeneous problem and a forced solution calculated in the locally homogeneous approximation. As a result, the problem of calculating the longitudinal distributions of the amplitudes of the normal modes is reduced to the solution of an infinite-dimensional inhomogeneous system of ordinary differential equations. The numerical solution obtained using this method is tested by comparison with an exact calculation based on the Fourier method. Using the method proposed, the problem of flow receptivity to harmonic oscillations of parts of the channel walls is analyzed. The calculations performed show that the method is promising for investigating the receptivity of longitudinally inhomogeneous flow in a laminar boundary layer.     

Three-to-one internal resonance in multiple stepped beam systems

In this study, the vibrations of multiple stepped beams with cubic nonlinearities are considered. A three-to-one internal resonance case is investigated for the system. A general approximate solution to the problem is found using the method of multiple scales （a perturbation technique）. The modulation equations of the amplitudes and the phases are derived for two modes. These equations are utilized to determine steady state solutions and their stabilities. It is assumed that the external forcing frequency is close to the lower frequency. For the numeric part of the study, the three-to-one ratio in natural frequencies is investigated. These values are observed to be between the first and second natural frequencies in the cases of the clamped-clamped and clamped-pinned supports, and between the second and third natural frequencies in the case of the pinned-pinned support. Finally, a numeric algorithm is used to solve the three-to-one internal resonance. The first mode is externally excited for the clamped-clamped and clamped-pinned supports, and the second mode is externally excited for the pinned-pinned support. Then, the amplitudes of the first and second modes are investigated when the first mode is externally excited. The amplitudes of the second and third modes are investigated when the second mode is externally excited. The force-response, damping-response, and .frequency- response curves are plotted for the internal resonance modes of vibrations. The stability analysis is carried out for these plots.     

Coupled energy patterns in zigzag molecular chains

The contribution of both longitudinal and transversal nonlinear oscillations to energy localization is investigated in a zigzag molecular chain, which include simultaneously nearest- and next-nearest neighbor interactions. Coupled amplitude equations are found in the form of discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equations, whose plane wave solutions are found to be subjected to some instabilities. They are shown to be very sensitive to transverse and longitudinal couplings, which is confirmed via direct numerical simulations. The two available modes are found to be alternatively responsible for energy localization and transport. Thermal fluctuations effects bring about highly localized modes, along with narrow structures for efficient energy transport.     

Axisymmetric free vibrations of infinite micropolar thermoelastic plate

The propagation of axisymmetric free vibrations in an infinite homogeneous isotropic micropolar thermoelastic plate without energy dissipation subjected to stress free and rigidly fixed boundary conditions is investigated. The secular equations for homogeneous isotropic micropolar thermoelastic plate without energy dissipation in closed form for symmetric and skew symmetric wave modes of propagation are derived. The different regions of secular equations are obtained. At short wavelength limits, the secular equations for symmetric and skew symmetric modes of wave propagation in a stress free insulated and isothermal plate reduce to Rayleigh surface wave frequency equation. The results for thermoelastic, micropolar elastic and elastic materials are obtained as particular cases from the derived secular equations. The amplitudes of displacement components, microrotation and temperature distribution are also computed during the symmetric and skew symmetric motion of the plate. The dispersion curves for symmetric and skew symmetric modes and amplitudes of displacement components, microrotation and temperature distribution in case of fundamental symmetric and skew symmetric modes are presented graphically. The analytical and numerical results are found to be in close agreement.     

Axisymmetric free vibrations of infinite thermoelastic plate

The propagation of axisymmetric free vibrations in an infinite homogeneous isotropic micropolar thermoelastic plate without energy dissipation subjected to stress free and rigidly fixed boundary conditions is investigated. The secular equations for homogeneous isotropic micropolar thermoelastic plate without energy dissipation in closed form for symmetric and skew symmetric wave modes of propagation are derived. The different regions of secular equations are obtained. At short wavelength limits, the secular equations for symmetric and skew symmetric modes of wave propagation in a stress free insulated and isothermal plate reduce to Rayleigh surface wave frequency equation. The results for thermoelastic, micropolar elastic and elastic materials are obtained as particular cases from the derived secular equations. The amplitudes of displacement components, microrotation and temperature distribution are also computed during the symmetric and skew symmetric motion of the plate. The dispersion curves for symmetric and skew symmetric modes and amplitudes of displacement components, microrotation and temperature distribution in case of fundamental symmetric and skew symmetric modes are presented graphically. The analytical and numerical results are found to be in close agreement.     

Reduced normal forms for nonlinear control of underactuated hoisting systems

Nearly every cargo that is transported by ship is boxed in standardized containers. The land to ship and ship to land handling of containers is performed by container cranes. These cranes dominate the throughput of the containers in ports. The operators need to be well-trained and skilled because of the requirements of the task to load or unload the ships. During container handling, the crane-load system can be compared to a pendulum of rope length L and deflection f{\phi} . It is referred to as an underactuated system. Whenever the fixed point of the pendulum is displaced, the load starts oscillating. In the nonlinear dynamics literature, one finds the field of resonant coupling to transfer energy from actuated controllable modes to underactuated uncontrollable modes. This work presents a novel normal form approach in order to identify the mode coupling. The proposed method decomposes a nonlinear control system into controllable and uncontrollable subsystem. Only the normal form terms in the controllable subsystem are utilized to design a general controller. Simulation results are given to highlight the load oscillation suppression.     

Dynamics of a mass–spring–pendulum system with vastly different frequencies

We investigate the dynamics of a simple pendulum coupled to a horizontal mass?Cspring system. The spring is assumed to have a very large stiffness value such that the natural frequency of the mass?Cspring oscillator, when uncoupled from the pendulum, is an order of magnitude larger than that of the oscillations of the pendulum. The leading order dynamics of the autonomous coupled system is studied using the method of Direct Partition of Motion (DPM), in conjunction with a rescaling of fast time in a manner that is inspired by the WKB method. We particularly study the motions in which the amplitude of the motion of the harmonic oscillator is an order of magnitude smaller than that of the pendulum. In this regime, a pitchfork bifurcation of periodic orbits is found to occur for energy values larger that a critical value. The bifurcation gives rise to nonlocal periodic and quasi-periodic orbits in which the pendulum oscillates about an angle between zero and ??/2 from the down right position. The bifurcating periodic orbits are nonlinear normal modes of the coupled system and correspond to fixed points of a Poincare map. An approximate expression for the value of the new fixed points of the map is obtained. These formal analytic results are confirmed by comparison with numerical integration.     

The tuned bistable nonlinear energy sink

A bistable nonlinear energy sink conceived to mitigate the vibrations of host structural systems is considered in this paper. The hosting structure consists of two coupled symmetric linear oscillators (LOs), and the nonlinear energy sink (NES) is connected to one of them. The peculiar nonlinear dynamics of the resulting three-degree-of-freedom system is analytically described by means of its slow invariant manifold derived from a suitable rescaling, coupled with a harmonic balance procedure, applied to the governing equations transformed in modal coordinates. On the basis of the first-order reduced model, the absorber is tuned and optimized to mitigate both modes for a broad range of impulsive load magnitudes applied to the LOs. On the one hand, for low-amplitude, in-well, oscillations, the parameters governing the bistable NES are tuned in order to make it functioning as a linear tuned mass damper (TMD); on the other, for high-amplitude, cross-well, oscillations, the absorber is optimized on the basis of the invariant manifolds features. The analytically predicted performance of the resulting tuned bistable nonlinear energy sink (TBNES) is numerically validated in terms of dissipation time; the absorption capabilities are eventually compared with either a TMD and a purely cubic NES. It is shown that, for a wide range of impulse amplitudes, the TBNES allows the most efficient absorption even for the detuned mode, where a single TMD cannot be effective.     

On the Global Geometric Structure of the Dynamics of the Elastic Pendulum

We approach the planar elastic pendulum as a singular perturbation of the pendulum to show that its dynamics are governed by global two-dimensional invariant manifolds of motion. One of the manifolds is nonlinear and carries purely slow periodic oscillations. The other one, on the other hand, is linear and carries purely fast radial oscillations. For sufficiently small coupling between the angular and radial degrees of freedom, both manifolds are global and orbitally stable up to energy levels exceeding that of the unstable equilibrium of the system. For fixed value of coupling, the fast invariant manifold bifurcates transversely to create unstable radial oscillations exhibiting energy transfer. Poincaré sections of iso-energetic manifolds reveal that only motions on and near a separatrix emanating from the unstable region of the fast invariant manifold exhibit energy transfer.