Response statistics of two-degree-of-freedom non-linear system to narrow-band random excitation

The principal resonance of two-degree-of-freedom non-linear system to narrow-band random external excitation is investigated. The method of multiple scales is used to determine the equations of modulation of amplitude and phase. The behavior, stability and bifurcation of steady state response are studied by means of qualitative analysis. The effects of damping, detuning, bandwidth, and magnitudes of deterministic and random excitations are analyzed. The theoretical analyses are verified by numerical results. Theoretical analyses and numerical simulations show that when the intensity of the random excitation increases, the nontrivial steady state solution may be changed from a limit cycle to a diffused limit cycle. Under some conditions the system may have two steady state solutions, saturation and jumps may exist.