FORCED NONLINEAR OSCILLATOR IN A FRACTAL SPACE

A critical hurdle of a nonlinear vibration system in a fractal space is the inefficiency in modelling the system. Specifically, the differential equation models cannot elucidate the effect of porosity size and distribution of the periodic property. This paper establishes a fractal-differential model for this purpose, and a fractal Duffing-Van der Pol oscillator (DVdP) with two-scale fractal derivatives and a forced term is considered as an example to reveal the basic properties of the fractal oscillator. Utilizing the two-scale transforms and He-Laplace method, an analytic approximate solution may be attained. Unfortunately, this solution is not physically preferred. It has to be modified along with the nonlinear frequency analysis, and the stability criterion for the equation under consideration is obtained. On the other hand, the linearized stability theory is employed in the autonomous arrangement. Consequently, the phase portraits around the equilibrium points are sketched. For the non-autonomous organization, the stability criteria are analyzed via the multiple time scales technique. Numerical estimations are designed to confirm graphically the analytical approximate solutions as well as the stability configuration. It is revealed that the exciting external force parameter plays a destabilizing role. Furthermore, both of the frequency of the excited force and the stiffness parameter, execute a dual role in the stability picture

HAMILTONIAN-BASED FREQUENCY-AMPLITUDE FORMULATION FOR NONLINEAR OSCILLATORS

Complex mechanical systems usually include nonlinear interactions between their components which can be modeled by nonlinear equations describing the sophisticated motion of the system. In order to interpret the nonlinear dynamics of these systems, it is necessary to compute more precisely their nonlinear frequencies. The nonlinear vibration process of a conservative oscillator always follows the law of energy conservation. A variational formulation is constructed and its Hamiltonian invariant is obtained. This paper suggests a Hamiltonian-based formulation to quickly determine the frequency property of the nonlinear oscillator. An example is given to explicate the solution process

SIMPLIFIED HAMILTONIAN-BASED FREQUENCY-AMPLITUDE FORMULATION FOR NONLINEAR VIBRATION SYSTEMS

The Hamiltonian-based frequency formulation has been hailed as an unprecedented success for it gives a straightforward insight into a complex nonlinear vibration system with simple calculation. This paper gives a systematical analysis of the formulation, and two simplified formulations are suggested.  The cubic-quintic Duffing oscillator is used as an example to show extremely simple calculation and remarkable accuracy. It can be used as a paradigm for many other applications, and the one-step solving process has cleaned up the road of the nonlinear vibration theory.

​ Jerk Dynamics and Vibration Control ​ for the parametrically excited van der Pol system

Parametrically excited van der Pol system dangerous vibrations can be controlled and governed by Jerk dynamics. We choose a non-local force for the vibration control and a third order nonlinear differential equation (jerk dynamics) is necessary for the control method implementation. Two slow flow equations on the amplitude and phase of the response describe the oscillator motion and we are able to check the control strategy performance. The stability and response of the system is connected to the feedback gains. The dangerus excitations amplitude peak can be reduced adequately picking feedback gains. The new method is successfully checked by numerical simulation

Resonant frequency calculations using a hybrid perturbation-Galerkin technique

A two-step hybrid perturbation Galerkin technique is applied to the problem of determining the resonant frequencies of one or several degree of freedom nonlinear systems involving a parameter. In one step, the Lindstedt-Poincare method is used to determine perturbation solutions which are formally valid about one or more special values of the parameter (e.g., for large or small values of the parameter). In step two, a subset of the perturbation coordinate functions determined in step one is used in Galerkin type approximation. The technique is illustrated for several one degree of freedom systems, including the Duffing and van der Pol oscillators, as well as for the compound pendulum. For all of the examples considered, it is shown that the frequencies obtained by the hybrid technique using only a few terms from the perturbation solutions are significantly more accurate than the perturbation results on which they are based, and they compare very well with frequencies obtained by purely numerical methods

APPLICATION OF HE’S FREQUENCY FORMULA TO NONLINEAR OSCILLATORS WITH GENERALIZED INITIAL CONDITIONS

This paper focuses on the vibration periodic property of Duffing oscillator with generalized initial conditions. Firstly, the undamped case is solved by Ji-Huan He’s frequency formulation; Secondly, the formulation is extended to the damped case. Numerical verification shows that the frequency formulation is mathematically simple and physically insightful and practically applicable. This paper paves a novel way for engineers to use the formulation to study nonlinear vibration system with ease and reliability

On the solution of strong nonlinear oscillators by applying a rational elliptic balance method

AbstractA rational elliptic balance method is introduced to obtain exact and approximate solutions of nonlinear oscillators by using Jacobi elliptic functions. To illustrate the applicability of the proposed rational elliptic forms in the solution of nonlinear oscillators, we first investigate the exact solution of the non-homogenous, undamped Duffing equation. Then, we introduce first and second order rational elliptic form solutions to obtain approximate solutions of two nonlinear oscillators. At the end of the paper, we compare the numerical integration values of the angular frequencies with approximate solution results, based on the proposed rational elliptic balance method

PULL-DOWN INSTABILITY OF THE QUADRATIC NONLINEAR OSCILLATORS

A nonlinear vibration system, over a span of convincing periodic motion, might break out abruptly a catastrophic instability, but the lack of a theoretical tool has obscured the prediction of the outbreak. This paper deploys the amplitude-frequency formulation for nonlinear oscillators to reveal the critically important mechanism of the pseudo-periodic motion, and finds the quadratic nonlinear force contributes to the pull-down phenomenon in each cycle of the periodic motion, when the force reaches a threshold value, the pull-down instability occurs. A criterion for prediction of the pull-down instability is proposed and verified numerically