Forced Oscillations of the Discrete Membrane Under Conditions of “Sonic Vacuum”

2020 ◽  
Vol 87 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. Kevorkov ◽  
I. P. Koroleva ◽  
V. V. Smirnov ◽  
L. I. Manevitch

Abstract This study presents a new analytical model for nonlinear dynamics of a discrete rectangular membrane that is subjected to external harmonic force. It has recently been shown that the corresponding autonomous system admits a series of nonlinear normal modes. In this paper, we describe stationary and non-stationary dynamics on a single mode manifold. We suggest a simple formula for the amplitude-frequency response in both conservative and non-conservative cases and present an analytical expression (in parametric space) for thresholds for all possible bifurcations. Theoretical results obtained through asymptotic approach are confirmed by the experimental data. Experiments on the shaking table show that amplitude-frequency response to external force in a real system matches our theory. Substantial hysteresis is observed in the regimes with increasing and decreasing frequency of external force. The obtained results may be used in designing nonlinear energy sinks.

Author(s):  
Dongxiao Hong ◽  
Evangelia Nicolaidou ◽  
Thomas L. Hill ◽  
Simon A. Neild

Nonlinear normal modes (NNMs) are a widely used tool for studying nonlinear mechanical systems. The most commonly observed NNMs are synchronous (i.e. single-mode, in-phase and anti-phase NNMs). Additionally, asynchronous NNMs in the form of out-of-unison motion, where the underlying linear modes have a phase difference of 90°, have also been observed. This paper extends these concepts to consider general asynchronous NNMs , where the modes exhibit a phase difference that is not necessarily equal to 90°. A single-mass, 2 d.f. model is firstly used to demonstrate that the out-of-unison NNMs evolve to general asynchronous NNMs with the breaking of the geometrically orthogonal structure of the system. Analytical analysis further reveals that, along with the breaking of the orthogonality, the out-of-unison NNM branches evolve into branches which exhibit amplitude-dependent phase relationships. These NNM branches are introduced here and termed phase-varying backbone curves . To explore this further, a model of a cable, with a support near one end, is used to demonstrate the existence of phase-varying backbone curves (and corresponding general asynchronous NNMs) in a common engineering structure.


Author(s):  
V. V. Sminrov ◽  
L. I. Manevitch

We present the results of analytical study of the significant regularities which are inherent to forced nonlinear oscillations of a string with uniformly distributed discrete masses, without its preliminary stretching. It was found recently that a corresponding autonomous system admits a series of nonlinear normal modes with a lot of possible intermodal resonances and that similar synchronized solutions can exist in the presence of a periodic external field also. The paper is devoted to theoretical explanation of numerical data relating to one of possible scenarios of intermodal interaction which was numerically revealed earlier. This is unidirectional energy flow from unstable nonlinear normal mode to nonlinear normal modes with higher wavenumbers under the conditions of sonic vacuum. The mechanism of such a scenario has not yet been clarified contrary to alternative mechanisms consisting in almost simultaneous energy flow to all nonlinear normal modes with breaking the above-mentioned conditions of sonic vacuum. We begin with a description of single-mode manifolds and then show that consideration of arbitrary double mode manifolds is sufficient for solution of the problem. Because of this, the two-modal equations of motion can be reduced to a linear equation which describes a perturbation of initially excited nonlinear normal mode of the forced system in the conditions of sonic vacuum. We have found analytical representation (in the parametric space) of the thresholds for all possible energy transfers corresponding to unidirectional energy flow from unstable nonlinear normal modes. The analytical results are in a good agreement with previous numerical calculations.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Nonlinear energy transfer in dynamical and acoustical systems’.


1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 645-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. A. Month ◽  
R. H. Rand

The stability of periodic motions (nonlinear normal modes) in a nonlinear two-degree-of-freedom Hamiltonian system is studied by deriving an approximation for the Poincare´ map via the Birkhoff-Gustavson canonical transofrmation. This method is presented as an alternative to the usual linearized stability analysis based on Floquet theory. An example is given for which the Floquet theory approach fails to predict stability but for which the Poincare´ map approach succeeds.


Author(s):  
Alexander F. Vakakis

Abstract The free oscillations of a strongly nonlinear, discrete oscillator are examined by computing its “nonsimilar nonlinear normal modes.” These are motions represented by curves in the configuration space of the system, and they are not encountered in classical, linear vibration theory or in existing nonlinear perturbation techniques. For an oscillator with weak coupling stiffness and “mistiming,” both localized and nonlocalized modes are detected, occurring in small neighborhoods of “degenerate” and “global” similar modes of the “tuned” system. When strong coupling is considered, only nonlocalized modes are found to exist. An interesting result of this work is the detection of mode localization in the “tuned” periodic system, a result with no counterpart in existing theories on linear mode localization.


Author(s):  
F. Georgiades ◽  
M. Peeters ◽  
G. Kerschen ◽  
J. C. Golinval ◽  
M. Ruzzene

The objective of this study is to carry out modal analysis of nonlinear periodic structures using nonlinear normal modes (NNMs). The NNMs are computed numerically with a method developed in [18] that is using a combination of two techniques: a shooting procedure and a method for the continuation of periodic motion. The proposed methodology is applied to a simplified model of a perfectly cyclic bladed disk assembly with 30 sectors. The analysis shows that the considered model structure features NNMs characterized by strong energy localization in a few sectors. This feature has no linear counterpart, and its occurrence is associated with the frequency-energy dependence of nonlinear oscillations.


2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Amabili ◽  
C. Touze´ ◽  
O. Thomas

The aim of the present paper is to compare two different methods available to reduce the complicated dynamics exhibited by large amplitude, geometrically nonlinear vibrations of a thin shell. The two methods are: the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) and an asymptotic approximation of the Nonlinear Normal Modes (NNMs) of the system. The structure used to perform comparisons is a water-filled, simply supported circular cylindrical shell subjected to harmonic excitation in the spectral neighbourhood of the fundamental natural frequency. A reference solution is obtained by discretizing the Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) of motion with a Galerkin expansion containing 16 eigenmodes. The POD model is built by using responses computed with the Galerkin model; the NNM model is built by using the discretized equations of motion obtained with the Galerkin method, and taking into account also the transformation of damping terms. Both the POD and NNMs allow to reduce significantly the dimension of the original Galerkin model. The computed nonlinear responses are compared in order to verify the accuracy and the limits of these two methods. For vibration amplitudes equal to 1.5 times the shell thickness, the two methods give very close results to the original Galerkin model. By increasing the excitation and vibration amplitude, significant differences are observed and discussed.


1982 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.E. Ferguson ◽  
H. Flaschka ◽  
D.W. McLaughlin

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