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Nonlinear oscillations of self-excited systems under multifrequency parametric excitation

Abstract

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A self·excited system with weak nonlinearities and multifrequency parametric excitation is investigated in this study. The method of multiple scales is used to analyze the system under four different resonances relating parametric excitation frequencies with the natural frequencies. In the first case, the parametric excitation frequency is approximately equal to twice the natural frequency, λ≃2ω. In the second case, the parametric excitation frequency is approximately equal to the natural frequency, λ≃ω. The third case treats a system with two parametric excitation frequencies under the condition λ₁±λ₂≃2ω. In the last case, a two-degree-of-freedom system with natural frequencies ω, and ω, is considered and the resonance λ₁+ λ₂≃ω<sub>r</sub>- ω<sub>q</sub> , is analyzed. Different parameters (the 1' load amplitudes, a detuning parameter, and a system stiffness parameter) are varied in each case and the responses obtained are presented in plots. The stability of the solutions is affected by all the parameters mentioned, especially the load amplitudes and the detuning parameter.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Civil Engineering
Department dc:contributor.department
Civil Engineering
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
1989

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Limam, Wafa

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

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etd-07242012-040158
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oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/43905

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Limam, Wafa. Nonlinear oscillations of self-excited systems under multifrequency parametric excitation. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43905