A field method in the study of weakly non-linear two-degree-of-freedom oscillatory systems

2004 ◽  
Vol 271 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 464-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Kovacic
1966 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 252-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. N. Bycroft

This paper shows how the Lighthill-Poincaré perturbation technique may be used to determine the transient response of ‘lightly coupled’ non-linear multi-degree-of-freedom oscillatory systems subject to arbitrary forcing functions. The results in general are complex but simplify in many important cases. A comparison is made between the analytical results and results obtained by a numerical integration of the equations on a computer. Good agreement is noted. The method fails under conditions of ‘internal resonance’ of the system.


The non-linear torsional oscillation of the system is analyzed by means of a variant of Kryloff and Bogoliuboff’s method. It is shown that each mode of the system can perform oscillations of large amplitude in a number of critical speed ranges, and that hysteresis effects and discontinuous jumps in amplitude are to be expected in these speed ranges if the damping is light.


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