Intrinsic Localized Modes of Harmonic Oscillations in Pendulum-Arrays Subjected to Horizontal Excitation

Author(s):  
Takashi Ikeda ◽  
Yuji Harata ◽  
Keisuke Nishimura

The behavior of intrinsic localized modes (ILMs) is investigated for an array with N pendula which are connected with each other by weak, linear springs when the array is subjected to horizontal, sinusoidal excitation. In the theoretical analysis, van der Pol’s method is employed to determine the expressions for the frequency response curves for fundamental harmonic oscillations. In the numerical calculations, the frequency response curves are presented for N = 2 and 3 and compared with the results of the numerical simulations. Patterns of oscillations are classified according to the stable steady-state solutions of the response curves, and the patterns in which ILMs appear are discussed in detail. The influence of the connecting springs of the pendula on the appearance of ILMs is examined. Increasing the values of the connecting spring constants may affect the excitation frequency range of ILMs and cause Hopf bifurcation to occur, followed by amplitude modulated motions (AMMs) including chaotic vibrations. The influence of the imperfections of the pendula on the system response is also investigated. Bifurcation sets are calculated to examine the influence of the system parameters on the excitation frequency range of ILMs and determine the threshold value for the connecting spring constant after which ILMs do not appear. Experiments were conducted for N = 2, and the data were compared with the theoretical results in order to confirm the validity of the theoretical analysis.

Author(s):  
Takashi Ikeda ◽  
Yuji Harata ◽  
Keisuke Nishimura

The behavior of intrinsic localized modes (ILMs) is investigated for an array with N pendula which are connected with each other by weak, linear springs when the array is subjected to horizontal, sinusoidal excitation. In the theoretical analysis, van der Pol's method is employed to determine the expressions for the frequency response curves for fundamental harmonic oscillations. In the numerical calculations, the frequency response curves are presented for N = 2 and 3 and compared with the results of the numerical simulations. Patterns of oscillations are classified according to the stable steady-state solutions of the response curves, and the patterns in which ILMs appear are discussed in detail. The influence of the connecting springs of the pendula on the appearance of ILMs is examined. Increasing the values of the connecting spring constants may affect the excitation frequency range of ILMs and cause Hopf bifurcation to occur, followed by amplitude modulated motions (AMMs) including chaotic vibrations. The influence of the imperfections of the pendula on the system response is also investigated. Bifurcation sets are calculated to examine the influence of the system parameters on the excitation frequency range of ILMs and determine the threshold value for the connecting spring constant above which ILMs do not appear. Experiments were conducted for N = 2, and the data were compared with the theoretical results in order to confirm the validity of the theoretical analysis.


Author(s):  
Takashi Ikeda ◽  
Yuji Harata ◽  
Keisuke Nishimura

Intrinsic localized modes (ILMs) are investigated in an array with N Duffing oscillators that are weakly coupled with each other when each oscillator is subjected to sinusoidal excitation. The purpose of this study is to investigate the behavior of ILMs in nonlinear multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) systems. In the theoretical analysis, van der Pol's method is employed to determine the expressions for the frequency response curves for fundamental harmonic oscillations. In the numerical calculations, the frequency response curves are shown for N = 2 and 3 and compared with the results of the numerical simulations. Basins of attraction are shown for a two-oscillator array with hard-type nonlinearities to examine the possibility of appearance of ILMs when an oscillator is disturbed. The influences of the connecting springs for both hard- and soft-type nonlinearities on the appearance of the ILMs are examined. Increasing the values of the connecting spring constants may cause Hopf bifurcation followed by amplitude modulated motion (AMM) including chaotic vibrations. The influence of the imperfection of an oscillator is also investigated. Bifurcation sets are calculated to show the influence of the system parameters on the excitation frequency range of ILMs. Furthermore, time histories are shown for the case of N = 10, and many patterns of ILMs may appear depending on the initial conditions.


Author(s):  
Takashi Ikeda ◽  
Yuji Harata ◽  
Chongyue Shi ◽  
Keisuke Nishimura

Intrinsic localized modes (ILMs) are investigated in an N-pendulum array subjected to vertical harmonic excitation. The pendula behave nonlinearly and are coupled with each other because they are connected by torsional, weak, linear springs. In the theoretical analysis, van der Pol's method is employed to determine the expressions for frequency response curves for the principal parametric resonance, considering the nonlinear restoring moment of the pendula. In the numerical results, frequency response curves for N = 2 and 3 are shown to examine the patterns of ILMs, and demonstrate the influences of the connecting spring constants and the imperfections of the pendula. Bifurcation sets are also calculated to show the excitation frequency range and the conditions for the occurrence of ILMs. Increasing the connecting spring constants results in the appearance of Hopf bifurcations. The numerical simulations reveal the occurrence of ILMs with amplitude modulated motions (AMMs), including chaotic motions. ILMs were observed in experiments, and the experimental data were compared with the theoretical results. The validity of the theoretical analysis was confirmed by the experimental data.


2012 ◽  
Vol 700 ◽  
pp. 304-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Ikeda ◽  
Raouf A. Ibrahim ◽  
Yuji Harata ◽  
Tasuku Kuriyama

AbstractNonlinear responses of surface waves in rigid square and nearly square tanks partially filled with liquid subjected to obliquely horizontal, sinusoidal excitation are investigated theoretically and experimentally. Two predominant modes of sloshing are significantly coupled nonlinearly because their natural frequencies are nearly identical resulting in 1:1 internal resonance. Therefore, if only one of these modes is directly excited, the other mode is indirectly excited due to the nonlinear coupling. In the nonlinear theoretical analysis, the modal equations of motion are derived for the two predominant sloshing modes as well as five higher sloshing modes. The linear viscous terms are incorporated in order to consider the damping effect of sloshing. The expressions for the frequency response curves are determined using van der Pol’s method. The influences of the excitation direction and the aspect ratio of the tank cross-section on the frequency response curves are numerically examined. Planar and swirl motions of sloshing, and Hopf bifurcations followed by amplitude modulated motions including chaotic motions, are predicted when the excitation frequency is close to one of the natural frequencies of the two predominant sloshing modes. Lyapunov exponents are calculated and reveal the excitation frequency range over which liquid chaotic motions occur. In addition, bifurcation sets are shown to clarify the influences of the parameters on the change in the structural stability. The theoretically predicted results are in good agreement with the measured data, thus the theoretical analysis was experimentally validated.


Author(s):  
Takashi Ikeda ◽  
Yuji Harata ◽  
Chongyue Shi ◽  
Keisuke Nishimura

Localization phenomena, also referred to as intrinsic localized modes (ILMs), are investigated in an N-pendulum array subjected to vertical harmonic excitation. The pendula behave nonlinearly and are connected with each other by weak linear springs. In the theoretical analysis, van der Pol’s method is employed to determine the expressions for frequency response curves for the principal parametric resonances, considering the nonlinear restoring moment of the pendula. In the numerical results, frequency response curves for N=2 and 3 are shown to examine the patterns of ILMs, and the influences of the connecting spring constants and the imperfections of the pendula. Bifurcation sets are also calculated to show the excitation frequency range and the conditions for the occurrence of ILMs. Increasing the connecting spring constant results in the appearance of Hopf bifurcation. The numerical simulations reveal the occurrence of ILMs with amplitude modulated motions (AMMs) including chaotic motions. ILMs were observed in experiments, and the experimental data were compared with the theoretical results. The validity of the theoretical analysis was confirmed by the experimental data.


2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Ikeda ◽  
Yuji Harata

Passive control of vibrations in an elastic structure subjected to horizontal, harmonic excitation by utilizing a nearly square liquid tank is investigated. When the natural frequency ratio 1:1:1 is satisfied among the natural frequencies of the structure and the two predominant sloshing modes (1,0) and (0,1), the performance of a nearly square tank as a tuned liquid damper (TLD) is expected to be superior to rectangular TLDs due to internal resonance. In the theoretical analysis, Galerkin's method is used to determine the modal equations of motion for liquid sloshing considering the nonlinearity of sloshing. Then, van der Pol's method is used to obtain the expressions for the frequency response curves for the structure and sloshing modes. Frequency response curves and bifurcation set diagrams are shown to investigate the influences of the aspect ratio of the tank cross section and the tank installation angle on the system response. From the theoretical results, the optimal values of the system parameters can be determined in order to achieve maximum efficiency of vibration suppression for the structure. Hopf bifurcations occur and amplitude modulated motions (AMMs) may appear depending on the values of the system parameters. Experiments were also conducted, and the theoretical results agreed well with the experimental data.


Author(s):  
Takashi Ikeda

The nonlinear responses of a single-degree-of-freedom system with two pendulum tuned mass dampers under horizontal sinusoidal excitation are investigated. In the theoretical analysis, van der Pol’s method is applied to determine the expressions for the frequency response curves. In the numerical results, the differences between the responses in single- and dual-pendulum systems are shown. A pitchfork bifurcation occurs followed by mode localization where both identical pendula vibrate at constant but different amplitudes. Hopf bifurcations occur, and then amplitude- and phase-modulated motions including chaotic vibrations appear in the identical dual-pendulum system. The Lyapunov exponents are calculated to prove the occurrence of chaotic vibrations. In a nonidentical dual-pendulum system, a perturbed pitchfork bifurcation occurs and saddle-node bifurcation points appear instead of pitchfork bifurcation points. Hopf bifurcations and amplitude- and phase-modulated motions also appear. The deviation of the tuning condition is also investigated by showing the frequency response curves and bifurcation sets. The numerical simulations are shown to be in good agreement with the theoretical results. In experiments, the imperfections of the two pendula were taken into consideration, and the validity of the theoretical analysis was confirmed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 211 ◽  
pp. 18004
Author(s):  
Takashi Ikeda ◽  
Yuji Harata ◽  
Yugo Miyazawa ◽  
Yukio Ishida

The parametric resonances of the blades in floating offshore wind turbines are theoretically and experimentally investigated. In the theoretical analysis, each blade is pinned to a horizontal, rotating shaft and has a spring with rotational stiffness at the end. The blade is subjected to horizontal excitation which represents winds; the rotating shaft to vertical excitation which represents waves. The equation of motion for the blade inclination angle includes parametric excitation terms with three different frequencies, i.e., the rotational speed of the blade, and the sum of and difference between the rotational speed and wave excitation frequency. Numerical simulations are conducted for the corresponding linearized system, and it is found that unstable vibrations appear at several rotational speed ranges. An empirical approach is used to determine the regions where the unstable vibrations appear. Swept-sine tests are conducted to determine the frequency response curves for the nonlinear system and demonstrate that the parametric resonances appear at similar rotational speeds as those of the unstable regions. In experiments, parametric resonances were observed at the rotational speeds and wave excitation frequencies predicted by the theoretical analysis.


Author(s):  
Takashi Ikeda

Nonlinear vibrations of an elastic structure with two partially filled liquid tanks subjected to horizontal harmonic excitation are investigated. The natural frequencies of the structure and sloshing satisfy the tuning condition 1:1:1 when tuned liquid dampers are used. The equations of motion for the structure and the modal equations of motion for the first, second, and third sloshing modes are derived by using Galerkin’s method, taking into account the nonlinearity of the sloshing. Then, van der Pol’s method is employed to determine the frequency response curves. It is found in calculating the frequency response curves that pitchfork bifurcation can occur followed by “localization phenomenon” for a specific excitation frequency range. During this range, sloshing occurs at different amplitudes in the two tanks, even if the dimensions of both tanks are identical. Furthermore, Hopf bifurcation may occur followed by amplitude- and phase-modulated motions including chaotic vibrations. In addition, Lyapunov exponents are calculated to prove the occurrence of both amplitude-modulated motions and chaotic vibrations. Bifurcation sets are also calculated to show the influence of the system parameters on the frequency response. Experiments were conducted to confirm the validity of the theoretical results. It was found that the theoretical results were in good agreement with the experimental data.


Author(s):  
Takashi Ikeda

The nonlinear responses of a single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) system with two pendulum tuned mass dampers (TMDs) under horizontal sinusoidal excitation are investigated. In the theoretical analysis, van der Pol’s method is applied to determine the expressions for the frequency response curves. In the numerical results, the differences between single- and dual-pendulum systems are shown. Pitchfork bifurcations occur followed by mode localization where both identical pendulums vibrate but at different amplitudes. Hopf bifurcations occur and then amplitude modulated motions including chaotic vibrations appear in the identical dual-pendulum system. The Lyapunov exponents are calculated to prove the occurrence of chaotic vibrations. In a non identical dual-pendulum system, perturbed pitchfork bifurcations occur and saddle-node bifurcation points appear instead of pitchfork bifurcation points. Hopf bifurcations and amplitude modulated motions also appear. The deviation of the tuning condition is also investigated by showing the frequency response curves and bifurcation sets. The numerical simulations are shown to be in good agreement with the theoretical results. In experiments, the imperfections of the two pendulums were taken into consideration and the validity of the theoretical analysis was confirmed.


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