Response of Hysteretic Multidegree-of-Freedom Systems Using Harmonic Balance Method
Abstract This article illustrates the nonlinear response of a hysteretic two degree of freedom system. The constitutive laws which define the force-displacement relation are based on a hysteretic model with Masing rules linked to a suitable nonlinear elastic model. Attention is focused on the periodic response, though an insight is also given to the non-periodic response. The method of analysis used is the harmonic balance with many components. Frequency-response curves are evaluated for different system characteristics. Ratios of small amplitude vibration frequency 3 and 2 are considered, with different hysteresis degree. Notwithstanding the dissipation due to hysteresis usually destroys most of the phenomena evidenced by the classical nonlinear oscillators, in the present analysis a rich behavior is found: IT symmetric and non symmetric, 2T periodic responses are found and so on.