Accurate Estimations of Any Eigenpairs of N-th Order Linear Boundary Value Problems

This paper provides a method to bound and calculate any eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of n-th order boundary value problems with sign-regular kernels subject to two-point boundary conditions. The method is based on the selection of a particular type of cone for each eigenpair to be determined, the recursive application of the operator associated to the equivalent integral problem to functions belonging to such a cone, and the calculation of the Collatz–Wielandt numbers of the resulting functions.

The principal eigenvalue of some nth order linear boundary value problems

The purpose of this paper is to present a procedure for the estimation of the smallest eigenvalues and their associated eigenfunctions of nth order linear boundary value problems with homogeneous boundary conditions defined in terms of quasi-derivatives. The procedure is based on the iterative application of the equivalent integral operator to functions of a cone and the calculation of the Collatz–Wielandt numbers of such functions. Some results on the sign of the Green functions of the boundary value problems are also provided.

Model Order Reduction for a Piecewise Linear System Based on Dynamic Mode Decomposition

This paper presents a data-driven model order reduction strategy for nonlinear systems based on dynamic mode decomposition (DMD). First, the theory of DMD is briefly reviewed and its extension to model order reduction of nonlinear systems based on Galerkin projection is introduced. The proposed method utilizes impulse response of the nonlinear system to obtain snapshots of the state variables, and extracts dynamic modes that are then used for the projection basis vectors. The equations of motion of the system can then be projected onto the subspace spanned by the basis vectors, which produces the projected governing equations with much smaller number of degrees of freedom (DOFs). The method is applied to the construction of the reduced order model (ROM) of a finite element model (FEM) of a cantilevered beam subjected to a piecewise-linear boundary condition. First, impulse response analysis of the beam is conducted to obtain the snapshot matrix of the nodal displacements. The DMD is then applied to extract the DMD modes and eigenvalues. The extracted DMD mode shapes can be used to form a reduction basis for the Galerkin projection of the equation of motion. The obtained ROM has been used to conduct the forced response calculation of the beam subjected to the piecewise linear boundary condition. The results obtained by the ROM agree well with that obtained by the full-order FEM model.