Stationary Response of Flag-shaped Hysteretic System under Combined Harmonic and White Noise Excitations

The dynamical system containing flag-shaped hysteretic behavior is common in practice. In this paper, the stationary response of flag-shaped hysteretic system excited by harmonic excitation as well as Gaussian white noise is determined with the technique of stochastic averaging. The reliability of the presented approach is demonstrated by relevant digital simulation. The stochastic jump under a certain combination of parameters is found. The stochastic P-bifurcation phenomenon, i.e., the disappearance or appearance of bimodal shape of stationary response, occurs concerning to the variation of system’s parameters. Besides, the response of the system exposed to only harmonic excitation or non-resonance case is also examined for comparison, respectively. The numerical results show that the stationary amplitude response displays typical “soft” system behavior, and the deterministic jump may occur under pure harmonic excitation. Moreover, the non-resonance response is always weaker than that of resonant case.