Global Residue Harmonic Balance Method for a System of Strongly Nonlinear Oscillator

In this paper, the global residue harmonic balance method is applied to obtain the approximate periodic solution and frequency for a well-known system of strongly nonlinear oscillator in engineering. This method can improve accuracy by considering all the residual errors in deriving each order approximation. With this procedure, the expressions of the higher-order approximate solution and corresponding frequency for the considered system can be determined easily. The comparison of the obtained results with previously existing and corresponding exact solutions shows the high accuracy and efficiency of the method.

Closed Form Solutions for Nonlinear Oscillators Under Discontinuous and Impulsive Periodic Excitations

Periodic responses of linear and nonlinear systems under discontinuous and impulsive excitations are analyzed with non-smooth temporal transformations incorporating temporal symmetries of periodic processes. The related analytical manipulations are illustrated on a strongly nonlinear oscillator whose free vibrations admit an exact description in terms of elementary functions. As a result, closed form analytical solutions for the non-autonomous strongly nonlinear case are obtained. Conditions of existence for such solutions are represented as a family of period-amplitude curves. The family is represented by different couples of solutions associated with different numbers of vibration half cycles between any two consecutive pulses. Poincaré sections showed that the oscillator can respond quite chaotically when shifting from the period-amplitude curves.

Iterative Homotopy Harmonic Balance Approach for Determining the Periodic Solution of a Strongly Nonlinear Oscillator

A novel approach about iterative homotopy harmonic balancing is presented to determine the periodic solution for a strongly nonlinear oscillator. This approach does not depend upon the small/large parameter assumption and incorporates the salient features of both methods of the parameter-expansion and the harmonic balance. Importantly, in obtaining the higher-order analytical approximation, all the residual errors are considered in the process of every order approximation to improve the accuracy. With this procedure, the higher-order approximate frequency and corresponding periodic solution can be obtained easily. Comparison of the obtained results with those of the exact solutions shows the high accuracy, simplicity, and efficiency of the approach. The approach can be extended to other nonlinear oscillators in engineering and physics.

Application of Hybrid Functions for Solving Duffing-Harmonic Oscillator

A numerical method for finding the solution of Duffing-harmonic oscillator is proposed. The approach is based on hybrid functions approximation. The properties of hybrid functions that consist of block-pulse and Chebyshev cardinal functions are discussed. The associated operational matrices of integration and product are then utilized to reduce the solution of a strongly nonlinear oscillator to the solution of a system of algebraic equations. The method is easy to implement and computationally very attractive. The results are compared with the exact solution and results from several recently published methods, and the comparisons showed proper accuracy of this method.