Abstract: This work explores the steady-state periodic transverse responses with their stabilities of axially accelerating viscoelastic strings. Longitudinally varying tension due to the axial acceleration is recognized in the modeling, while the tension was approximatively assumed to be longitudinally uniform in previous investigations. Exact internal resonances are highlighted in the analysis, while the resonances have been neglected in all available works. A governing equation of transverse nonlinear vibration is derived from the generalized Hamilton principle and the Kelvin viscoelastic model on the assumption that the string deformation is not infinitesimal, but still small. The axial speed is supposed to be a small simple harmonic fluctuation about the constant mean axial speed. The method of multiple scales is applied to solve the governing equation in the parametric resonances when the axial speed fluctuation frequency approaches the first three natural frequencies of the linear generating system based on 1–3 term truncations. The amplitude, the existence conditions, and the stability are determined, and the effects of the viscosity, the mean axial speed, the axial speed fluctuation amplitude, and the axial support rigidity on the amplitude and the existence are examined via the numerical examples. It is found that the 1-term, the 2-term, and the 3-term truncations yield the qualitatively same and the quantitatively close results in the case that there exist the exact internal resonances among the first three frequencies.

Abstract: This paper investigates the in-plane and out-of-plane dynamics of a curved pipe conveying fluid. Considering the extensibility, von Karman nonlinearity, and pulsating flow, the governing equations are derived by the Newtonian method. First, according to the modified inextensible theory, only the out-of-plane vibration is investigated based on a Galerkin method for discretizing the partial differential equations. The instability regions of combination parametric resonance and principal parametric resonance are determined by using the method of multiple scales (MMS). Parametric studies are also performed. Then the differential quadrature method (DQM) is adopted to discretize the complete pipe model and the nonlinear dynamic equations are carried out numerically with a fourth-order Runge–Kutta technique. The nonlinear dynamic responses are presented to validate the out-of-plane instability analysis and to demonstrate the influence of von Karman geometric nonlinearity. Further, some numerical results obtained in this work are compared with previous experimental results, showing the validity of the theoretical model developed in this paper.

Abstract: This paper presents the analysis of the nonlinear dynamics for a composite laminated cantilever rectangular plate subjected to the supersonic gas flows and the in-plane excitations. The aerodynamic pressure is modeled by using the third-order piston theory. Based on Reddy’s third-order plate theory and the von Karman-type equation for the geometric nonlinearity, the nonlinear partial differential equations of motion for the composite laminated cantilever rectangular plate under combined aerodynamic pressure and in-plane excitation are derived by using Hamilton’s principle. The Galerkin’s approach is used to transform the nonlinear partial differential equations of motion for the composite laminated cantilever rectangular plate to a two-degree-of-freedom nonlinear system under combined external and parametric excitations. The method of multiple scales is employed to obtain the four-dimensional averaged equation of the non-automatic nonlinear system. The case of 1:2 internal resonance and primary parametric resonance is taken into account. A numerical method is utilized to study the bifurcations and chaotic dynamics of the composite laminated cantilever rectangular plate. The frequency–response curves, bifurcation diagram, phase portrait and frequency spectra are obtained to analyze the nonlinear dynamic behavior of the composite laminated cantilever rectangular plate, which includes the periodic and chaotic motions.

Abstract: The nonlinear free and forced bending vibration of sandwich plates with incompressible viscoelastic core is investigated under the effects of different source of nonlinearities. For the core constrained between stiffer layers, the transverse shear strains, as well as the rotations are assumed to be moderate. The linear and quadratic displacement fields are also adopted for the in-plane and out-of-plane displacements of the core, respectively. The assumption of moderate transverse strains requires a nonlinear constitutive equation which is obtained from a single-integral nonlinear viscoelastic model using the assumed order of magnitudes for linear strains and rotations. The 5th-order method of multiple scales is directly applied to solve the equations of motion. The different-order linear partial differential equations that were obtained during the perturbation solution, are solved by the method of eigenfunction expansion and the nonhomogeneous boundary conditions are dealt with by transforming to homogeneous boundaries, or using the extended Green's formula. The effects of different system parameters on the nonlinear estimation of frequencies, damping ratios, and peak response are studied. Also, the importance of different nonlinear terms arisen from different ordering assumptions is assessed and the ranges of system parameters with higher values of error are identified.

Abstract: We investigate the control of friction-induced vibrations in a system with a dynamic friction model which accounts for hysteresis in the friction characteristics. Linear time-delayed position feedback applied in a direction normal to the contacting surfaces has been employed for the purpose. Analysis shows that the uncontrolled system loses stability via. a subcritical Hopf bifurcation making it prone to large amplitude vibrations near the stability boundary. Our results show that the controller achieves the dual objective of quenching the vibrations as well as changing the nature of the bifurcation from subcritical to supercritical. Consequently, the controlled system is globally stable in the linearly stable region and yields small amplitude vibrations if the stability boundary is crossed due to changes in operating conditions or system parameters. Criticality curve separating regions on the stability surface corresponding to subcritical and supercritical bifurcations is obtained analytically using the method of multiple scales (MMS). We have also identified a set of control parameters for which the system is stable for lower and higher relative velocities but vibrates for the intermediate ones. However, the bifurcation is always supercritical for these parameters resulting in low amplitude vibrations only.

Abstract: In this study, nonlinear vibrations of an axially moving string are investigated. The main difference of this study from other studies is that there is a nonideal support between the opposite sides, which allows small displacements. Nonlinear equations of motion and boundary conditions are derived using Hamilton’s principle. Equations of motion and boundary conditions are converted to nondimensional form. Thus, the equations become independent from geometry and material properties. The method of multiple scales, a perturbation technique, is used. A harmonically varying velocity function is chosen for modeling the axial movement. String as a continuous medium is investigated in two regions. Vibrations are investigated for three different cases of the excitation frequency Ω. Stability analysis is carried out for these three cases, and stability boundaries are determined for the principle parametric resonance case. Thus, differences between ideal and nonideal boundary conditions are investigated.

Abstract: The aim of this study is to develop a general model for beams and rods with fractional derivatives. Fractional time derivatives can represent the damping term in dynamical models of continuous systems. Linear differential operators with spatial derivatives make it possible to generalize a wide range of problems. The method of multiple scales is directly applied to equations of motion. For the approximate solution, the amplitude and phase modulation equations are obtained in terms of the operators. Stability boundaries are derived from the solvability condition. It is shown that a fractional derivative influences the stability boundaries, natural frequencies, and amplitudes of vibrations. The solution procedure may be applied to many problems with linear vibrations of continuous systems.

Abstract: This paper investigates the multi-pulse global bifurcations and chaotic dynamics of the high-dimension nonlinear system for a laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate by using an extended Melnikov method in the resonant case. Using the von Karman type equations, Reddy’s third-order shear deformation plate theory and Hamilton’s principle, the equations of motion are derived for the laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate with combined parametric excitations and transverse excitation. Applying the method of multiple scales and Galerkin’s approach to the partial differential governing equation, the four-dimensional averaged equation is obtained for the case of 1:2 internal resonance and primary parametric resonance. From the averaged equations obtained, the theory of normal form is used to derive the explicit expressions of normal form with a double zero and a pair of pure imaginary eigenvalues. Based on the explicit expressions of normal form, the extended Melnikov method is used for the first time to investigate the Shilnikov type multi-pulse homoclinic bifurcations and chaotic dynamics of the laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate. The necessary conditions of the existence for the Shilnikov type multi-pulse chaotic dynamics of the laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate are analytically obtained. Numerical simulations also illustrate that the Shilnikov type multi-pulse chaotic motions can also occur in the laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate. Overall, both theoretical and numerical studies demonstrate that the chaos in the Smale horseshoe sense exists for the laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate.

Abstract: In this study, the forced vibration of a curved pipe conveying fluid resting on a nonlinear elastic foundation is considered. The governing equations for the pipe system are formed with the consideration of viscoelastic material, nonlinearity of foundation, external excitation, and extensibility of centre line. Equations governing the in-plane vibration are solved first by the Galerkin method to obtain the static in-plane equilibrium configuration. The out-of-plane vibration is simplified into a constant coefficient gyroscopic system. Subsequently, the method of multiple scales (MMS) is developed to investigate external first and second primary resonances of the out-of-plane vibration in the presence of three-to-one internal resonance between the first two modes. Modulation equations are formed to obtain the steady state solutions. A parametric study is carried out for the first primary resonance. The effects of damping, nonlinear stiffness of the foundation, internal resonance detuning parameter, and the magnitude of the external excitation are investigated through frequency response curves and force response curves. The characteristics of the single mode response and the relationship between single and two mode steady state solutions are revealed for the second primary resonance. The stability analysis is carried out for these plots. Finally, the approximately analytical results are confirmed by the numerical integrations.

Abstract: This paper aims to study the nonlinear-forced vibrations of a viscoelastic cantilever with a piecewise piezoelectric actuator layer on its top surface using the method of Multiple Scales. The governing equation of motion is a second-order nonlinear ordinary differential equation with quadratic and cubic nonlinearities which appear in stiffness, inertia, and damping terms. The nonlinear terms are due to the piezoelectricity, viscoelasticity, and geometry of the system. Forced vibrations of the system are investigated in the cases of primary resonance and non-resonance hard excitation including subharmonic and superharmonic resonances. Analytical expressions for frequency responses are derived, and the effects of different parameters including damping coefficient, thickness to width ratio of the beam, length and position of the piezoelectric layer, density of the beam, and the piezoelectric coefficient on the frequency-response curves are discussed for each case. It is shown that in all these cases, the response of the system follows a softening behavior due to the existence of the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer provides an effective tool for active control of vibration. In addition, the effect of the viscoelasticity of the beam on passive control of amplitude of vibration is illustrated.

Abstract: This article explores enrichment to the method of Multiple Scales, in some cases extending its applicability to periodic solutions of harmonically forced, strongly nonlinear systems. The enrichment follows from an introduced homotopy parameter in the system governing equation, which transitions it from linear to nonlinear behavior as the value varies from zero to one. This same parameter serves as a perturbation quantity in both the asymptotic expansion and the multiple time scales assumed solution form. Two prototypical nonlinear systems are explored. The first considered is a classical forced Duffing oscillator for which periodic solutions near primary resonance are analyzed, and their stability is assessed, as the strengths of the cubic term, the forcing, and a system scaling factor are increased. The second is a classical forced van der Pol oscillator for which quasiperiodic and subharmonic solutions are analyzed. For both systems, comparisons are made between solutions generated using (a) the enriched Multiple Scales approach, (b) the conventional Multiple Scales approach, and (c) numerical simulations. For the Duffing system, important qualitative and quantitative differences are noted between solutions predicted by the enriched and conventional Multiple Scales. For the van der Pol system, increased solution flexibility is noted with the enriched Multiple Scales approach, including the ability to seek subharmonic (and superharmonic) solutions not necessarily close to the linear natural frequency. In both nonlinear systems, comparisons to numerical simulations show strong agreement with results from the enriched technique, and for the Duffing case in particular, even when the system is strongly nonlinear.

Abstract: In this work, a four high cold rolling mill is modeled as a spring-mass-damper system considering horizontally and vertically applied time-dependent forces due to the interaction between the strip and the working rolls. The effect of vibration of the moving strip on the work roll vibration is also considered for developing the governing equation of motion of the system which is found to be that of a nonlinear parametrically excited system. The governing equation of motion is solved by using the method of multiple scales to find the instability regions and frequency-response curves of the system. The critical amplitude of horizontal load in roll bite is calculated and the frequency-response is studied in detail considering the effect of various process parameters, such as velocity, thickness of strip, time delay, amplitude, and frequency of horizontal load in roll bite. This work can find application in the design and development of high speed and chatter free rolling mills.

Abstract: This paper investigates the multi-pulse global heteroclinic bifurcations and chaotic dynamics for the nonlinear vibrations of a simply supported rectangular thin plate by using an extended Melnikov method in the resonant case. The rectangular thin plate is subjected to spatially and temporally varying transversal and in-plane excitations, simultaneously. The equations of motion for the rectangular thin plate are derived from the von Karman equation. Applying the method of multiple scales and Galerkin’s approach to the partial differential governing equation, the four-dimensional averaged equation is obtained for the case of 1:2 internal resonance and primary parametric resonance. From the averaged equations obtained, the theory of normal form is used to derive the explicit expressions of normal form with a double zero and a pair of pure imaginary Eigenvalues. Based on the explicit expressions of normal form, the extended Melnikov method is used to analyze the multi-pulse heteroclinic bifurcations and chaotic dynamics of the rectangular thin plate. The contribution of the paper is the simplification of the extended Melnikov method. The extended Melnikov function can be simplified in the resonant case and does not depend on the perturbation parameter. The necessary conditions of the existence for the Shilnikov type multi-pulse chaotic dynamics of the rectangular thin plate are analytically obtained. Numerical simulations also display that the Shilnikov type multi-pulse chaotic motions can occur in the rectangular thin plate. Overall, both theoretical and numerical studies demonstrate that the chaos for the Smale horseshoe sense exists in the rectangular thin plate.

Abstract: The nonlinear dynamic analysis of cable net structures becomes more and more significant for their space applications required high surface accuracy, especially mesh reflector antennas. In this work, the resonant multi-modal dynamics due to 1:1 internal resonances in the finite-amplitude vibrations of cable net structures subjected to harmonic loads are investigated. The nonlinear dynamic equation of space cable net structures is first developed using the extended Hamilton principle, which belongs to the self-excited vibration with quadratic and cubic nonlinearities. Linear modal analysis is then performed to decouple the nonlinear differential equations, and yields a complete set of system quadratic/cubic coefficients. With the aim of parametrically revealing nonlinear behaviors of space cable net structures, the second-order asymptotic analysis under 1:1 internal resonance is accomplished by the method of multiple scales. The nonlinear phenomena of a planar cable net and cable net reflector, such as the bending of response curve, jump phenomena, instability regions, saddle-node bifurcation, are verified by means of numerical analysis.

Abstract: Stable bifurcating solutions may appear in an autonomous time-delayed nonlinear oscillator having quadratic nonlinearity after the trivial equilibrium loses its stability via two-to-one resonant Hopf bifurcations. For the corresponding non-autonomous time-delayed nonlinear oscillator, the dynamic interactions between the periodic excitation and the stable bifurcating solutions can induce resonant behaviour in the forced response when the forcing frequency and the frequencies of Hopf bifurcations satisfy certain relationships. Under hard excitations, the forced response of the time-delayed nonlinear oscillator can exhibit three types of secondary resonances, which are super-harmonic resonance at half the lower Hopf bifurcation frequency, sub-harmonic resonance at two times the higher Hopf bifurcation frequency and additive resonance at the sum of two Hopf bifurcation frequencies. With the help of centre manifold theorem and the method of multiple scales, the secondary resonance response of the time-delayed nonlinear oscillator following two-to-one resonant Hopf bifurcations is studied based on a set of four averaged equations for the amplitudes and phases of the free-oscillation terms, which are obtained from the reduced four-dimensional ordinary differential equations for the flow on the centre manifold. The first-order approximate solutions and the nonlinear algebraic equations for the amplitudes and phases of the free-oscillation terms in the steady state solutions are derived for three secondary resonances. Frequency-response curves, time trajectories, phase portraits and Poincare sections are numerically obtained to show the secondary resonance response. Analytical results are found to be in good agreement with those of direct numerical integrations.

Abstract: In this paper the effect of quadratic and cubic non-linearities of the system consisting of the crankshaft and torsional vibration damper (TVD) is taken into account. TVD consists of non-linear elastomer material used for controlling the torsional vibration of crankshaft. The method of multiple scales is used to solve the governing equations of the system. Meanwhile, the frequency response of the system for both harmonic and sub-harmonic resonances is extracted. In addition, the effects of detuning parameters and other dimensionless parameters for a case of harmonic resonance are investigated. Moreover, the external forces including both inertia and gas forces are simultaneously applied into the model. Finally, in order to study the effectiveness of the parameters, the dimensionless governing equations of the system are solved, considering the state space method. Then, the effects of the torsional damper as well as all corresponding parameters of the system are discussed.

Abstract: In this article, an approximate analytical solution for the two body problem perturbed by a radial, low acceleration is obtained, using a regularized formulation of the orbital motion and the method of multiple scales. The results reveal that the physics of the problem evolve in two fundamental scales of the true anomaly. The first one drives the oscillations of the orbital parameters along each orbit. The second one is responsible of the long-term variations in the amplitude and mean values of these oscillations. A good agreement is found with high precision numerical solutions.

Abstract: This paper considers nonlinear dynamics of polarization oscillations when some materials are subjected to the action of an electromagnetic wave modeled by multifrequency forced Duffing equation. Multiresonance and chaotic behavior are analyzed. For the resonance analysis, the method of multiple scales is used. The phenomena of amplitude jump and hysteresis for polarization were observed and analyzed. Finally, the study of chaotic behavior for polarization was made by numerical simulation using the Runge-Kutta fourth order algorithm.

Abstract: In this paper, a refined asymptotic perturbation method for general nonlinear dynamical systems is proposed for the first time. This method can be considered as an alternative means for the traditional multiple scales method. Moreover, it is easier to be understood and used to carry out higher-order perturbation analysis. In addition, three examples including the Duffing equation, a system with quadratic and cubic nonlinearities to a subharmonic excitation, as well as the coupled van der Pol oscillator with parametrical excitations are investigated to illustrate the validity and usefulness of the proposed technique. The analytical and numerical results show good agreement.

Abstract: A nanowaveguide resonator driven by a tunable optical gradient force can easily enter into the nonlinear oscillation regime, where the resonance frequency will shift. In this work, a continuum elastic model of the optoresonator is presented and solved analytically using the method of multiple scales. The effects of the optical gradient force on the resonance frequency and dynamic behavior are investigated. The results theoretically figure out why and when the nonlinear behavior of spring softening and spring hardening can occur. It is shown that the nonlinear phenomenon of spring softening is generally more dominant than the hardening effect when the optical gradient force is strong. However, the nonlinear cubic mechanical stiffness of the waveguide makes the dynamic behavior of spring softening dominant when the optical force is not strong enough. Based on the logical derivation of the closed-form solution, it can be found that the decrease of resonance frequency is due to the bias term, which is inherent in the nature of the tunable optical gradient force. Additionally, the complex variations of the resonance frequency and maximum vibration amplitude with different waveguide widths, lengths, and initial gaps are investigated and discussed. The proposed solutions are also verified with the reported experimental results.