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In the study of nonlinear vibrations of planar frames and beams with infinitesimal displacements and strains, the influence of the static displacements resulting from gravity effect and other conservative loads is usually disregarded. This paper discusses the effect of the deformed equilibrium configuration on the nonlinear vibrations through the analysis of two planar structures. Both structures present a two-to-one internal resonance and a primary response of the second mode. The equations of motion are reduced to two degrees of freedom and contain all geometrical and inertial nonlinear terms. These equations are derived by modal superposition with additional subsidiary conditions. In the two cases analyzed, the deformed equilibrium configuration virtually coincides with the undeformed configuration. Also, 2% is the maximum difference presented by the first two lower frequencies. The modes are practically coincident for the deformed and undeformed configurations. Nevertheless, the analysis of the frequency response curves clearly shows that the effect of the deformed equilibrium configuration produces a significant translation along the detuning factor axis. Such effect is even more important in the amplitude response curves. The phenomena represented by these curves may be distinct for the same excitation amplitude.
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André, J.C. Nonlinear vibrations in beams and frames: The effect of the deformed equilibrium state. Nonlinear Dyn 11, 275–293 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120721
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