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A very complicated structure of resonances in a nonlinear system with cyclic symmetry: Nonlinear forced localization

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The fundamental and subharmonic resonances of a nonlinear cyclic assembly are examined using the asymptotic method of multiple-scales. The system consists of a number of identical cantilever beams coupled by means of weak linear stiffnesses. Assuming beam inextensionality, geometric nonlinearities arise due to longitudinal inertia and the nonlinear relation between beam curvature and transverse displacement. The governing nonlinear partial differential equations are discretized by a Galerkin procedure and the resulting set of coupled ordinary differential equations is solved using an asymptotic analysis. The unforced assembly is known to possess localized nonlinear normal modes, which give rise to a very complicated topological structure of fundamental and subharmonic response curves. In contrast to the linear system which exhibits as many forced resonances as its number of degrees of freedom, the nonlinear system is found to possess a number of additional resonance branches which have no counterparts in linear theory. Some of the additional resonances are spatially localized, corresponding to motions of only a small subset of periodic elements. The analytical results are verified by numerical Poincaré maps, and the forced localization features of the nonlinear assembly are demonstrated by considering its response to impulsive excitations.

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  1. Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801, Urbana, IL, U.S.A.

    Melvin E. King & Alexander F. Vakakis

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King, M.E., Vakakis, A.F. A very complicated structure of resonances in a nonlinear system with cyclic symmetry: Nonlinear forced localization. Nonlinear Dyn 7, 85–104 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00045127

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