The dynamics of two three-degree-of-freedom systems with quadratic nonlinearities are studied. The first system has two simultaneous two-to-one internal resonances. The second has a combination internal resonance. In both cases the response to a primary resonant excitation of the third mode is studied. The method of multiple time scales is used to obtain the equations that govern the amplitudes and phases of the first system. Then the fixed points of these equations are obtained and their stability is determined. The fixed points undergo Hopf bifurcations, and the overall system response can be periodic or periodically, quasiperiodically, or chaotically modulated. The method of the time-averaged Lagrangian is used to obtain the equations that govern the amplitudes and phases of the second system. The fixed points of these equations are obtained and their stability is determined. These fixed points undergo Hopf bifurcations, and the overall system response can be periodic or a two- or three-torus. / Master of Science
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/45246 |
| Date | 22 October 2009 |
| Creators | Nayfeh, Tariq Ali |
| Contributors | Engineering Mechanics |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | vii, 133 leaves, BTD, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 24339085, LD5655.V855_1991.N294.pdf |
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