Theoretical Analysis and Numerical Simulation of Resonances and Stability of a Piecewise Linear-Nonlinear Vibration Isolation System

Abstract EN

A methodology is presented to study the resonance and stability for a single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) system with a piecewise linear-nonlinear stiffness term (i.e., one piece is linear and the other is weakly nonlinear).

Firstly, the exact response of the linear governing equation is obtained, and a modified perturbation method is applied to finding the approximate solution of the weakly nonlinear equation.

Then, the primary and 1/2 subharmonic resonances are obtained by imposing continuity conditions and periodicity conditions.

Furthermore, Jacobian matrix is derived to investigate the stability of resonance responses.

Finally, the results of theoretical study are compared with numerical results, and a good agreement is observed.