Abstract: An approximate method is presented for determining the dynamical response of certain continuous nonlinear systems. In the proposed method, the system equation is linearized in the time domain ...

Abstract: A two-degree-of-freedom translational system has been developed to study the influence of normal force oscillations on the stability of the steady sliding position. Excited by a small, periodic ...

Abstract: A simple mathematical model for the engagement of rough, permeable, grooved wet clutches has been developed and used to determine the effect of various input parameters (applied load, grooved ...

Abstract: A finite element model has been developed to investigate the engagement of rough, grooved, paper-based permeable wet clutches. The finite element (Galerkin) approach was used to discretize the ...

Abstract: The governing equations of motion for the compliant coordinates describing a flexible manipulator performing repetitive tasks contain parametric excitation terms. The stability of the zero solution ...

Abstract: The dynamics of a flexible manipulator is described by two distinct types of variables, one describing the nominal motion and the other describing the compliant motion. For a manipulator ...

Abstract: The dynamic response of a structure exhibiting nonlinear stiffness characteristics and excited by a nonzero mean oscillatory fluid flow is investigated. Both the method of averaging and a ...

Abstract: Massless bilinear hysteresis elements are often used to model frictional energy dissipation in dynamic systems. These quasi-static elements possess only two describing parameters, the damper stiffness ...