Bifurcations of a Nonlinear Two-Degree-of-Freedom System Under Narrow-Band Stochastic Excitation

Abstract

In this paper, bifurcations of a nonlinear two-degree-of-freedom system subjected to a narrow-band stochastic excitation are investigated. Under the assumption that the correlation time greatly exceeds the relaxation time, a quasi-static approach combined with averaging method is adopted to obtain the bifurcation equations, and the singularity theory is applied to analyze the bifurcations. It is demonstrated that bifurcation patterns jump from one to another due to the influence of a random parameter. The probabilities of the jumping bifurcation patterns are given.