Strongly Nonlinear Oscillators

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • Livija Cveticanin

   Pages 1-3

3. Nonlinear Oscillators

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   Pages 5-15

4. Pure Nonlinear Oscillator

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   Pages 17-48

5. Free Vibrations

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   Pages 49-85

6. Oscillators with Time Variable Parameters

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   Pages 87-126

7. Forced Vibrations

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   Pages 127-160

8. Two-Degree-of-Freedom Oscillator

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   Pages 161-189

9. Chaos in Oscillators

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   Pages 191-221

10. Back Matter

    Pages 223-239

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This book provides the presentation of the motion of pure nonlinear oscillatory systems and various solution procedures which give the approximate solutions of the strong nonlinear oscillator equations. The book presents the original author’s method for the analytical solution procedure of the pure nonlinear oscillator system. After an introduction, the physical explanation of the pure nonlinearity and of the pure nonlinear oscillator is given. The analytical solution for free and forced vibrations of the one-degree-of-freedom strong nonlinear system with constant and time variable parameter is considered. Special attention is given to the one and two mass oscillatory systems with two-degrees-of-freedom. The criteria for the deterministic chaos in ideal and non-ideal pure nonlinear oscillators are derived analytically. The method for suppressing chaos is developed. Important problems are discussed in didactic exercises. The book is self-consistent and suitable as a textbook for students and also for professionals and engineers who apply these techniques to the field of nonlinear oscillations.

• Chaos in Oscillators
• Deterministic Chaos
• Non-ideal Mechanical System
• Oscillators with Time-Variable Parameters
• Solving Nonlinear Oscillator Equations
• Strong Nonlinear Vibration
• Two-Degree-Of-Freedom Oscillator
• Waves and Oscillations

From the book reviews:

“This book is devoted to analysis of solutions of the second-order ordinary differential equations (or systems) which describe oscillations of mechanical (and related) systems. … the book can be recommended to engineers as a good source of methods and examples.” (Henryk Żołądek, Mathematical Reviews, January, 2015)

• Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

  Livija Cveticanin

Prof. Dr. Livija Cveticanin (Mrs.)
University of Novi Sad
Faculty of Technical Sciences
Trg. D. Obradovica 6
21000 Novi Sad
Serbia
phone: +381-21-485-2237
affiliation: University of Novi Sad, Serbia

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