- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Investigation of two problems in nonlinear oscillations, 1992
- Creator:
- Hiamang, Stephan O.
- Date of Original:
- 1992-11-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- We compare the results of applying the method of harmonic balance to a conservative system formulated in terms of either its second-order differen�tial equation of motion or the corresponding first-order differential equation of energy conservation. We show that in lowest order of approximation, the two procedures do not agree. However, better agreement is obtained for the second order calculations. We also investigate the number of nonlinear normal modes that can exist for identically coupled nonlinear oscillators.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1992_hiamang_stephan_o.pdf
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
