Three-mode interaction in harmonically excited system with cubic nonlinearities. (Q1406182)

The author studies the three-degree-of-freedom system with cubic nonlinearities subject to a harmonic excitation \[ X_n'' + \omega_n^2 X_n + 2 \varepsilon \mu_n X_n' = \varepsilon \left( \frac{\partial V}{\partial X_n} \right) + F_n \cos \Omega_n t,\quad n=1,2,3, \] where \(V\) is a fourth-order polynomial with respect to \(X_n\); \(\omega_n\), \(\mu_n\), \(\alpha_n\), \(F_n\) and \(\Omega_n\) are constants and \(\varepsilon\) is a small parameter. The considered case corresponds to internal resonances of the types \(\omega_2 \approx 3\omega_1\) and \(\omega_3 \approx 3\omega_2\). The method of multiple scales is used to construct averaged equations. Numerical calculations are presented to obtain frequency curves of the three modes. The influence of the other parameters is also studied numerically.