Dimensional reduction for nonlinear time-delayed systems composed of stiff and soft substructures (Q5960051)

The authors introduce an invariant manifold approach for the generation of reduced-order models for nonlinear vibrations of multidegree-of-freedom systems. In particular, the invariant manifold approach for defining and constructing nonlinear normal modes of vibration is extended to the case of multi-mode manifolds. The dynamic models obtained from this technique capture the essential coupling between the modes of interest, while avoiding coupling from other modes. Such an approach is useful for modeling complex system responses, and is essential when internal resonances exist between modes. The basic theory and a general constructive methodology for the method are presented. The method is then applied to two example problems, one is analytical and the other is finite-element based.