Analysis of small oscillations of a pendulum partially filled with a viscoelastic fluid (Q6579783)

The authors examined the case of a pendulum fully filled with a viscoelastic fluid. In this study, by using some previous works [\textit{N. D. Kopachevsky} and \textit{S. G. Krein}, Operator approach to linear problems of hydrodynamics. Vol. 2: Nonself-adjoint problems for viscous fluids. Basel: Birkhäuser (2003; Zbl 1048.76001); the authors, Russ. J. Nonlinear Dyn. 16, No. 2, 309--324 (2020; Zbl 1440.76007); the second author and \textit{D. Vivona}, Mech. Res. Commun. 30, No. 1, 3--8 (2003; Zbl 1041.70007)] they investigate the more challenging case of a pendulum that is partially filled with a viscoelastic fluid. More precisely, the study of the authors focuses on the spectral analysis of equations that describe the oscillations of a heavy pendulum partially filled with a homogeneous incompressible viscoelastic fluid. The constitutive equation of the fluid follows the simpler Oldroyd model. By examining the eigenvalues of the linear operator that describes the dynamics of the coupled system, the authors prove that under appropriate assumptions the equilibrium configuration remains stable in the linear approximation. Moreover, when the viscosity coefficient is sufficiently large, the spectrum comprises three branches of eigenvalues with potential cluster points at \(0, \beta\) and \(\infty\), where \(\beta\) represents the viscoelastic parameter of the fluid.