Analysis of nonlinear chaotic vibrations of shallow shells of revolution by using the wavelet transform

Abstract

In the present paper, we study complex vibrations of flexible axisymmetric shallow shells under the action of transverse sing-alternating pressure. In addition to the traditional methods of nonlinear dynamics, we for the first time use the wavelet transform to analyze the transition from harmonic to chaotic vibrations. We analyze the use of Gauss-type wavelets (the order of derivatives varies from m = 1 to m = 8) and also the use of the Morlet wavelet (both real and complex). We conclude that the use of the complex Morlet wavelet is preferable to that of the Gaussian wavelets: the more zero moments a wavelet has, the better it describes the complex vibrations of flexible shallow shells.