High-frequency vibrational control of principal parametric resonance of a nonlinear cantilever beam: Theory and experiment

Abstract

The effects of high-frequency parametric excitation on the principal parametric resonance of a nonlinear beam are studied both theoretically and experimentally. Only the first mode of vibration under simultaneous slow-fast parametric excitation is considered for investigation. The method of direct partition of motion yields slow dynamics of the system which is further analyzed by multiple time scale method to obtain the amplitude and phase response of the system. It is observed that the effective damping and stiffness of the system is significantly modified by the high frequency parametric excitation. The analysis reveals that the parametric resonance curve shifts towards the higher range of slow parametric excitation frequency due to high-frequency excitation. The peak resonant response decreases with the increasing value of the strength of the high frequency excitation and also beyond a critical value of the strength of the high-frequency excitation, the jump resonance is eliminated. Overall, it is found that the principal Parametric resonance can be effectively controlled and suppressed by high frequency excitation. Analytical results are validated by direct numerical simulations and experiments. For some parameter values, vibrational resonance is also observed in theory and experiment. The parametric vibrational resonance of a cantilever beam is not previously observed experimentally and thus, it is a new finding of the present study. The vibrational resonance is believed to be utilized in amplifying the response of parametrically driven microcantilever beams found in many microsystems applications.