Irregular instability boundaries of axially accelerating viscoelastic beams with 1:3 internal resonance

Abstract

Irregular instability boundaries of axially accelerating beams with 1:3 internal resonance are analytically and numerically investigated in this paper. The distributed parameter is due to the small simple harmonic axial speed. The viscoelastic characteristic of the beam is described by the Kelvin–Voigt model in which the material time derivative is used. A linear partial-differential equation with the variable coefficient and the relevant boundary conditions governing the transverse motion is presented. The effects of the nonhomogeneous boundaries are highlighted. By the method of multiple scales, the solvability conditions in summation and principal parametric resonances are established by some different manipulations in the process of the classical multiple scales method. The Routh–Hurwitz criterion is used to determine the instability boundaries. The effects of viscoelastic coefficient and the viscous damping coefficient are examined on the instability boundaries. Irregular instability boundaries appeared when the 1:3 internal resonance is introduced. It is shown that the numerical calculations by the differential quadrature scheme can verify the approximate analytical results.