Abstract
Dynamics of a simple two degrees of freedom (d.o.f.) mechanical system is considered, to illustrate the phenomena of modal interaction. The system has a natural symmetry of shape and is subjected to symmetric loading. Two stable equilibrium configurations are separated by an unstable one, so that the model system can perform cross-well oscillations. Nonlinear statics and dynamics are considered, with the emphasis on detecting conditions for instability of symmetric configurations and analysis of bi-modal non-symmetric motions. Nonlinear local dynamics is analyzed by multiple scales method. Direct numerical integration of original equations of motions is carried out to validate analysis of modulation equations. In global dynamics (analysis of cross-well oscillations) Lyapunov exponents are used to estimate qualitatively a type of motion exhibited by the mechanical system. Modal interactions are demonstrated both in the local dynamics and for snap-through oscillations, including chaotic motions. This mechanical system may be looked upon as a lumped parameters model of continuous elastic structures (spherical segments, cylindrical panels, buckled plates, etc.). Analyses performed in the paper qualitatively describe complicated phenomena in local and global dynamics of original structures.
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