Random responses of a two-degree-of-freedom structure with strongly nonlinear coupling and parametric interaction

Abstract

This paper investigates the random responses of a TDOF structure with strongly nonlinear coupling and parametric vibration. With the nonlinear coupling of inertia in the equations of motion of the system being removed by successive elimination, the non-Gaussian moment equation method (NGM) is applied and 69 moment equations are integrated with central cumulative truncation technique. The stochastic central difference-cum-statistical linearization method(SCD-SL) and the digital simulation method(DSM) are also used. A comparison of results by different methods are given and the SCD-SL method is the most efficient method.