Chaotic Rocking Vibration of a Rigid Block with Sliding Motion Under Two-Dimensional Harmonic Excitation

  • Jeong, Man-Yong (Department of Electronics & Control Engineering, Numazu College of Technology) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Ho (School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, BK21, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Yang, In-Young (School of Mechanical Engineering, Chosun University)
  • Published : 2002.09.01

Abstract

This research deals with the influence of nonlinearities associated with impact and sliding upon the rocking behavior of a rigid block, which is subjected to two-dimensional horizontal and vertical excitation. Nonlinearities in the vibration were found to depend strongly on the effect of the impact between the block and the base, which involves an abrupt reduction in the system's kinetic energy. In particular, when sliding occurs, the rocking behavior is substantially changed. Response analysis using a non-dimensional rocking equation was carried out for a variety of excitation levels and excitation frequencies. The chaos responses were observed over a wide response region, particularly, in the cases of high vertical displacement and violent sliding motion, and the chaos characteristics appear in the time histories, Poincare maps, power spectra and Lyapunov exponents of the rocking responses. The complex behavior of chaotic response, in phase space, is illustrated by the Poincare map. The distribution of the rocking response is described by bifurcation diagrams and the effects of sliding motion are examined through the several rocking response examples.

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