N-dimensional Harmonic Balance Method extended to non-explicit nonlinearities

Mathias Legrand, Sébastien Roques, Christophe Pierre, Bernard Peseux, Patrice Cartraud

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Abstract

The harmonic balance method is widely used for the analysis of strongly nonlinear problems under periodic excitation. The concept of hypertime allows for the generalization of the usual formulation to multi-tone excitations. In this article, the method is applied to a system involving a nonlinearity which cannot be explicitly expressed in the multi-frequency domain in terms of harmonic coefficients. The direct and inverse Discrete Fast Fourier Transforms are then necessary to alternate between time and frequency domains in order to take into account this nonlinearity. The results show the efficiency and the precision of the method.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)269-280
Number of pages12
JournalEuropean Journal of Computational Mechanics
Volume15
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

Keywords

  • Harmonic balance method
  • Hypertime domain
  • Unilateral contact

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