Sur les opérateurs différentiels symétrisants relatifs aux systèmes non-conservatifs

Abstract

For nonconservative systems, which we call systems with follower loads, a study is proposed concerning the differential operators which lead to a self-adjoint problem for a generalization of the Rayleigh quotient.In the case of punctual loads, we give the general expression for the identification of these operators. For some systems under follower loads, a new method is developed for the identification of the eigenvalues (critical load and critical frequency) when these operators do not exist. A numerical comparison is presented when the exact solutions do exist. PACS Nos. : 02.00 et 03.00