Simultaneous Resonances of Suspended Cables Subjected to Primary and Super-Harmonic Excitations in Thermal Environments

Abstract

This paper concerns with a suspended cable in thermal environments under bi-frequency harmonic excitations, with a focus placed on the effect of temperature changes on one type of simultaneous resonance. First, the nonlinear equation of motion in thermal environments is obtained for the in-plane displacement of the cable. Then, the Galerkin method is employed to reduce the partial differential equation to an ordinary one. Second, based on the discretized form of the governing equation, the method of multiple scales is employed to obtain the second-order approximate solutions, with the stability characteristics determined. Third, numerical results are presented by using the perturbation method, together with numerical integration by the following means: frequency-response curves, time-displacement curves, phase-plane diagrams, and Poincare sections. The direct integration method is utilized to verify the results obtained by the perturbation method, while revealing more nonlinear dynamic behaviors induced by temperature changes. Both the softening and/or hardening behaviors, and the switching between them are observed for the cable in thermal environments. The response amplitude of the cable is very sensitive to temperature changes, but the number of circles in the phase diagrams and the number of cluster points in Poincaré sections is independent of the thermal effects in most cases. Finally, the vibration characteristics of the cable for different thermal expansion coefficients and temperature-dependent Young’s moduli are also investigated.