Abstract
The simple example of a mechanical system expressively exhibiting unpredictable and chaotic motions is a rod compressed by a supercritical force and subjected to a time-dependent transverse loading. Dynamics of this system can be analyzed either through modal analysis or through another lumped parameter modelling, for example, by discretization of the rod into an ensemble of segments. The paper is aimed to present the latter formulation of the problem and to discuss numerical results obtained in this framework.
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Un semplice esempio di sistema meccanico in grado di esibire in modo espressivo comportamenti dinamici non predicibili e caotici è rappresentato da una trave compressa in regime supercritico e soggetta ad un carico trasversale dipendente dal tempo. La dinamica di questo sistema può essere analizzata tramite approssimazioni modali, ovvero attraverso una modellazione a parametri concentrati, ad esempio discretizzando la trave in elementi rigidi con deformabilità localizzate. Il lavoro presenta quest'ultima formulazione del problema e ne discute i relativi risultati numerici.
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Sorokin, S.V., Tcherniak, D.M. Nonlinear dynamics and chaos of a finite-degree-of-freedom model of a buckled rod. Meccanica 31, 273–291 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00426991
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