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Reduced-Order Models of Weakly Nonlinear Spatially Continuous Systems

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Methods for the study of weakly nonlinear continuous (distributed-parameter) systems are discussed. Approximate solution procedures based on reduced-order models via the Galerkin method are contrasted with direct application of the method of multiple scales to the governing partial-differential equations and boundary conditions. By means of several examples and an experiment, Nayfeh and co-worker had shown that reduced-order models of nonlinear continuous systems obtained via the Galerkin procedure can lead to erroneous results. A method is developed for producing reduced-order models that overcomes the shortcomings of the Galerkin procedure. Treatment of these models yields results in agreement with those obtained experimentally and those obtained by directly attacking the continuous system.

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  1. Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, MC 0219, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, U.S.A.

    Ali H. Nayfeh

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Nayfeh, A.H. Reduced-Order Models of Weakly Nonlinear Spatially Continuous Systems. Nonlinear Dynamics 16, 105–125 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008281121523

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