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Linear and nonlinear mechanical systems under periodic impulsive excitation are considered. Solutions of the differential equations of motion are represented in a special form which contains a standard pair of nonsmooth periodic functions and possesses a convenient structure. This form is also suitable in the case of excitation with a periodic series of discontinuities of the first kind (a stepwise excitation). The transformations are illustrated in a series of examples. An explicit form of analytical solutions has been obtained for periodic regimes. In the case of parametric impulsive excitation, it is shown that a nonequidistant distribution of the impulses with dipole-like temporal shifts may significantly effect the qualitative characteristics of the response. For example, the sequence of instability zones loses its different subsequences depending on the parameter of the shifts. It is shown that the method's applicability can be extended for nonperiodic regimes by involving the idea of averaging.
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Pilipchuk, V.N. Application of Special Nonsmooth Temporal Transformations to Linear and Nonlinear Systems under Discontinuous and Impulsive Excitation. Nonlinear Dynamics 18, 203–234 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008331427364
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