Nonlinear dynamic behavior analysis of an elastically restrained double-beam connected through a mass-spring system that is nonlinear

Some complex engineering structures can be modeled as multiple beams connected through coupling elements. When the coupling element is elastic, it can be simplified as a mass-spring system. The existing studies mainly concentrated on the double-beam coupled through elastic connectors, where the connector is simplified as the equivalent linear stiffness element or linear mass-spring system. Furthermore, many researches ignore rotational boundary restraints in analyzing dynamic behavior of the double-beam connected through elastic connectors, limiting their engineering generality. Considering the above limitations, this study attempts to employ the cubic nonlinear stiffness in the coupling mass-spring system and study the potential application of the mass-spring system that is nonlinear on the vibration control of the double-beam system. Using the variational method and the generalized Hamiltonian method build the corresponding system's governing functions. Applying the Galerkin truncation method (GTM) obtains the dynamic behavior of the double-beam connected through a mass-spring system that is nonlinear. According to this study, the change of the mass-spring system that is nonlinear significantly influences the dynamic behavior of the double-beam system, where the complex dynamic behavior occurs under certain parameters of the mass-spring system that is nonlinear. Suitable parameters of the mass-spring system that is nonlinear are good at the vibration suppression at the boundary of the vibration system. Furthermore, the mass-spring system that is nonlinear can change the characteristics of the double-beam system's kinetic energy transfer. For the vibration model established in this work, a quasi-periodic vibration state can be regarded as a sign of the occurrence of the targeted energy transfer of the double-beam connected through a mass-spring system that is nonlinear.