Analyzing the stability for the motion of an unstretched double pendulum near resonance

Abstract

This work looks at the nonlinear dynamical motion of an unstretched two degrees of freedom double pendulum in which its pivot point follows an elliptic route with steady angular velocity. These pendulums have different lengths and are attached with different masses. Lagrange’s equations are employed to derive the governing kinematic system of motion. The multiple scales technique is utilized to find the desired approximate solutions up to the third order of approximation. Resonance cases have been classified, and modulation equations are formulated. Solvability requirements for the steady-state solutions are specified. The obtained solutions and resonance curves are represented graphically. The nonlinear stability approach is used to check the impact of the various parameters on the dynamical motion. The comparison between the attained analytic solutions and the numerical ones reveals a high degree of consistency between them and reflects an excellent accuracy of the used approach. The importance of the mentioned model points to its applications in a wide range of fields such as ships motion, swaying buildings, transportation devices and rotor dynamics.