This article deals with force-driven vibrations of nonlinear mechanical oscillators
whose constitutive equations involve fractional derivatives, defined as fractional
powers of the conventional time-derivative operator. This definition of fractional
derivatives enables one to analyze approximately the vibratory regimes of the
oscillator. The assumption of small fractional derivative terms allows one to use
the method of multiple time scales, whereby a comparative analysis of the
solutions obtained for different orders of low-level fractional derivatives and
disturbing force terms can be carried out. The relationship between the fractional
parameter (order of the fractional operator) and nonlinearity manifests itself in
full measure when the orders of the small fractional derivative term and of
the cubic nonlinearity appearing in the oscillator’s constitutive equation
coincide.
Keywords
fractionally damped oscillator, nonlinear fractional
oscillator, method of multiple time scales
Department of Structural
Mechanics
Voronezh State University of Architecture and Civil
Engineering
84, 20-letija Oktjabrja Street
Voronezh 394006
Russia
Department of Structural
Mechanics
Voronezh State University of Architecture and Civil
Engineering
84, 20-letija Oktjabrja Street
Voronezh 394006
Russia
Department of Structural
Mechanics
Voronezh State University of Architecture and Civil
Engineering
84, 20-letija Oktjabrja Street
Voronezh 394006
Russia