Stability analysis of parametrically excited structures with fractional-order damping
摘要
This work proposes and employs a numerical method based on Galerkin approximations for temporal fractional-order derivatives to analyze the stability of parametrically excited damped structures. More clearly, employing fractional-order constitutive models for damping, the Galerkin approximations for fractional-order derivatives are extended to multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) systems, beyond the single degree of freedom (SDOF) systems studied in the literature. The finite-dimensional approximation of the fractional-order derivative is demonstrated to be both computationally efficient and accurate compared to alternative approaches, thereby enabling efficient stability analysis over a wide range of system parameters, particularly for MDOF systems. To establish the efficacy of the proposed method, parametric excitation of an Euler–Bernoulli beam with fractional-order damping models is considered. The system matrices for the Euler–Bernoulli beam are developed following a finite element (FE) discretization using