Power Flow and Energy Balance Between Nonconservatively Coupled Oscillators
Abstract
The concept of power flow, which has been found to be a powerful tool in the dynamic analysis of complex systems with conservative connecting elements, is extended to the case of nonconservatively coupled mechanical or structural systems. In order to avoid any ambiguity in the definition of power flow in this situation, the nonconservatively coupled oscillators are considered as a limiting case of oscillators with conservative connections. Through the introduction of dissipative power and penetrating power flow, this approach is shown to produce a physical consistent formulation. Some important and distinguishing properties of this formulation are demonstrated and discussed through numerical examples.
Recommended Citation
G. Chen and T. Soong, "Power Flow and Energy Balance Between Nonconservatively Coupled Oscillators," Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, vol. 113, no. 4, pp. 448 - 454, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Oct 1991.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2930206
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Flow (Dynamics); Energy budget (Physics); Dynamic analysis; Complex systems
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1048-9002; 1528-8927
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 1991 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Oct 1991
