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DTSTART:20170919T170500Z
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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
SUMMARY:Nonlinear normal modes for analysis of geometrically nonlinear
  structures\, Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar\, Matthew Allen\, UW Dep
 artment of Mechanical Engineering
DESCRIPTION:Geometric nonlinearity is an important consideration when 
 designing many structures\, for example the skin panels for future hyp
 ersonic cruise vehicles where intense pressures and aerodynamic heatin
 g can cause the panels to vibrate in and out of buckled states. Highly
  flexible joined-wing aircraft\, which are being sought for station ke
 eping at high altitude\, can also exhibit nonlinear dynamic phenomena.
   It may also be possible to add a nonlinear element to an otherwise l
 inear structure in order to reduce vibration levels and increase its l
 ife\, leading to quieter automobiles or more durable spacecraft.  All 
 of these applications are challenging because numerical response predi
 ctions are expensive and these nonlinear systems exhibit a large range
  of phenomena\, each of which may require a specialized analysis techn
 ique.  This work shows that tremendous insight can be gained into the 
 dynamics of these types of nonlinear structures using undamped nonline
 ar modal analysis.<br>
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\nThis presentation highlights advances 
 in modeling for geometrically nonlinear structures and discusses how n
 onlinear modes can be used in analysis\, design and testing.  While ac
 ademics have used simplified Galerkin/Ritz models for years to qualita
 tively study the geometrically nonlinear response of plates and beams\
 , those methods often do not scale to industrial practice where the ge
 ometry is far more complicated and many degrees of freedom must be con
 sidered.  The work focuses on structures that are modeled in commercia
 l finite element software and uses a non-intrusive approach in which a
  series of static loads are applied to the structure and a nonlinear R
 educed Order Model (ROM) is fit to the load-displacement behavior.  No
 nlinear modes prove to be effective in discerning whether the reduced 
 basis contains the fidelity needed to capture the dynamics of interest
  and in assuring that the loads are large enough to allow the ROM to b
 e accurately computed.  Nonlinear modes are also found to be intimatel
 y connected to the response of the structure to random loading\, such 
 as the pressure fields experienced by many aircraft.  These concepts a
 re demonstrated by applying them to a variety of finite element models
 \, showing that the nonlinear modes provide tremendous insight into th
 e dynamics of the structure. 
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=4615
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