Accession Number:

AD0729401

Title:

The Elastic Stability of Two-Parameter Nonconservative Systems,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

BROWN UNIV PROVIDENCE R I DIV OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS

Personal Author(s):

• Huseyin,K.
• Plaut,R. H.

Report Date:

1971-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

25.0

Abstract:

The stability of a linear, elastic, circulatory system with two independent loading parameters is studied in general terms. The basic properties of the stability boundary are investigated and several theorems are established. It is shown that for a two-degree-of-freedom system which is capable of flutter instability, the stability boundary is always convex toward the region of stability, in direct contrast with systems which cannot exhibit flutter. The practical significance of this result in obtaining lower and upper bound estimates of the stability boundary is emphasized, and three illustrative examples are presented. Author

Descriptors:

• *STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
• LOADS(FORCES)
• ELASTIC PROPERTIES
• STABILITY
• FLUTTER
• EQUATIONS OF MOTION

Subject Categories:

• Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE