Model reduction of a periodically forced slow-fast continuous piecewise linear system

In this paper, singular perturbation theory is exploited to obtain a reduced-order model of a slow-fast piecewise linear 2-DOF oscillator subjected to harmonic excitation. The nonsmooth nonlinearity of piecewise linear nature is studied in the case of bilinear damping as well as with bilinear stiffness characteristics. We propose a continuous matching of the locally invariant slow manifolds obtained in each subregion of the state space, which yields a reduced-order model of the same nature as the full dynamics. The frequency-response curves obtained from the full system and the reduced-order models suggest that the proposed reduction method can capture nonlinear behaviors such as super- and subharmonic resonances.

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In this paper, a reduced-order model of a slow-fast piecewise linear 2-DOF oscillator subjected to harmonic excitation is obtained using singular perturbation theory. The study investigates the nonsmooth nonlinearity of piecewise linear nature with bilinear damping and bilinear stiffness characteristics. A continuous matching of the locally invariant slow manifolds obtained in each subregion of the state space is proposed, resulting in a reduced-order model that has the same nature as the full dynamics. The frequency-response curves from both the full system and the reduced-order models indicate that the proposed reduction method can capture nonlinear behaviors such as super- and subharmonic resonances.