Response regimes of linear oscillator coupled to nonlinear energy sink with harmonic forcing and frequency detuning

Dynamical system under investigation in the current work is comprised of harmonically forced linear oscillator with attached nonlinear energy sink. External forcing frequency detuning near the main resonance (1:1) is included in the system investigation. The detailed study of the periodic and quasiperiodic regimes is done in the work via (adaptive) averaging method. Local bifurcations of the periodic regimes are revealed and fully described in the space of system parameters (amplitude of excitation, damping, and frequency detuning). Novel analytical approach for predictions of strongly modulated response (SMR) is presented. This approach provides a sufficient condition for the SMR existence contrary to the previous studies. Various possibilities of coexistence of the response regimes are predicted analytically and demonstrated numerically. Among those is a coexistence of two distinct periodic regimes together with the SMR. All findings of the simplified analytic model are verified numerically and considerable agreement is observed. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.