Non-periodic and chaotic vibrations in a flow induced system

A flow induced system, consisting of an elastically mounted body with a pendulum attached, is considered here. The stability of the semi-trivial solution, representing the vibration of the body with the non-oscillating pendulum, is investigated. The analytical investigation shows that at a certain flow velocity, higher than the critical one, the pendulum begins to oscillate due to autoparametric resonance. For a convenient tuning, the vibration of the system can be substantially reduced. The analysis of both semi-trivial and non-trivial solutions is complemented by numerical integration of the differential equations of motion. A mapping technique based on Poincaré section, suitable for investigating the non-periodic vibrations occuring at higher flow velocities, is proposed.