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A general framework for local control of nonlinearity in nonautonomous systems using feedback strategies is considered in this work. In particular, it is shown that a system exhibiting chaos can be driven to a desired periodic motion by designing a combination of feedforward controller and a time-varying controller. The design of the time-varying controller is achieved through an application of Lyapunov–Floquet transformation which guarantees the local stability of the desired periodic orbit. If it is desired that the chaotic motion be driven to a fixed point, then the time-varying controller can be replaced by a constant gain controller which can be designed using classical techniques, viz. pole placement, etc. A sinusoidally driven Duffing's oscillator and the well-known Rossler system are chosen as illustrative examples to demonstrate the application.

Nonlinear dynamics of one-mode approximation of an axially moving continuum such as a moving magnetic tape is studied. The system is modeled as a beam moving with varying speed, and the transverse vibration of the beam is considered. The cubic stiffness term, arising out of ®nite stretching of the neutral axis during vibration, is included in the analysis while deriving the equations of motion by Hamilton's principle. One-mode approximation of the governing equation is obtained by the Galerkin's method, as the objective in this work is to examine the low-dimensional chaotic response. The velocity of the beam is assumed to have sinusoidal¯uctuations superposed on a mean value. This approximation leads to a parametrically excited Duf®ng's oscillator. It exhibits a symmetric pitchfork bifurcation as the axial velocity of the beam is varied beyond a critical value. In the supercritical regime, the system is described by a parametrically excited double-well potential oscillator. It is shown by numerical simulation that the oscillator has both period-doubling and intermittent routes to chaos. Melnikov's criterion is employed to ®nd out the parameter regime in which chaos occurs. Further, it is shown that in the linear case, when the operating speed is supercritical, the oscillator considered is isomorphic to the case of an inverted pendulum with an oscillating support. It is also shown that supercritical motion can be stabilised by imposing a suitable velocity variation.

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Love-theoretical analysis of periodic system of rods is presented. It is shown that the proposed theory enables an extension of Snowdon’s theory of vibration isolation. An example of a periodic vibration isolator, consisting of sandwiched rubber springs, is studied.