Investigation on the nonlinear dynamic response of a mass-spring system

Abstract

This paper investigates the nonlinear dynamic response of a single-degree-of-freedom mass-spring system. The experimental modal analysis is carried out by three typical types of spectral testing which are burst random, sine testing and periodic chirp excitation to achieve the objective of this study. The experimental data from the burst random excitation is used to identify the natural frequency of the system. The nonlinear dynamic response of the system is detected by means of using the sine testing and periodic chirp excitation. However, from the sine testing, the results showed that the variations of the maximum peak of the vibration acceleration based on the different levels of excitation voltage that were applied to the input shaker. It was also found that the displacement values obtained from the periodic chirp excitation showed an inconsistent linear increment with the excitation level that applied to the mass-spring system.