Response of discrete nonlinear systems with many degrees of freedom Export

@misc{citeulike:296791, abstract = {We study the response of a large array of coupled nonlinear oscillators to parametric excitation, motivated by the growing interest in the nonlinear dynamics of microelectromechanical and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS). Using a multiscale analysis, we derive an amplitude equation that captures the slow dynamics of the coupled oscillators just above the onset of parametric oscillations. The amplitude equation that we derive here from first principles exhibits a wavenumber dependent bifurcation similar in character to the behavior known to exist in fluids undergoing the Faraday wave instability. We confirm this behavior numerically and make suggestions for testing it experimentally with MEMS and NEMS resonators.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Bromberg, Yaron and Cross, M. C. and Lifshitz, Ron}, citeulike-article-id = {296791}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0411008}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/0411008}, day = {16}, eprint = {cond-mat/0411008}, keywords = {coupled-oscillators, nonlinear-dynamics}, month = {Aug}, posted-at = {2005-08-17 22:28:02}, priority = {2}, title = {Response of discrete nonlinear systems with many degrees of freedom}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0411008}, year = {2005} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:296791 L3 - citeulike-article-id:296791 N2 - We study the response of a large array of coupled nonlinear oscillators to parametric excitation, motivated by the growing interest in the nonlinear dynamics of microelectromechanical and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS). Using a multiscale analysis, we derive an amplitude equation that captures the slow dynamics of the coupled oscillators just above the onset of parametric oscillations. The amplitude equation that we derive here from first principles exhibits a wavenumber dependent bifurcation similar in character to the behavior known to exist in fluids undergoing the Faraday wave instability. We confirm this behavior numerically and make suggestions for testing it experimentally with MEMS and NEMS resonators. TI - Response of discrete nonlinear systems with many degrees of freedom KW - coupled-oscillators KW - nonlinear-dynamics AU - Bromberg, Yaron AU - Cross, MC AU - Lifshitz, Ron PY - 2005/Aug/16/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0411008 ER -