ESM-5414: Nonlinear Systems
Description: Dynamics of conservative and nonconservative systems; phase planes; local and global stability; damping mechanisms; self-excited oscillators. Forced oscillations of one-degree-of-freedom systems; primary, secondary, and multiple resonances; period-multiplying bifurcations; strange attractors; chaos. Parametric excitations; Floquet theory; influence of damping and nonlinearity. Multi-degree-of-freedom systems; concepts of internal and external resonances; Hopf bifurcation. Applications to continuous systems; strings, beams, plates, and shells.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Sections Taught: 4
Average GPA: 3.61 (A-)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 55.07%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%
| Ali H Nayfeh | 2009 | 67.4% | 32.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.61 | 3 |
| Nicole T Abaid | 2013 | 72.7% | 27.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.62 | 1 |