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Vestn. Tomsk. Gos. Univ. Mat. Mekh., 2024 Number 87, Pages 163–174 (Mi vtgu1063)

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MECHANICS

Nonlinear oscillations of a current-carrying string in a magnetic field

A. K. Tomilin, I. S. Konovalenko, I. S. Konovalenko

Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Abstract: The nonlinear properties of a string must be taken into account when creating string systems that are used in transducers and musical instruments. The forced oscillations of an electrically conductive string in a magnetic field are described by a nonlinear integro-differential equation. The amplitude-frequency characteristics of nonlinear resonances of the first and second orders are obtained. The damping factor of the first-mode oscillations is determined from the optimal coincidence of the experimental and theoretical amplitude-frequency characteristic graphs. The experimental amplitude-frequency characteristics for the first-order resonance is obtained using a laboratory setup with a copper string 0.4 mm in diameter and 0.57 m long, having a certain initial tension. The cumulative damping factor of the first mode is obtained, which takes into account all the dissipative factors of a real string system.
Low-frequency thermoparametric oscillations of the second mode are observed in experiments with a string. It follows from the analysis of the Mathieu equation that parametric resonance arises even at very low amplitudes of the thermal tension of a string, and it must be taken into account in the frequency analysis of oscillations of string systems.

Keywords: vibrating string transducers, magnetic force, parametric resonance.

UDC: 534.112

Received: 10.10.2023
Accepted: February 12, 2024

DOI: 10.17223/19988621/87/13



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