https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2014-02129-7
Review
Synchronization of two self-excited double pendula
Division of Dynamics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, 90-924 Lodz, Stefanowskiego 1/15, Poland
a e-mail: przemyslaw.perlikowski@p.lodz.pl
Received: 3 March 2014
Revised: 18 March 2014
Published online: 28 April 2014
We consider the synchronization of two self-excited double pendula. We show that such pendula hanging on the same beam can have four different synchronous configurations. Our approximate analytical analysis allows us to derive the synchronization conditions and explain the observed types of synchronization. We consider an energy balance in the system and describe how the energy is transferred between the pendula via the oscillating beam, allowing thus the pendula synchronization. Changes and stability ranges of the obtained solutions with increasing and decreasing masses of the pendula are shown using path-following.
© EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2014
