ME506 DYNAMICS OF NONLINEAR SYSTEMS
Course Code: | 5690506 |
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
Language of Instruction: | English |
Level of Study: | Graduate |
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Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
Introduction to nonlinear systems. Limit cycle analysis. Piecewise linearization. Forced nonlinear systems. Approximation methods; multiple time scale, Poincare perturbation, Krylov and Bogoliubov methods. Describing function analysis. Stability of nonlinear systems; Lyapunov theory, Aizerman's and Kalman's conjectures, Lure's problem, Popov, circle and parabola criteria.