Kragujevac J. Math. 25 (2003) 91-96.

INVESTIGATION OF STABILITY ON NONLINEAR
OSCILATIONS WITH ONE DEGREE OF FREEDOM

Julka Knezevic-Miljanovic1 and Ljubica Lalovic2

1Mathematics faculty of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
2Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Kraljevo, Serbia and Montenegro

(Received May 15, 2003)

Abstract. This paper presents a phase portrait of differential equation of vehicle vertical oscillations when establishing force in springs is changed under nonlinear laws:
Fc=c(x+ax2)   and    Fc=c(x+ax3),    c > 0, a ¹ 0.
Analysis of nonlinear oscillation stability has been done using the phase portrait analyses.