Analytical and numerical study of a vibrating magnetic inverted pendulum

Abstract

The current study investigates the stability structure of the base periodic motion of an inverted pendulum (IP). A uniform magnetic field affects the motion in the direction of the plane configuration. Furthermore, a non-conservative force as one that dampens air is considered. Its underlying equation of motion is derived from traditional analytical mechanics. The mathematical analysis is made simpler by substituting the Taylor theory in order to expand the restoring forces. The modified Homotopy perturbation method (HPM) is employed to achieve a roughly adequate regular result. To support the prior result, a numerical method based on the fourth-order Runge-Kutta method (RK4) is employed. The graphs for both the analytic and numerical solutions are highly consistent with one another, which indicates that the perturbation strategy is accurate. The solution time history curve exhibits a decaying performance and indicates that it is steady and without chaos. The resonance and non-resonance cases are found through the stability study by using the time scale method. In all perturbation approaches, the methodology of multiple time scales is actually regarded as a further standard approach. The time history is used to create a collection of graphs. Some graphical representations are used to illustrate how the typical physical values affect the behavior of the discovered solution. It has been discovered that the statically unstable IP can have its instability reduced by raising the spring torsional constant stiffness as well as the damped coefficient. Moreover, the magnetic field has a significant role in the stability configuration, which explains that at higher values of this field, the decaying waves take much more time than the smaller values of this field. Accordingly, it can be employed in various engineering devices that need a certain period of time to be more stable.