Fractional mechanical oscillators

In this contribution we propose a new fractional differential equation to describe the mechanical oscillations of a simple system. In particular, we analyze the systems mass-spring and spring-damper. The order of the derivatives is 0 < y ≤ 1. In order to be consistent with the physical equation a...

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Autores: J.F. Gómez-Aguilar, J.J. Rosales-García, J.J. Bernal-Alvarado, T. Córdova-Fraga, R. Guzmán-Cabrera
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:Universidad de Guanajuato
Repositorio:Redalyc-UG
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57023376011
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57023376011
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
caputo derivative
Fractional calculus
fractional structures
mechanical oscillators
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Sumario:In this contribution we propose a new fractional differential equation to describe the mechanical oscillations of a simple system. In particular, we analyze the systems mass-spring and spring-damper. The order of the derivatives is 0 < y ≤ 1. In order to be consistent with the physical equation a new parameter ¾ is introduced. This parameter characterizes the existence of fractional structures in the system. A relation between the fractional order time derivative ¿ and the new parameter ¾ is found. Due to this relation the solutions of the corresponding fractional differential equations are given in terms of the Mittag-Leffler function depending only on the parameter y. The classical cases are recovered by taking the limit when y = 1.