Research Journal of Mathematics and Statistics 3(1): 12-19, 2011 ISSN: 2040-7505 © Maxwell Scientific Organization, 2011 Received: July 12, 2010 Accepted: September 28, 2010 Published: February 15, 2011 An Analytical Approximate Solution of Fourth Order Damped-Oscillatory Nonlinear Systems 1 Habibur Rahman, 1B.M. Ikramul Haque and 2M. Ali Akbar Department of Mathematics, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), Khulna-9203, Bangladesh 2 Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh 1 Abstract: In this study, the Krylov-Bogoliubov-Mitroplskii (KBM) method has been extended for obtaining the solution of fourth order damped-oscillatory nonlinear systems. The method is illustrated by an example. The results obtained by the presented technique agree nicely with the results (considered as exact solution) obtained by the numerical method. Key words: Eigen-values, perturbation method, weakly nonlinear systems In this study, we have investigated solutions of the fourth order damped oscillatory nonlinear systems when two of the eigen-values are complex conjugates and the other two are real and negative. The results obtained by the presented method agree nicely with those obtained by the numerical method. INTRODUCTION The Krylov-Bogoliubov-Mitropolskii (KBM) method (1947, 1961) is one of the widely used techniques to obtain analytical approximate solution of weakly nonlinear systems. The method was originally developed for system with periodic solution was later extended by Popov (1956) for nonlinear damped oscillatory systems. Owing to physical importance, Mendelson (1970) rediscovered Popov’s results. Murty and Deekshatulu (1969) expanded the method to solve over-damped nonlinear systems. Murty (1971) presented a unified KBM method for solving second order nonlinear systems which cover the un-damped, damped and over-damped cases. Bojadziev and Hung (1984) developed a technique based on the KBM method to solve damped oscillations modeled by a 3-dimensional time dependent system. Alam (2001) developed a new perturbation technique to find the analytical approximate solution of nonlinear systems with large damping. Later, Alam (2002a) extended the method for n-th order nonlinear systems. Alam and Sattar (2001) examined third order timedependent oscillating systems with large damping. Alam and Sattar (1997) also presented a unified method for obtaining solution of third order damped oscillatory and over-damped nonlinear systems. Akbar et al. (2002) investigated a technique for solving fourth order overdamped nonlinear systems. Later, Akbar et al. (2003) extended the technique for damped oscillatory nonlinear systems in the case when the four eigen-values are complex conjugates. But, none of the above authors investigated solution of fourth order nonlinear systems when two of the eigen-values are real and negative and the rest of the two are complex conjugates. METHODOLOGY Consider a weakly nonlinear damped oscillatory system governed by the differential equation: d4x d 3x d2x dx + + + c3 + c4 x c c 1 2 4 3 2 dt dt dt dt = −ε f ( x , x& , && x , &&& x) (1) where g is a small positive quantity, f is the nonlinear function and c1, c2, c3, c4 are the characteristic parameters defined by: 4 4 c1 = ∑λ , c = ∑λ λ 2 i i =1 i j i , j =1 i≠ j 4 c3 = ∑λ λ λ i i , j , k =1 i≠ j≠k j k 4 and c4 = ∏λ i i =1 where –81, –82, –83, –84 are four eigen-values of the unperturbed Eq. (1). We consider, two of the eigen-values say –81, –82 are real and negative and the other two say –83, –84 are complex conjugates. Corresponding Author: M. Ali Akbar, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh 12 Res. J. Math. Stat., 3(1): 12-19, 2011 The unperturbed solution (when g = 0) of the Eq. (1) is: x( t ,0) = 4 ∑a i ,0 e − λi t (2) i =1 where, ai,0 (i = 1,2,3,4) are constants of integration. If g … 0, following Alam (2002b), we seek the solution of the Eq. (1) in of the form: x( t , ε ) = 4 ∑ae i =1 i − λi t ( ) ( ) + ε u1 a1 , a 2 , a 3 , a 4 , t + ε 2 u2 a1 , a 2 , a 3 , a 4 , t + ε 3 ... (3) where, each ai (i = 1,2,3,4) satisfies the first order differential equation: da i ( t ) = εAi a1 , a 2 , a 3 , a 4 , t + ε 2 Bi a1 , a 2 , a 3 , a 4 , t + ε 3 ... dt ( ) ( ) (4) Differentiating (3) four times with respect to t, substituting x and the derivatives, in the original Eq. (1), using the relation given in (4) and finally extracting the coefficients of ,, we obtain: 4 ∏ i =1 ⎛ d ⎞ ⎜ + λi ⎟ u1 + ⎝ dt ⎠ 4 ∑e − λi t i =1 ⎛ 4 ⎛ d ⎞ ⎞⎟ ⎜ ⎜ − λi + λ k ⎟ ⎟ Ai = f ⎜ ⎠⎠ ⎝ k = 1,i ≠ k ⎝ dt ∏ ( 0) = f x , x& , && where, f ( 0 0 x0 , &&&x0 ) and x0 = 4 ( 0) (a1 , a 2 , a 3 , a 4 , t ) (5) ∑ a ( t )e λ i − it i =1 In general, the functional f (0) can be expended in the Tailor series as (Murty and Deekshatulu, 1969): f ( 0) ∞ ,...,∞ ∑ = Fm1 ,m2 ,m3 ,m4 a1 1 , a 2 2 , a 3 3 , a 4 4 e ( m m m m ) − m1λ1 , − m2 λ 2 , − m3λ 3 , − m4 λ 4 t m1 = −∞ ,...,m4 = −∞ According to the KBM method, u1 does not contain the fundamental terms (Alam, 2001, 2002b; Murty and Deekshatulu, 1969). Therefore, Eq. (5) can be separated into five equations for the unknown functions A1, A2, A3, A4 and u1. Substituting the value of f (0) into the Eq. (5) and equating the coefficients of e ( )( )( − λi t (i = 1,2,3,4), we obtain: ) e − λ1t D − λ1 + λ 2 D − λ1 + λ 3 D − λ1 + λ 4 A1 = ∑F m1 m2 m1 ,m2 ,m3 ,m4 a1 , a 2 m3 = m4 , m1 = m2 + 1, , a3 3 , a4 4 e( D= m m ) − m1λ1 , − m2 λ 2 , − m3λ 3 , − m4 λ 4 t d dt 13 (6) Res. J. Math. Stat., 3(1): 12-19, 2011 ( )( )( ) e − λ2 t D − λ 2 + λ1 D − λ 2 + λ 3 D − λ 2 + λ 4 A1 = ∑F m1 m2 m1 ,m2 ,m3 ,m4 a1 , a 2 , a3 3 , a4 4 e( m m ) (7) ) (8) ) (9) − m1λ1 , − m2 λ 2 , − m3λ 3 , − m4 λ 4 t m3 = m4 , m1 = m2 − 1 ( )( )( ) e − λ3t D − λ3 + λ1 D − λ 3 + λ 2 D − λ 3 + λ 4 A3 = ∑F m1 m2 m1 ,m2 ,m3 ,m4 a1 , a 2 , a3 3 , a4 4 e( m m − m1λ1 , − m2 λ 2 , − m3λ 3 , − m4 λ 4 t m1 = m2 , m3 = m4 + 1 ( )( )( ) e − λ4 t D − λ 4 + λ1 D − λ 4 + λ 3 D − λ 4 + λ 3 A4 = ∑F m1 m2 m1 ,m2 ,m3 ,m4 a1 , a 2 , a3 3 , a4 4 e( m m − m1λ1 , − m2 λ 2 , − m3λ 3 , − m4 λ 4 t m1 = m2 , m3 = m4 − 1 and ( D + λ1 )( D + λ2 )( D + λ3 )( D + λ4 )u1 = ∑ ′ Fm1 ,m2 ,m3 ,m4 a1 1 , a 2 2 , a 3 3 , a 4 4 e ( m m m m (10) ) − m1λ1 , − m2 λ 2 , − m3λ 3 , − m4 λ 4 t where 3! excludes those terms for m1 = m2 ± 1, m3 = m4 ± 1. The particular solutions of Eq. (6)-(10) give the unknown functions A1, A2, A3, A4 and u1. Therefore, the determination of the first order approximate solution is completed. Example: As an example of the above method, we consider a weakly nonlinear damped oscillatory system governed by the fourth order differential equation: d4x dt 4 + c1 d 3x dt 3 + c2 d2x dt 2 + c3 dx + c4 x = −ε x& 3 dt (11) For example (11), we have, f = x3 and: 0 f ( ) = a13λ13e − 3λ1t + a23λ32 e − 3λ2 t + a33λ33e − 3λ3t + a43λ34 e − 3λ4 t − 2λ + λ t − 2λ + λ t − 2λ + λ t + 3 a12 a2 λ12 λ2 e ( 1 2 ) + a12 a3λ12 λ3e ( 1 3 ) + a12 a4 λ12 λ4 e ( 1 4 ) { − 2λ + λ t − 2λ + λ t − 2λ + λ t + a22 a1λ22 λ1e ( 2 1 ) + a22 a3λ22 λ3e ( 2 3 ) + a22 a4 λ22 λ4 e ( 2 4 ) − 2λ + λ t − 2λ + λ t − 2λ + λ t + a32 a1λ23 λ1e ( 3 1 ) + a32 a2 λ23 λ2 e ( 3 2 ) + a32 a4 λ32 λ4 e ( 3 4 ) − 2λ + λ t − 2λ + λ t − 2λ + λ t + a 2 a λ2 λ e ( 4 1 ) + a 2 a λ2 λ e ( 4 2 ) + a 2 a λ2 λ e ( 4 3 ) 4 1 4 1 { 4 2 4 2 4 3 4 3 − λ +λ +λ t − λ +λ +λ t + 6 a1a2 a3λ1λ2 λ3e ( 1 2 3 ) + a1a2 a4 λ1λ2 λ4 e ( 1 2 4 ) − λ +λ +λ t − λ +λ +λ t + a1a3a4 λ1λ3λ4 e ( 1 3 4 ) + a2 a3a4 λ2 λ3λ4 e ( 2 3 4 ) 14 } } (12) Res. J. Math. Stat., 3(1): 12-19, 2011 Equating the like terms as have been considered in (6)-(10), yield: ( )( )( ) e − λ1t D − λ1 + λ2 D − λ1 + λ 3 D − λ1 + λ 4 A1 { − 2λ + λ t − λ +λ +λ t = − 3a12 a 2 λ12 λ2 e ( 1 2 ) + 6a1a 3 a 4 λ1 λ3 λ 4 e ( 1 3 4 ) ( )( )( ) e − λ2 t D − λ2 + λ1 D − λ2 + λ 3 D − λ2 + λ 4 A2 { − 2λ + λ t − λ +λ +λ t = − 3a 22 a1 λ22 λ1e ( 2 1 ) + 6a 2 a 3 a 4 λ2 λ3 λ 4 e ( 2 3 4 ) ( )( )( ) e − λ3t D − λ3 + λ1 D − λ3 + λ2 D − λ3 + λ 4 A3 { − 2λ + λ t − λ +λ +λ t = − 3a 32 a 4 λ23 λ4 e ( 3 4 ) + 6a1a 2 a 3 λ1 λ 2 λ 3 e ( 1 2 3 ) ( )( )( ) e − λ4 t D − λ4 + λ1 D − λ4 + λ 2 D − λ 4 + λ 3 A4 { − 2λ + λ t − λ +λ +λ t = − 3a 42 a 3 λ24 λ 3 e ( 4 3 ) + 6a1a 2 a 4 λ1 λ2 λ 4 e ( 1 2 4 ) and } (13) } (14) } (15) } (16) ( D + λ1 )( D + λ2 )( D + λ3 )( D + λ4 )u1 = − {a13 λ13e − 3λ t + a 23 λ32 e − 3λ t + a 33 λ33e − 3λ t 1 2 3 − 2λ + λ t − 2λ + λ t + a 43 λ34 e − 3λ4 t + 3a13 a 3 λ33 λ3 e ( 1 3 ) + 3a12 a 4 λ12 λ 4 e ( 1 4 ) − 2λ + λ t − 2λ + λ t − 2λ + λ t + 3a 22 a 3 λ32 λ3 e ( 2 3 ) + 3a 22 a 4 λ22 λ4 e ( 2 4 ) + 3a 32 a1 λ23 λ1e ( 3 1 ) − 2λ + λ t − 2λ + λ t − 2λ + λ t + 3a 32 a 2 λ23 λ2 e ( 3 2 ) + 3a 42 a1 λ24 λ1e ( 4 1 ) + 3a 42 a 2 λ24 λ 2 e ( 4 2 ) (17) } Solving Eq. (13)-(16) and substituting, 81 = k1 – T1, 82 = k1 – T1, 83 = k2 – iT2 and 84 = k2 – iT2 we obtain: ( )( 2 3a12 a 2 ( k 1 − ω 1 ) ( k 1 + ω 1 )e − 2 k t )( ) A1 = + 2( k 1 − ω 1 )(3k 1 + k 2 − ω 1 + iω 2 )(3k 1 − k 2 − ω 1 − iω 2 ) ( k 2 − ω 1 )( k 1 + k 2 − ω 1 + iω 2 )( k 1 + k 2 − ω 1 − iω 2 ) 3a1a 3 a 4 k 1 − ω 1 k 2 − iω 2 k 2 + iω 2 e − 2 k2 t A2 = ( 1 )( 2 3a1a 22 ( k 1 − ω 1 )( k 1 + ω 1 ) e − 2 k t )( ) + ( k 2 + ω1 )( k1 + k 2 + ω1 + iω 2 )(k1 + k 2 + ω1 − iω 2 ) 2(k1 + ω1 )(3k1 − k 2 + ω1 + iω 2 )(3k1 − k 2 + ω1 − iω 2 ) 3a 2 a 3 a 4 k 1 + ω 1 k 2 − iω 2 k 2 + iω 2 e − 2 k2 t ( )( ( )( 1 2 3a 32 a 4 ( k 2 − iω 2 ) ( k 2 + iω 2 )e − 2 k t )( ) A3 = + ( k1 − iω 2 )( k1 + k 2 + ω1 − iω 2 )( k1 + k 2 − ω1 − iω 2 ) 2(k 2 − iω 2 )(3k 2 − k1 + ω1 + iω 2 )(3k 2 − k1 − ω1 − iω 2 ) 3a1a 2 a 3 k 1 − ω 1 k 1 + ω 1 k 2 − iω 2 e − 2 k1t 2 and A4 = 2 3a 3 a 42 ( k 2 − iω 2 )( k 2 + iω 2 ) e − 2 k t )( ) + ( k1 + iω 2 )(k1 + k 2 + ω1 + iω 2 )( k1 + k 2 − ω1 − iω 2 ) 2( k 2 + iω 2 )(3k 2 − k1 + ω1 + iω 2 )(3k 2 − k1 − ω1 + iω 2 ) 3a1a 2 a 4 k 1 − ω 1 k 1 + ω 1 k 2 + iω 2 e − 2 k1t 2 (18) Substituting the values of (18) into Eq. (4) and neglecting the second and higher powers of , (since , is very small), we obtain: 15 Res. J. Math. Stat., 3(1): 12-19, 2011 2 ⎧⎪ 3a a a ( k − ω )( k − iω )( k + iω ) e − 2 k2 t ⎫⎪ 3a12 a2 ( k1 − ω1 ) ( k1 + ω1 ) e − 2 k1t da1 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 = ε⎨ + ⎬ dt ⎪⎩ ( k1 − ω1 )( k1 + k 2 − ω1 + iω 2 )( k1 + k2 − ω1 − iω 2 ) 2( k1 − ω1 )( 3k1 + k 2 − ω1 + iω 2 )( 3k1 − k 2 − ω1 − iω 2 ) ⎪⎭ ( )( )( )( ) ( )( )( )( ) ( )( )( )( ) ( )( ( )( ( )( ) ⎧⎪ 3a a a k + ω k − iω k + iω e − 2 k2 t 3a1a 22 k 1 − ω 1 k 1 + ω 1 e − 2 k1t da 2 2 3 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 = ε⎨ + dt 2 k 1 + ω 1 3k 1 − k 2 + ω 1 + iω 2 3k 1 − k 2 + ω 1 − iω 2 ⎩⎪ k 2 + ω 1 k 1 + k 2 + ω 1 + iω 2 k 1 + k 2 + ω 1 − iω 2 ( )( ) ( )( )( ) ) ⎫⎪ ⎬ ⎭⎪ 2 ⎧ 3a1a 2 a 3 k 1 − ω 1 k 1 + ω 1 k 2 − iω 2 e − 2 k1t 3a 32 a 4 k 2 − iω 2 k 2 + iω 2 e − 2 k2 t da 3 ⎪ = ε⎨ + dt 2 k 2 + iω 2 3k 2 − k 1 + ω 1 + iω 2 3k 2 − k 1 − ω 1 − iω 2 ⎪⎩ k 1 − iω 2 k 1 + k 2 + ω 1 − iω 2 k 1 + k 2 − ω 1 − iω 2 ( )( ) ( )( )( ) ⎫ ⎪ ⎬ ⎪⎭ and ) 2 ⎧ 3a1a 2 a 4 k 1 − ω 1 k 1 + ω 1 k 2 + iω 2 e − 2 k1t 3a 3 a 42 k 2 − iω 2 k 2 + iω 2 e − 2 k2 t da 4 ⎪ + = ε⎨ dt 2 k 2 + iω 2 3k 2 − k 1 + ω 1 + iω 2 3k 2 − k 1 − ω 1 + iω 2 ⎪⎩ k 1 + iω 2 k 1 + k 2 + ω 1 + iω 2 k 1 + k 2 − ω 1 + iω 2 ( )( ϕ1 ) ( )( )( ) ⎫ ⎪ ⎬ (19) ⎪⎭ 2 , a1 = ae −ϕ1 2 , a3 = beiϕ 2 2 , a4 = beiϕ 2 2 into Eq. (19) and simplifying, we obtain: Now replacing a1 = ae ( ) ( da db = ε l1a 3e − 2 k1t + l2 ab 2 e − 2 k2 t , = ε r1a 2be − 2 k1t + r2b 3e − 2 k2 t dt dt ) ( dϕ1 dϕ 2 = ε m1a 2 e − 2 k1t + m2b 2 e − 2 k2 t and = ε s1a 2 e − 2 k1t + s2b 2 e − 2 k2 t dt dt ( ) ) (20) where, ⎡ ⎤ k 12 − ω 12 9 k 12 + k 22 + ω 12 + ω 22 − 6k 1 k 2 3⎢ ⎥ l1 = − ⎢ ⎥, 2 2 8⎢ 3k 1 − k 2 − ω 1 + ω 22 3k 1 − k 2 + ω 1 + ω 22 ⎥ ⎣ ⎦ ⎡ 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 ⎢ 2 k 1 + k 2 + ω 1 + ω 2 + 2 k 1 k 2 k 1 k 2 − ω 1 + 4ω 1 k 1 − k 2 l 2 = − k 22 + ω 22 ⎢ 2 2 8 ⎢ k 22 − ω 12 k 1 + k 2 − ω 1 + ω 22 k 1 + k 2 + ω 1 + ω 22 ⎣ {( ( )( }{( ) ( ) ( ( ) ) )( ){( } ) }{( ) ( ) ) ⎤⎥ } ⎥⎦ ⎥ r1 = − ⎡ 2 ⎤ 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 ⎢ k 1 − ω 1 k 1 + k 2 − ω 1 − ω 2 + 2 k 1 k 2 k 1 k 2 + ω 2 − 2ω 2 k 1 + k 2 k 2 − k 1 ⎥ ⎥, 2 2 4 ⎢⎢ ⎥ k 12 + ω 22 k 1 + k 2 + ω 1 + ω 22 k 1 + k 2 + ω 1 + ω 22 ⎣ ⎦ r2 = − ⎡ k 22 + ω 22 k 12 + 9 k 22 − ω 12 − ω 22 − 6k 1 k 2 3⎢ 2 2 8 ⎢⎢ k − 3k 2 − ω 1 + ω 22 k 1 − 3k 2 + ω 1 + ω 22 ⎣ 1 ( )( ( {( )( ){( ( )( ) ) ⎡ k 12 − ω 12 ω 1 3k 1 − k 2 3⎢ m1 = − ⎢ 2 4⎢ 3k 1 − k 2 − ω 1 + ω 22 3k 1 − k 2 + ω 1 ⎣ ( {( ) ( }{( ) }{( ) }{( ) ) ) } ( ) } )( ) ⎤ ⎥ ⎥ ⎥ ⎦ ) 2 + ω 22 } ⎤ ⎥ ⎥, ⎥ ⎦ ⎡ 2 k + k 22 + ω 12 + ω 22 + 2 k 1 k 2 k 1 − k 2 ω 1 + 2 k 1 − k 2 ω 1 k 1 k 2 − ω 12 3 2 2 ⎢ 1 m2 = − k2 + ω2 ⎢ 2 2 4 ⎢ k 22 − ω 12 k 1 + k 2 − ω 1 + ω 22 k 1 + k 2 + ω 1 + ω 22 ⎣ ( ) ( ( )( ){( ) ) 16 }{( ( ) ( ) } ) ⎤⎥ ⎥ ⎥ ⎦ Res. J. Math. Stat., 3(1): 12-19, 2011 ⎡ 2ω 2 k 1 + k 2 k 1 k 2 + ω 22 + ω 2 k 2 − k 1 k 12 + k 22 − ω 12 − ω 22 + 2 k 1 k 2 3 2 2 ⎢ s1 = − k1 − ω1 ⎢ 2 2 4 ⎢ k 12 − ω 22 k 1 + k 2 − ω 1 + ω 22 k 1 + k 2 + ω 1 + ω 22 ⎣ ( ( ) )( ) ){( ( ( ) ⎡ ω 2 3k 2 − k 1 k 22 + ω 22 3⎢ s2 = − ⎢ 2 4⎢ k − 3k 2 − ω 1 + ω 22 k 1 − 3k 2 + ω 1 ⎣ 1 ( ) {( )( }{( ) ϕ Solving Eq. (17) and by replacing a1 = ae 1 2 , a2 = ae 82 = k1 – T1, 83 = k2 – iT2 and 84 = k2 – iT2, we obtain: [ ( [ ( ) )( }{( ) 2 + ω 22 } −ϕ1 } ) ) ⎤⎥ ⎥, ⎥ ⎦ ⎤ ⎥ ⎥ ⎥ ⎦ 2 , a3 = beiϕ 2 2 , a4 = be −iϕ 2 2 and 81 = k1 – T1, ) ] ( 1 3 − 3k1t a e cosh 3 ω 1t + ϕ g1 + sinh 3 ω 1t + ϕ g 2 16 1 3 − 3k 2 t − b e cos 3 ω 2 t + ψ g 3 − sin 3 ω 2 t + ψ g 4 16 3 2 − 2 k − 2ω + k t + 2ϕ − a b k1 − ω1 e ( 1 1 2 ) .cos ω 2 t + ψ k 2 k 1 − ω 1 k 1 + k 2 16 u1 = − ) ) ] ( )[ {( )( )2 − 4ω 1 ( k 1 − ω 1 )( k 1 + k 2 ) + ( k 1 − ω 1 )(3ω 12 − ω 22 ) − 2ω 22 ( k 1 + k 2 ) + 4ω 1ω 22 } + ω 22 {(3k 1 + 3k 2 ) − 2ω 1 (7 k 1 + 3k 2 ) − ( k 22 − ω 22 ) + 11ω 12 }] h1 ( ) ( )[{k 2 ( k 2 − ω1 ) + ω 22 } 2 × {( k 1 + k 2 − ω 1 ) − 3ω 22 } − 4 k 2 ω 22 ( k 1 + k 2 − ω 1 )+ 4ω 22 ( k 2 − ω 1 )( k 1 + k 2 − ω 1 )] − sin 2(ω 2 t + ψ )[4ω 2 ( k 1 + k 2 − ω 1 ){k 2 ( k 2 − ω 1 ) + ω 22 } + k 2 ω 2 {(k1 + k 2 − ω1 ) 2 − 3ω 22 } − ω 2 (k 2 − ω1 ) {(k1 + k 2 − ω1 ) 2 − 3ω 22 }⎤⎦⎥ ⎤⎥⎦ h2 − 3 − k −ω + 2 k t +ϕ ab 2 k 1 − ω 1 e ( 1 1 2 ) ⎡⎢ cos 2 ω 2 t + ψ ⎣ 16 ( ) ( ) ( )[ {( ) }{(k1 + k 2 ) 2 + 4ω 1 ( k 1 + k 2 ) + (3ω 12 − ω 22 ) − 2 k 2 ω 22 ( k 1 + k 2 ) − 4 k 2 ω 1ω 22 + 2ω 22 ( k 1 + ω 1 ) + 4ω 1ω 22 ( k 1 + ω 1 ) − sin(ω 2 t + ψ )[2 k 2 ω 2 ( k 1 + ω 1 )( k 1 + k 2 ) + 4 k 2 ω 1ω 2 ( k 1 + ω 1 ) 2 + 2ω 23 ( k 1 + k 2 ) + 4ω 1ω 23 + k 2 ω 2 ( k 1 + k 2 ) + 4 k 2 ω 1ω 2 ( k 1 + k 2 ) + k 2 ω 2 (3ω 12 − ω 22 ) 2 − ω 2 ( k 1 + ω 1 )( k 1 + k 2 ) − 4ω 1ω 2 ( k 1 + ω 1 )( k 1 + k 2 ) − ω 2 ( k 1 + ω 1 )(3ω 12 − ω 22 )] h3 − − 3 2 − 2 k + 2ω + k t + 2ϕ a b k1 + ω1 e ( 1 1 2 ) .cos ω 2 t + ψ k 2 k 1 + ω 1 + ω 22 16 ( { 3 2 − k +ω + 2 k t −ϕ ab ( k1 + ω1 ) e ( 1 1 2 ) .cos 2(ω 2 t + ψ ) ⎡ k 2 ( k 2 + ω1 ) + ω 22 ⎣⎢ 16 ] } }{( k + k 1 2 + ω1 ) 2 − 3ω 22 − 4 k 2ω 22 ( k1 + k2 + ω1 ) + 4ω 22 ( k 2 + ω1 )( k1 + k 2 + ω1 ) − sin 2(ω 2 t + ψ ) [ × 4 k2ω 2 ( k 2 + ω1 ) ( k1 + ( k1 + k2 + ω1 ) + k2ω2 ( k1 + k2 + ω1 ) 2 2 − 3k 2ω 23 − ω 2 ( k 2 + ω1 )( k1 + k2 + ω1 ) − 3ω 23 ( k 2 + ω1 ) ] h4 where, { ( g1 = k 13 3k 1 − k 2 ( ) 2 + k13 (9ω12 + ω 22 ) − 3k1ω12 (3k1 − k 2 ) 2 − 3k1ω12 (9ω12 + ω 22 ) + 12ω 14 3k 1 − k 2 { ) k 2 + ω1 + 4ω 23 )} ⎡⎢⎣ ( k12 − 4ω12 ){(3k1 − 3ω1 − k 2 ) 2 + ω 22 }{(3k1 − 3ω1 − k 2 ) 2 + ω 22 }⎤⎥⎦ ( ) ( ) ( g 2 = 6k 13ω 1 3k 1 − k 2 − 18k 1ω 13 3k 1 − k 2 + 2ω 13 3k 1 + k 2 ( + 2ω 13 9ω 12 + ω 22 )2 )} ⎡⎢⎣ ( k12 − 4ω12 ){(3k1 − 3ω1 − k 2 ) 2 + ω 22 }{(3k1 − 3ω1 − k 2 ) 2 + ω 22 }⎤⎥⎦ 17 (21) Res. J. Math. Stat., 3(1): 12-19, 2011 { ( g 3 = k 23 3k 2 − k 1 ) 2 + k 23 (9ω12 + ω12 ) + 3k 2ω 22 (3k 2 − k1 ) 2 − 3k 2ω 22 (9ω 22 + ω12 ) )} ⎡⎣⎢ ( k 22 − 4ω 22 ){(3k 2 − k1 + ω1 ) 2 + 9ω 22 }{(3k 2 − k1 − ω1 ) 2 + 9ω 22 }⎤⎦⎥ ( + 12ω 24 3k 2 − k 1 { ( ) ( ) ( g 4 = 6k 23ω 2 3k 2 − k 1 + 18k 2 ω 23 3k 2 − k 1 − 2ω 23 3k 2 − k 1 ( + 2ω 23 9ω 22 + ω 12 )2 )} ⎡⎢⎣ ( k 22 − 4ω 22 ){(3k 2 − k1 + ω1 ) 2 + 9ω 22 }{(3k 2 − k1 − ω1 ) 2 + 9ω 22 }⎤⎥⎦ {( k + k − ω ) + ω }{( k + k − 3ω ) + ω }{( k − ω ) + ω } h = {( k + k − ω ) + ω }{( k − ω ) + ω }{( k + k − ω ) + ω } h = {( k + k − ω ) + ω }{( k + k − 3ω ) + ω }{( k + ω ) + ω } h = {( k + k − ω ) + ω }{( k + k + ω ) + 9ω }{( k + ω ) + ω } 2 h1 = 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 The Eq. (20) has no exact solution. Since, da/dt, db/dt, dN1/dt, dN2/dt are proportional to the small parameter ,, therefore they are slowly varying functions of time t. Therefore, we may assume that a and b are constants in the right hand side. This assumption was first made by Murty et al. (1969). Thus integrating Eq. (20), we obtain: ) ( ) } { ( b = b + ε { r b (1 − e ) k + l a b (1 − e ) k } 2 , ϕ = ϕ (0) + ε { m a (1 − e ) k + m b (1 − e ) k } 2 , a = a 0 + ε l1a 03 1 − e − 2 k1t k 1 + l 2 a 0 b02 1 − e − 2 k2t k 2 2 , 1 and − 2 k2t 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 − 2 k1t 1 1 − 2 k1t 2 0 0 1 − 2 k2t 2 2 0 2 { } ϕ 2 = ϕ 2 (0) + ε s2 b02 (1 − e − 2 k2 t ) k 2 + s1a 02 (1 − e − 2 k1t ) k1 2 (22) Therefore, the first order approximate solution of the Eq. (11) is: ( ) ( ) x( t , ε ) = ae − k1t cosh ω 1 t + ϕ 1 + be − k 2 t cos ω 2 t + ϕ 2 + ε u1 (23) where a, b, N1, N2 are given by (22) and u1 is given by (21). 0.6 a0 = 0.25 b0 = 0.25 Φ 1 (0) = π/6 Φ 2 (0) = π/6 0.5 0.8 k 1 = 1/3 k 2 = 0.25 ω1 = 0.15 0.3 k 1 = 1/3 k 2 = 0.25 ω1 = 0.15 0.6 0.4 2 0.2 a0 = 0.5 b0 = 0.5 Φ 1 (0) = π/6 Φ 2(0) = π/6 1.0 X X 0.4 1.2 , = 0.1 2 0.2 0.1 0 0 0 2 4 6 8 t 10 12 14 16 Fig. 1: Solution of Eq. (11): (i) Perturbation solution is denoted by solid line, ( — ) and (ii) Numerical solution in broken line, (---) 0 2 4 6 t 8 10 12 14 16 Fig. 2: Solution of Eq. (11): (i) Perturbation solution denoted by solid line, ( — ) and (ii) Numerical solution in broken line, (---) 18 Res. J. Math. Stat., 3(1): 12-19, 2011 Alam, M.S. and M.A. Sattar, 1997. A unified KrylovBogoliubov-Mitropolskii method for solving third order nonlinear systems. Indian J. Pure Appl. Math., 28: 151-167. Alam, M.S. and M.A. Sattar, 2001. 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The corresponding numerical solution has also been computed by Runge-Kutta method with a small time increment )t = 0.05 and the results are plotted in Fig. 1 and 2. From the figures it is clear that the perturbation solutions (23) together with (22) agree with the numerical solutions. CONCLUSION The KBM method has been extended in this article for solving fourth order damped oscillatory nonlinear systems when two of the eigen-values of the corresponding linear equation are real and negative numbers and other two are complex conjugates. The results obtained by this method match accurately with those obtained by the numerical method. The solution can also be used for over-damped systems replacing T by -iT. This is the importance of this technique. ACKNOWLEDGMENT Authors thanks to the management of Maxwell Scientific Organization for financing the manuscript for publication. REFERENCES Akbar, M.A., A.C. Paul and M.A. Sattar, 2002. 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