Stability of the periodic motions of the vibro-impact systems

In many other papers a new direct method is developed for the study of vibro-impact system stability, a case in which the stability conditions are directly and rapidly obtained. This new method is stated and applied for systems with one or several degrees of freedom whose motion is analysed by Lagrangeʹs equations. Thus, the equations in variations determined from the differential equations are considered, which by applying the boundary conditions lead by integration to the linearized equation in perturbations necessary to write the stability conditions. As example, is analysed in detail a particular case with one degree of freedom realised by the rod-crank mechanism. Also, a general system with two degrees of freedom is completely studied.