2. Response of two coupled oscillators and power transfer

2.1 Equilibrium equations in motion

We now analyze the case of two coupled oscillators (figure 4 ). The coupling is assumed to be conservative, i.e. no energy is dissipated at the junction. Coupling is expressed in terms of stiffness, mass or gyroscopic coupling coefficient. We therefore introduce a coupling stiffness K _c as well as a mass m _c and a gyroscopic coefficient g _c . The displacements of the two masses m ₁ and m ₂ are x _1...