Non Linear Vibration

For convenience of analysis, most of the systems are

modeled as linear systems, but real systems are actually
more often nonlinear than linear.
Since mass, damper and spring are the basic components of
a vibratory system, nonlinearity into the governing
differential equation may be introduced through any of these
components.
One of the main reasons for modeling a physical system as a
nonlinear one is that totally unexpected phenomena
sometimes occur in nonlinear systems-phenomena that are
not predicted or even hinted at by linear theory.