Abstract
The dynamic response and stability of parametrically excited viscoelastic belts are investigated in this paper. The linear viscoelastic differential constitutive law is employed to characterize the material property of belts. The generalized equation of motion is obtained for a viscoelastic moving belt with geometric nonlinearity. The method of multiple scales is applied directly to the governing equation, which is in the form of continuous gyroscopic systems. Closed-form expressions for the amplitude, existence conditions and stability conditions of non-trivial limit cycles of the summation resonance are obtained. Effects of viscoelastic parameters, excitation frequencies, excitation amplitudes and axial moving speeds on stability boundaries are discussed.