Sufficient conditions are established for the boundedness of all solutions of (1.1), and we also present some sufficient conditions, which ensure that the limits of first and second order derivatives of the solutions of (1.1) tend to zero as t→∞. Our results improve and include those results obtained by previous authors ([3], [5]).

This paper is concerned with the oscillation of certain third-order nonlinear delay differential equations with damping. We give new characterizations of oscillation of the third-order equation in terms of oscillation of a related, well-studied, second-order linear differential equation without damping. We also establish new oscillation results for the third-order equation by using the integral...

Sufficient conditions are established for the asymptotic behavior of a third-order nonlinear differential equation. Our results improve on Qian’s [C. Qian, Asymptotic behavior of a third-order nonlinear differential equation, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 284 (2003), 191–205]

In order to investigate the effects of non-linear springs in vibrating behavior of vehicles, the independent suspension of conventional vehicles could be modeled as a non-linear single degree of freedom system. The equation of motion for the system would be a non-linear third order ordinary differential equation, when considering the elasticity of rubber bushings in joints of shock absorber. It...