“…Phenomenological models describing some type of nonlinear dissipation have been used in some applied sciences such as ship dynamics [Bikdash et al, 1994;Falzarano et al, 1992], where a particular interest has deserved the role played by different damping mechanisms in the formulation of ship stability criteria, and vibration engineering [Ravindra and Mallik, 1994a;Ravindra and Mallik, 1994b]. Damping in certain applied systems plays an important role, since it may be used to suppress large amplitude oscillations or various instabilities, and it can be also used as a control mechanism [Litak et al, 2009;Miwadinou et al, 2015;Rand et al, 2000;Sanjuán, 1999;Soliman andThompson, 1992, Taylan, 2000].…”