Averaging Theory of Arbitrary Order for Piecewise Smooth Differential Systems and Its Application

The averaging theory for studying periodic orbits of smooth differential systems has a long history. Whereas the averaging theory for piecewise smooth differential systems appeared only in recent years, where the unperturbed systems are smooth. When the unperturbed systems are only piecewise smooth, there is not an existing averaging theory to study existence of periodic orbits of their perturbed systems. Here we establish such a theory for one dimensional perturbed piecewise smooth periodic differential equations. Then we show how to transform planar perturbed piecewise smooth differential systems to one dimensional piecewise smooth periodic differential equations when the unperturbed planar piecewise smooth differential systems have a family of periodic orbits. Finally as application of our theory we study limit cycle bifurcation of planar piecewise differential systems which are perturbation of a \(\Sigma \)-center.     

Periodic Orbits for Planar Piecewise Smooth Systems with a Line of Discontinuity

In this work we examine the existence of periodic orbits for planar piecewise smooth dynamical systems with a line of discontinuity. Unlike existing works, we consider the case where the line does not contain the equilibrium point. Most of the analysis is for a family of piecewise linear systems, and we discover new phenomena which produce the birth of periodic orbits, as well as new bifurcation phenomena of the periodic orbits themselves. A model nonlinear piecewise smooth systems is examined as well.     

Border collision bifurcations in 3D piecewise smooth chaotic circuit

A variety of border collision bifurcations in a three-dimensional (3D) piecewise smooth chaotic electrical circuit are investigated. The existence and stability of the equilibrium points are analyzed. It is found that there are two kinds of non-smooth fold bifurcations. The existence of periodic orbits is also proved to show the occurrence of non-smooth Hopf bifurcations. As a composite of non-smooth fold and Hopf bifurcations, the multiple crossing bifurcation is studied by the generalized Jacobian matrix. Some interesting phenomena which cannot occur in smooth bifurcations are also considered.     

Subharmonic Melnikov method of six-dimensional nonlinear systems and application to a laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate

In this paper, the bifurcations of subharmonic orbits are investigated for six-dimensional non-autonomous nonlinear systems using the improved subharmonic Melnikov method. The unperturbed system is composed of three independent planar Hamiltonian systems such that the unperturbed system has a family of periodic orbits. The key problem at hand is the determination of the sufficient conditions on some of the periodic orbits for the unperturbed system to generate the subharmonic orbits after the periodic perturbations. Using the periodic transformations and the Poincaré map, an improved subharmonic Melnikov method is presented. Two theorems are obtained and can be used to analyze the subharmonic dynamic responses of six-dimensional non-autonomous nonlinear systems. The subharmonic Melnikov method is directly utilized to investigate the subharmonic orbits of the six-dimensional non-autonomous nonlinear system for a laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate. Using the subharmonic Melnikov method, the bifurcation function of the subharmonic orbit is obtained. Numerical simulations are used to verify the analytical predictions. The results of the numerical simulation also indicate the existence of the subharmonic orbits for the laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate.     

Lyapunov and LMI analysis and feedback control of border collision bifurcations

Feedback control of piecewise smooth discrete-time systems that undergo border collision bifurcations is considered. These bifurcations occur when a fixed point or a periodic orbit of a piecewise smooth system crosses or collides with the border between two regions of smooth operation as a system parameter is quasistatically varied. The class of systems studied is piecewise smooth maps that depend on a parameter, where the system dimension n can take any value. The goal of the control effort in this work is to replace the bifurcation so that in the closed-loop system, the steady state remains locally attracting and locally unique (“nonbifurcation with persistent stability”). To achieve this, Lyapunov and linear matrix inequality (LMI) techniques are used to derive a sufficient condition for nonbifurcation with persistent stability. The derived condition is stated in terms of LMIs. This condition is then used as a basis for the design of feedback controls to eliminate border collision bifurcations in piecewise smooth maps and to produce the desirable behavior noted earlier. Numerical examples that demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control techniques are given.     

On the existence of low-period orbits in <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-dimensional piecewise linear discontinuous maps

Discontinuous maps occur in many practical systems, and yet bifurcation phenomena in such maps is quite poorly understood. In this paper, we report some important results that help in analyzing the border collision bifurcations that occur in n-dimensional discontinuous maps. For this purpose, we use the piecewise linear approximation in the neighborhood of the plane of discontinuity. Earlier, Feigin had made a similar analysis for general n-dimensional piecewise smooth continuous maps. In this paper, we extend that line of work for maps with discontinuity to obtain the general conditions of existence of period-1 and period-2 fixed points before and after a border collision bifurcation. The application of the method is then illustrated using a specific example of a two-dimensional discontinuous map. This work was supported in part by the BRNS, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India under project no. 2003/37/11/BRNS.     

Chaotic thresholds for the piecewise linear discontinuous system with multiple well potentials

In this paper we investigate the bifurcations and the chaos of a piecewise linear discontinuous (PWLD) system based upon a rig-coupled SD oscillator, which can be smooth or discontinuous (SD) depending on the value of a system parameter, proposed in [18], showing the equilibrium bifurcations and the transitions between single, double and triple well dynamics for smooth regions. All solutions of the perturbed PWLD system, including equilibria, periodic orbits and homoclinic-like and heteroclinic-like orbits, are obtained and also the chaotic solutions are given analytically for this system. This allows us to employ the Melnikov method to detect the chaotic criterion analytically from the breaking of the homoclinic-like and heteroclinic-like orbits in the presence of viscous damping and an external harmonic driving force. The results presented here in this paper show the complicated dynamics for PWLD system of the subharmonic solutions, chaotic solutions and the coexistence of multiple solutions for the single well system, double well system and the triple well dynamics.     

A Perturbation Method for Nonlinear Two-Dimensional Maps

A new perturbation method for a weakly nonlinear two-dimensional discrete-time dynamical system is presented. The proposed technique generalizes the asymptotic perturbation method that is valid for continuous-time systems and detects periodic or almost-periodic orbits and their stability. Two equations for the amplitude and the phase of solutions are derived and their fixed points correspond to limit cycles for the starting nonlinear map. The method is applied to various nonlinear (autonomous or not) two-dimensional maps. For the autonomous maps we derive the conditions for the appearance of a supercritical Hopf bifurcation and predict the characteristics of the corresponding limit cycle. For the nonautonomous maps we show amplitude-response and frequency-response curves. Under appropriate conditions, we demonstrate the occurrence of saddle-node bifurcations of cycles and of jumps and hysteresis effects in the system response (cusp catastrophe). Modulated motion can be observed for very low values of the external excitation and an infinite-period bifurcation occurs if the external excitation increases. Analytic approximate solutions are in good agreement with numerically obtained solutions.     

碰撞振动系统分岔与混沌的研究进展

针对工程实际中普遍存在的碰撞振动系统这种典型的非光滑动力系统, 其研究具有重要的理论意义和工程实用价值. 碰撞振动系统动力学的分析与研究方法主要有理论分析、数值模拟以及应用与实验研究. 为了研究碰撞振动系统的周期运动稳定性、分岔及混沌, 采用的手段有建立Poincar\'{e}映射、中心流形和范式方法, 映射的分岔与混沌理论是碰撞振动系统研究的理论基础. 首先简述了碰撞振动系统的分析与研究方法, 光滑非线性系统动力学的分析方法部分可以推广到碰撞振动系统, 碰撞振动的不连续性导致一些方法的适用性和有效性问题. 进一步综述了碰撞振动系统周期运动稳定性、分岔、混沌及奇异性的理论研究和工程应用现状. 最后着重结合相关离散型映射系统的动力学发展, 对碰撞振动系统的分岔与混沌研究及存在的主要问题进行了讨论, 并展望了其发展趋势.      

Complex dynamics of perfect discrete systems under partial follower forces

Equilibrium points, primary and secondary static bifurcation branches, and periodic orbits with their bifurcations of discrete systems under partial follower forces and no initial imperfections are examined. Equilibrium points are computed by solving sets of simultaneous, non-linear algebraic equations, whilst periodic orbits are determined numerically by solving 2- or 4-dimensional non-linear boundary value problems. A specific application is given with Ziegler's 2-DOF cantilever model. Numerous, complicated static bifurcation paths are computed as well as complicated series of periodic orbit bifurcations of relatively large periods. Numerical simulations indicate that chaotic-like transient motions of the system may appear when a forcing parameter increases above the divergence state. At these forcing parameter values, there co-exist numerous branches of bifurcating periodic orbits of the system; it is conjectured that sensitive dependence on initial conditions due to the large number of co-existing periodic orbits causes the chaotic-like transients observed in the numerical simulations.     

一类分段光滑非线性平面运动系统响应特性研究

针对由一个线性子系统和一个非线性子系统构成的两自由度非自治分段光滑非线性平面运动系统的响应特性开展了研究. 该分段光滑非线性模型可用来确定对称转子/定子系统的主要碰摩响应, 且在反映非光滑系统典型特性上具有明显的特征:(1) 切换分界面是由两自由度坐标共同决定的一个幅值曲面;(2) 子系统周期解与分界面的擦碰, 不是发生在一个点上, 而是同时发生在解的所有点上;(3) 完整系统未发现由两子系统共同作用而产生的周期解. 因此, 对于该非光滑系统响应特性的研究, 很难直接利用目前有关非光滑系统平衡点和周期解分岔分析的方法. 为此, 尝试了根据子系统的响应特性, 划分出完整系统响应对分界面处切换的敏感区和非敏感区, 并针对非敏感区可由子系统解的特性求得完整系统的响应, 而针对敏感区通过子系统动力学特征的分析有助于解释完整系统响应的生成机制.     

Homoclinic flip bifurcation with a nonhyperbolic equilibrium

In this paper, the problem of homoclinic bifurcation accompanied by a transcritical bifurcation is investigated for high-dimensional systems. With the aid of a suitable local coordinate system, the Poincaré map is constructed. Under certain nongeneric conditions (orbit flip and inclination flip homoclinic orbits), the existence, nonexistence, coexistence and uniqueness of homoclinic and periodic orbits are studied. Some known results are extended.     

On the purposeful coarsening of smooth vector fields

This paper argues for the possibility of purposely approximating smooth vector fields with highly localized variability in terms of piecewise smooth vector fields for the purpose of analyzing the bifurcation characteristics of the corresponding dynamical systems. Here, emphasis is placed on the changes in system response that result as a periodic trajectory begins to incorporate a brief flow segment in the region of high variability under variations in some system parameter. In particular, it is shown that tools from the theory of grazing bifurcations in piecewise-smooth systems may be employed to qualitatively predict the bifurcation scenario associated with such a transition both in terms of the shape of the branch of periodic trajectories and in terms of the persistence of a local attractor in the vicinity of the original periodic trajectory.     

时变小扰动Hamilton系统的Hopf分岔

运用Melnikov方法研究了时变小扰动Ｈamilton系统周期轨道发生Ｈopf分岔的条件,并将这些条件应用到一类三维时变小扰动非自治系统,数值结果验证了本文理论的正确性,进一步数值积分表明,所研究的系统还存在复杂而有规律的环面分岔行为。     

一类非自治动力系统超次谐周期解的不存在性

在非线性动力系统的研究中， Melnikov函数被广泛地用来作为微扰哈密顿系统是否发生次谐或超次谐分岔乃至混沌的判 据. 但是在大多数情况下，经典的Melnikov方法往往只给出存在次谐周期解的结论. 产生 该结果的原因被归之为在经典的Melnikov方法中只采取了一阶近似，因而高阶Melnikov方 法被发展用来判断超次谐周期解的存在性. 本文对一类非自治微分动力系统进行了研究，证 明了在这样一类系统中如果存在周期解则只可能是次谐周期解，超次谐周期解不可能存在， 并进一步证明了在一类平面问题中所定义的旋转(R)型超次谐周期解同样不可能存在.作为 该结论的一个应用，文中考察了几个典型的算例，结果表明现有的二阶Melnikov方法判断 平面扰动系统是否存在超次谐周期解的结论是不恰当的，并提供了一个简单的几何上的解释.     

Bifurcations of periodic orbits in Duffing equation with periodic damping and external excitations

The complex behaviors of Duffing equation with periodic damping and external excitations are investigated. The existence conditions and bifurcations of periodic orbits with three different frequencies resonant conditions are concerned by the second-order averaging method and the Melnikov method. The rich dynamical behaviors are so distinct when different periodic damping excitations are added, including more complicated averaged equations, bifurcation curves, bifurcation conditions, and even chaos. The numerical simulations show the consistence with the theoretical analysis and reveal new complex phenomena which cannot be given by theoretical analysis.     

Analysis of Hopf and Takens–Bogdanov Bifurcations in a Modified van der Pol–Duffing Oscillator

We analyze a modified van der Pol–Duffing electronic circuit, modeled by a tridimensional autonomous system of differential equations with Z₂-symmetry. Linear codimension-one and two bifurcations of equilibria give rise to several dynamical behaviours, including periodic, homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits. The local analysis provides, in first approximation, the different bifurcation sets. These local results are used as a guide to apply the adequate numerical methods to obtain a global understanding of the bifurcation sets. The study of the normal form of the Hopf bifurcation shows the presence of cusps of saddle-node bifurcations of periodic orbits. The existence of a codimension-four Hopf bifurcation is also pointed out. In the case of the Takens–Bogdanov bifurcation, several degenerate situations of codimension-three are analyzed in both homoclinic and heteroclinic cases. The existence of a Hopf–Shil'nikov singularity is also shown.     

Bifurcations of heteroclinic loop accompanied by pitchfork bifurcation

In this paper, using the local coordinate moving frame approach, we investigate bifurcations of generic heteroclinic loop with a hyperbolic equilibrium and a nonhyperbolic equilibrium which undergoes a pitchfork bifurcation. Under some generic hypotheses, the existence of homoclinic loop, heteroclinic loop, periodic orbit and three or four heteroclinic orbits is obtained. In addition, the non-coexistence conditions for homoclinic loop and periodic orbit are also given. Note that the results achieved here can be extended to higher dimensional systems.     

New Bifurcation Patterns in Elementary Bifurcation Problems with Single-Side Constraint

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Bifurcations of travelling wave solutions for a coupled nonlinear wave system

Introduction FangShaomeiandGuoBoling[1]consideredthefollowingtimeperiodicproblemof dampedcouplednonlinearwaveequations:ut f(u)x-αuxx βuxxx 2vvx=G1(u,v) h1(x),vt-γvxx 2(uv)x g(v)x=G2(u,v) h2(x),(1)whereα,β,γareconstants,andγ>0,β≠0.Undertheperiodicboundaryconditions,the authorsobtainedtheuniqueexistenceofstrongsolutionsfortheabovesystem.InthispaperweshallconsiderbifurcationbehaviorofthetravellingwavesolutionsofEq.(1)inthecaseGi(u,v)≡0,hi(u,v)≡0(i=1,2).Letξ=x-ct,u=u(x-ct),where cis…