Capture and escape from resonance in the dynamics of the rigid body in viscous medium

Summary The problem of capture and escape from resonance generally arises when certain nonlinear integrable Hamiltonian systems are subjected to non-Hamiltonian perturbation. The essential features of this problem are independent of the nature of the system under consideration. As an example we examine in detail the abovementioned resonance phenomena in rotational motions of a rigid body in a viscous medium. Our analysis is based on the averaging method. Conditions for the existence of the motions captured into resonance are derived. Scattering of the phase trajectories is estimated in the case of passage through resonance without capture.     

On harmonic resonance in forced nonlinear oscillators exhibiting a Hopf bifurcation

The influence of a periodic forcing on a nonlinear second-orderoscillator close to a Hopf bifurcation point is investigated.The forcing frequency is close to the frequency of the Hopfbifurcation, and the forcing amplitude is assumed to be small.Second-order integral averaging is applied to reduce the givensystem to a planar autonomous system. By a bifurcation and stabilityanalysis of this system, the behaviour of the forced oscillatoris determined. It turns out that two qualitatively differenttypes of behaviour can occur. Either the system has a uniqueattractor, or the system has two competing attractors givingrise to a hysteresis phenomenon, which is known from the Duffingequation. Bifurcation diagrams are presented, and explicit formulaefor the quantities determining the behaviour are given     

Existence results for forced nonlinear periodic BVPs at resonance

Sunto In questo lavoro si presentano alcuni risultati riguardanti l'esistenza di soluzioni p-periodiche per sistemi di equazioni differenziali non lineari in risonanza, del tipo x+ Dx + + Ag(t, x)=h(t), ove D ed A sono matrici m×m, con D di tipo diagonale, h è un termine forzante p-periodico e g è un campo vettoriale, non necessariamente limitato. In particolare, viene esteso ai sistemi, in ipotesi più generali, un classico teorema dovuto a Lazer e Leach. Le dimostrazioni sono basate sull'uso del grado topologico (teorema di continuazione di Mawhin).     

Towards a computer-assisted proof for chaos in a forced damped pendulum equation

We report on the first steps made towards the computational proof of the chaotic behaviour of the forced damped pendulum. Although, chaos for this pendulum was being conjectured for long, and it has been plausible on the basis of numerical simulations, there is no rigorous proof for it. In the present paper we provide computational details on a fitting model and on a verified method of solution. We also give guaranteed reliability solutions showing some trajectory properties necessary for complicate chaotic behaviour.     

Stable periodic solutions in the forced pendulum equation

Consider the pendulum equation with an external periodic force and an appropriate condition on the length parameter. It is proved that there exists at least one stable periodic solution for almost every external force with zero average. The stability is understood in the Lyapunov sense.     

Internal resonance of a detuned spherical pendulum

Summary The free oscillations of a slightly detuned spherical pendulum, for which the difference between the natural frequencies in two transverse planes of symmetry is small, are determined by retaining fourth-order (in the angular displacement), but neglecting sixth-order, terms in the Lagrangian, positing slowly modulated sinusoids for the displacements, and integrating the resulting Hamiltonian system.

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Zusammenfassung Es werden die kleinen Schwingungen eines schwach verstimmten sphärischen Pendels untersucht, für den die Frequenzdifferenz in zwei Symmetrie-Ebenen klein ist. Die Lagrange-Funktion wird unter Berücksichtigung von Termen vierter Ordnung (mit Vernachlässigung der sechsten Ordnung) in den Winkeln berechnet. Langsame periodische Variation der Variabeln wird angesetzt, und das so erhaltene Hamilton'sche System wird integriert.

     

Synchronization of a periodically forced Duffing oscillator with a periodically excited pendulum

In this paper, the analytical conditions for a periodically forced Duffing oscillator synchronized with a chaotic pendulum are developed through the theory of discontinuous dynamical systems. From the analytical conditions, the synchronization invariant domains are developed. For a better understanding of synchronization of two different dynamical systems, the partial and full synchronizations of the Duffing oscillator with the chaotic pendulum are presented for illustrations. The control parameter map is developed from the analytical conditions. Under special parameters, the two systems can be fully and partially synchronized. Since the forced pendulum has librational and rotational chaotic motions, the periodically forced Duffing oscillator can be synchronized only with the librational chaotic motions of the pendulum. It is impossible for the forced Duffing oscillator to be synchronized with the rotational chaotic motions.     

Subharmonic solutions of the forced pendulum equation: a symplectic approach

Using the Poincaré–Birkhoff fixed point theorem, we prove that for every β > 0 and for a large (both in the sense of prevalence and of category) set of continuous and T-periodic functions \({f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}}\) with \({\int_0^T f(t)\,dt = 0}\) , the forced pendulum equation $$x'' + \beta \sin x = f(t) $$ has a subharmonic solution of order k for every large integer number k. This improves the well known result obtained with variational methods, where the existence when k is a (large) prime number is ensured.     

Non-continuation of the periodic oscillations of a forced pendulum in the presence of friction

A well known theorem says that the forced pendulum equation has periodic solutions if there is no friction and the external force has mean value zero. In this paper we show that this result cannot be extended to the case of linear friction.

     

Periodic orbit of the pendulum with a small nonlinear damping

We study the pendulum with a small nonlinear damping, which can be expressed by a Hamiltonian system with a small perturbation. We prove that a unique periodic orbit exists for any initial position between the equilibrium point and the heteroclinic orbit of the unperturbed system, depending on the choice of the bifurcation parameter in the damping. The main tools are bifurcation theory and Abelian integral technique, as well as the Zhang''s uniqueness theorem on Li\''enard equations.     

The chaotic synchronization of a controlled pendulum with a periodically forced,damped Duffing oscillator

In this paper, the chaotic synchronization of the Duffing oscillator and controlled pendulum is investigated. From the analytical conditions developed in [1], the partial and full synchronizations of the controlled pendulum with chaotic motions in the Duffing oscillator are discussed. Compared with the periodic synchronization, in the chaotic synchronization, switching points for appearance and vanishing of the partial synchronization are chaotic. The control parameter map for the synchronization is developed from the analytical conditions, and the partial and full synchronizations are illustrated to show the analytical conditions. This synchronization is different from the controlled Duffing oscillator synchronizing with chaotic motion in the periodically excited pendulum. For a better understanding of synchronization characteristics between two different dynamical systems, effects with other parameters will be discussed later.     

Controlling chaos in a nonlinear pendulum using an extended time-delayed feedback control method

Chaos control is employed for the stabilization of unstable periodic orbits (UPOs) embedded in chaotic attractors. The extended time-delayed feedback control uses a continuous feedback loop incorporating information from previous states of the system in order to stabilize unstable orbits. This article deals with the chaos control of a nonlinear pendulum employing the extended time-delayed feedback control method. The control law leads to delay-differential equations (DDEs) that contain derivatives that depend on the solution of previous time instants. A fourth-order Runge–Kutta method with linear interpolation on the delayed variables is employed for numerical simulations of the DDEs and its initial function is estimated by a Taylor series expansion. During the learning stage, the UPOs are identified by the close-return method and control parameters are chosen for each desired UPO by defining situations where the largest Lyapunov exponent becomes negative. Analyses of a nonlinear pendulum are carried out by considering signals that are generated by numerical integration of the mathematical model using experimentally identified parameters. Results show the capability of the control procedure to stabilize UPOs of the dynamical system, highlighting some difficulties to achieve the stabilization of the desired orbit.     

The existence proof for forced oscillations by adding dissipative forces in the example of a spherical pendulum

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics - We consider a generalization of Whitney’s problem of periodic motion of an inverted spherical pendulum in the presence of a horizontal periodic force,...     

Resonant instability and nonlinear wave interactions in electrically forced jets

We investigate the problem of linear temporal instability of the modes that satisfy the dyad resonance conditions and the associated nonlinear wave interactions in jets driven by either a constant or a variable external electric field. A mathematical model, which is developed and used for the temporally growing modes with resonance and their nonlinear wave interactions in electrically driven jet flows, leads to equations for the unknown amplitudes of such waves. These equations are solved for both water and glycerol jet cases, and the expressions for the dependent variables of the corresponding modes are determined. The results of the generated data for these dependent variables versus time indicate, in particular, that the instability resulted from the nonlinear interactions of such modes is mostly quite strong but can also lead to significant reduction in the jet radius.     

Free and forced vibrations of nonlinear wave equations in ball

First, we shall deal with the free vibrations of a nonlinear radially symmetric wave equation (∂_t²−△)u=f(r,u) in n-dimensional ball B_a with center at the origin and radius a, where f is smooth, monotone decreasing in u, and satisfies f(r,0)=0. f(r,u) has asymptotic properties . For n=1,3 we shall show the existence of infinitely many radially symmetric time-periodic solutions with different periods of irrational multiple of a. Second, we shall deal with BVP for a forced nonlinear wave equation (∂_t²−△)u=εg(r,t,u), where g is T-periodic in t and ε is a small parameter. Under some Diophantine condition on a/T we shall show the existence of time-periodic solutions of the BVP. For 1?n?5 we shall construct infinitely many T satisfying the above Diophantine inequality, using asymptotic expansions of the zero points of the Bessel functions.