Two-parameter bifurcation analysis of limit cycles of a simplified railway wheelset model

The effect of the nonlinear terms on bifurcation behaviors of limit cycles of a simplified railway wheelset model is investigated. At first, the stable equilibrium state loses its stability via a Hopf bifurcation. The bifurcation curve is divided into a supercritical branch and a subcritical one by a generalized Hopf point, which plays a key role in determining the occurrence of flange contact and derailment of high-speed railway vehicles, and the occurrence of this critical situation is an important decision-making criteria for design parameters. Secondly, bifurcations of limit cycles are discussed by comparing the bifurcation behavior of cycles for two different nonlinear parameters. Unlike local Hopf bifurcation analysis based on a single bifurcation parameter in most papers, global bifurcation analysis of limit cycles based on two bifurcation parameters is investigated, simultaneously. It is shown that changing nonlinear parameter terms can affect bifurcation types of cycles and division of parameter domains. In particular, near the branch points of cycles, two symmetrical limit cycles are created by a pitchfork bifurcation and then two symmetrical cycles both undergo a period-doubling bifurcation to form two stable period-two cycles. Around the resonant points, period orbits can make several turns, whose number of turns corresponds to the ratio of resonance. Thirdly, near the Neimark–Sacker bifurcation of cycles, a stable torus is created by a supercritical Neimark–Sacker bifurcation, which shows that the orbit of the model exhibits modulated oscillations with two frequencies near the limit cycle. These results demonstrate that nonlinear parameter terms can produce very complex global bifurcation phenomena and make obvious effects on possible hunting motions even though a simple railway wheelset model is concerned.

     

Multistability induced by two symmetric stable node-foci in modified canonical Chua’s circuit

This paper proposes a modified canonical Chua’s circuit using an one-stage op-amp-based negative impedance converter and an anti-parallel diode pair. Unlike the conventional Chua’s circuit, this modified canonical Chua’s circuit has one unstable zero node-focus and two stable nonzero node-foci, but complex dynamical behaviors including period, chaos, stable point, and coexisting bifurcation modes are numerically revealed and experimentally verified. Up to six kinds of coexisting multiple attractors, i.e., left-right limit cycles, left-right chaotic spiral attractors and left-right point attractors, are numerically depicted and physically captured. Furthermore, with dimensionless Chua’s equations, dynamical properties of the Chua’s system are investigated, and two symmetric stable nonzero node-foci are validated to exist in the selected parameter regions thus resulting in the emergence of multistability. Specially, multistability with six different steady states is revealed in a narrow parameter range. Within this parameter region, three bifurcation routes are displayed under different initial conditions, and three sets of topologically different and disconnected attractors are observed.     

Amplitude modulated dynamics of a resonantly excited autoparametric two degree-of-freedom system

Forced, weakly nonlinear oscillations of a two degree-of-freedom autoparametric vibration absorber system are studied for resonant excitations. The method of averaging is used to obtain first-order approximations to the response of the system. A complete bifurcation analysis of the averaged equations is undertaken in the subharmonic case of internal and external resonance. The locked pendulum mode of response is found to bifurcate to coupled-mode motion for some excitation frequencies and forcing amplitudes. The coupled-mode response can undergo Hopf bifurcation to limit cycle motions, when the two linear modes are mistuned away from the exact internal resonance condition. The software packages AUTO and KAOS are used and a numerically assisted study of the Hopf bifurcation sets, and dynamic steady solutions of the amplitude or averaged equations is presented. It is shown that both super-and sub-critical Hopf bifurcations arise and the limit cycles quickly undergo period-doubling bifurcations to chaos. These imply chaotic amplitude modulated motions for the system.     

碰撞振动系统的一类余维二分岔及T2环面分岔

建立了三自由度碰撞振动系统的动力学模型及其周期运动的Poincaré映射,当Jacobi矩阵存在两对共轭复特征值同时在单位圆上时,通过中心流形-范式方法将六维映射转变为四维范式映射.理论分析了这种余维二分岔问题,给出了局部动力学行为的两参数开折.证明系统在一定的参数组合下,存在稳定的Hopf分岔和T2环面分岔.数值计算验证了理论结果.     

Codimension two bifurcation of a vibro-bounce system

A three-degree-of-freedom vibro-bounce system is considered. The disturbed map of period one single-impact motion is derived analytically. A center manifold theorem technique is applied to reduce the Poincaré map to a three-dimensional one, and the normal form map associated with Hopf-flip bifurcation is obtained. Dynamical behavior of the system, near the point of codimension two bifurcation, is investigated by using qualitative analysis and numerical simulation. It is found that near the point of Hopf-flip bifurcation there exists not only Hopf bifurcation of period one single-impact motion, but also Hopf bifurcation of period two double-impact motion. The results from simulation show that there exists an interesting torus doubling bifurcation near the codimension two bifurcation. The torus doubling bifurcation makes the quasi-periodic attractor associated with period one single-impact motion transform to the other quasi-periodic attractor represented by two attracting closed circles. The torus bifurcation is qualitatively different from the typical torus doubling bifurcation occurring in the vibro-impact systems. Different routes from period one single-impact motion to chaos are observed by numerical simulation.The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10172042, 50475109) and the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province Government of China (ZS-031-A25-007-Z (key item))     

Double Hopf Bifurcation Analysis Using Frequency Domain Methods

The dynamic behavior close to a non-resonant double Hopf bifurcation is analyzed via a frequency-domain technique. Approximate expressions of the periodic solutions are computed using the higher order harmonic balance method while their accuracy and stability have been evaluated through the calculation of the multipliers of the monodromy matrix. Furthermore, the detection of secondary Hopf or torus bifurcations (Neimark–Sacker bifurcation for maps) close to the analyzed singularity has been obtained for a coupled electrical oscillatory circuit. Then, quasi-periodic solutions are likely to exist in certain regions of the parameter space. Extending this analysis to the unfolding of the 1:1 resonant double Hopf bifurcation, cyclic fold and torus bifurcations have also been detected in a controlled oscillatory coupled electrical circuit. The comparison of the results obtained with the suggested technique, and with continuation software packages, has been included.     

Bifurcations in the dynamics of an orthogonal double pendulum

The weakly nonlinear resonant response of an orthogonal double pendulum to planar harmonic motions of the point of suspension is investigated. The two pendulums in the double pendulum are confined to two orthogonal planes. For nearly equal length of the two pendulums, the system exhibits 1:1 internal resonance. The method of averaging is used to derive a set of four first order autonomous differential equations in the amplitude and phase variables. Constant solutions of the amplitude and phase equations are studied as a function of physical parameters of interest using the local bifurcation theory. It is shown that, for excitation restricted in either plane, there may be as many as six pitchfork bifurcation points at which the nonplanar solutions bifurcate from the planar solutions. These nonplanar motions can become unstable by a saddle-node or a Hopf bifurcation, giving rise to a new branch of constant solutions or limit cycle solutions, respectively. The dynamics of the amplitude equations in parameter regions of the Hopf bifurcations is then explored using direct numerical integration. The results indicate a complicated amplitude dynamics including multiple limit cycle solutions, period-doubling route to chaos, and sudden disappearance of chaotic attractors.     

Quasi-periodicity and chaos in a differentially heated cavity

Convective flows of a small Prandtl number fluid contained in a two-dimensional vertical cavity subject to a lateral thermal gradient are studied numerically. The chosen geometry and the values of the material parameters are relevant to semiconductor crystal growth experiments in the horizontal configuration of the Bridgman method. For increasing Rayleigh numbers we find a transition from a steady flow to periodic solutions through a supercritical Hopf bifurcation that maintains the centro-symmetry of the basic circulation. For a Rayleigh number of about ten times that of the Hopf bifurcation, the periodic solution loses stability in a subcritical Neimark–Sacker bifurcation, which gives rise to a branch of quasiperiodic states. In this branch, several intervals of frequency locking have been identified. Inside the resonance horns the stable limit cycles lose and gain stability via some typical scenarios in the bifurcation of periodic solutions. After a complicated bifurcation diagram of the stable limit cycle of the 1:10 resonance horn, a soft transition to chaos is obtained. PACS 44.25.+f, 47.20.Ky, 47.52.+j     

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。     

Bifurcation analysis of a two-DoF mechanical system subject to digital position control. Part II. Effects of asymmetry and transition to chaos

Considering a two DoF system subject to digital position control, of interest for robotic application, we analyze the dynamics of the system at the intersection of two loci of Neimark–Sacker bifurcations, where a double Neimark–Sacker bifurcation is taking place. In the system, the saturation of the control force is the only nonlinear term considered, other than this, the system is piecewise linear. Starting from the analytical investigation already performed in Part I (Habib et al. in Nonlin. Dyn., under review, 2013), in this paper the effects of an asymmetry of the saturation of the control force are investigated, both analytically and numerically. The results show the increasing complexity of the dynamics for a more and more asymmetric system. First, the asymmetry is making the bifurcation transit from supercritical to subcritical, then it generates a stable torus that breaks down into a strange attractor, associated with a chaotic motion. In the last part of the paper, the torus breakdown and the onset of chaos are investigated, furthermore the evolution of complex dynamics through regions of phase locking and higher-dimensional chaos is outlined.     

Bifurcation of a modified railway wheelset model with nonlinear equivalent conicity and wheel–rail force

This paper presents the bifurcation behaviors of a modified railway wheelset model to explore its instability mechanisms of hunting motion. Equivalent conicity data measured from China high-speed railway vehicle are used to modify the wheelset model. Firstly, the relationships between longitudinal stiffness, lateral stiffness, equivalent conicity and critical speed are taken into account by calculating the real parts of the eigenvalues of the Jacobian matrix and Hurwitz criterion for the corresponding linear model. Secondly, measured equivalent conicity data are fitted by a nonlinear function of the lateral displacement rather than are considered as a constant as usual. Nonlinear wheel–rail force function is used to describe the wheel–rail contact force. Based on these modifications, a modified railway wheelset model with nonlinear equivalent conicity and wheel–rail force is set up, and then, some instability mechanisms of China high-speed train vehicle are investigated based on Hopf bifurcation, fold (limit point) bifurcation of cycles, cusp bifurcation of cycles, Neimark–Sacker bifurcation of cycles and 1:1 resonance. In particular, fold bifurcation of cycles can produce a vast effect on the hunting motion of the modified wheelset model. One of the main reasons leading to hunting motion is due to the fold bifurcation structure of cycles, in which stable limit cycles and unstable limit cycles may coincide, and multiple nested limit cycles appear on a side of fold bifurcation curve of cycles. Unstable hunting motion mainly depends on the coexistence of equilibria and limit cycles and their positions; if the most outward limit cycle is stable, then the motion of high-speed vehicle should be safe in a reasonable range. Otherwise, if the initial values are chosen near the most outward unstable limit cycle or the system is perturbed by noises, the high-speed vehicle will take place unstable hunting motion and even lead to serious train derailment events. Therefore, in order to control hunting motions, it may be the easiest way in theory to guarantee the coexistence of the inner stable equilibrium and the most outward stable limit cycle in a wheelset system.

     

Bifurcation analysis of non-linear oscillators interacting via soft impacts

In this paper we present a bifurcation analysis of two periodically forced Duffing oscillators coupled via soft impact. The controlling parameters are the distance between the oscillators and the difference in the phase of the harmonic excitation. In our previous paper http://arXiv:1602.04214 (P. Brzeski et al. Controlling multistability in coupled systems with soft impacts [11]) we show that in the multistable system we are able to change the number of stable attractors and reduce the number of co-existing solutions via transient impacts. Now we perform a detailed path-following analysis to show the sequence of bifurcations which cause the destabilization of solutions when we decrease the distance between the oscillating systems. Our analysis shows that all solutions lose stability via grazing-induced bifurcations (period doubling, fold or torus bifurcations). The obtained results provide a deeper understanding of the mechanism of reduction of the multistability and confirmed that by adjusting the coupling parameters we are able to control the system dynamics.     

参数激励耦合系统的复杂动力学行为分析

分析了耦合van der Pol振子参数共振条件下的复杂动力学行为．基于平均方程，得到了参数平面上的转迁集，这些转迁集将参数平面划分为不同的区域，在各个不同的区域对应于系统不同的解．随着参数的变化，从平衡点分岔出两类不同的周期解，根据不同的分岔特性，这两类周期解失稳后，将产生概周期解或3—D环面解，它们都会随参数的变化进一步导致混吨．发现在系统的混沌区域中，其混吨吸引子随参数的变化会突然发生变化，分解为两个对称的混吨吸引子．值得注意的是，系统首先是由于2—D环面解破裂产生混吨，该混吨吸引子破裂后演变为新的混吨吸引子，却由倒倍周期分岔走向3—D环面解，也即存在两条通向混沌的道路：倍周期分岔和环面破裂，而这两种道路产生的混吨吸引子在一定参数条件下会相互转换．     

A repeated yielding model under periodic perturbation

The Ananthakrishna model, seeking to explain the phenomenon of repeated yielding of materials, is studied with or without periodic perturbation. For the unforced model, Hopf bifurcation, degenerate Hopf bifurcation and saddle-node bifurcation are detected. For the periodically forced model, two elementary periodic mechanisms are analyzed corresponding to five bifurcation cases of the unforced one. Rich dynamical behaviors arise, including stable and unstable periodic solutions of different periods, quasi-periodic solutions, chaos through torus destruction or cascade of period doublings. Moreover, even small change of a parameter can lead to bifurcation of different periodic solutions. Finally, according to the forced Ananthakrishna model, four types of stress–time curves are simulated, which can well interpret various experimental phenomena of repeated yielding.     

非自治时滞反馈控制系统的周期解分岔和混沌

研究时滞反馈控制对具有周期外激励非线性系统复杂性的影响机理,研究对应的线性平衡态失稳的临界边界,将时滞非线性控制方程化为泛函微分方程,给出由Hopf分岔产生的周期解的解析形式．通过分析周期解的稳定性得到周期解的失稳区域,使用数值分析观察到时滞在该区域可以导致系统出现倍周期运动、锁相运动、概周期运动和混沌运动以及两条通向混沌的道路：倍周期分岔和环面破裂．其结果表明,时滞在控制系统中可以作为控制和产生系统的复杂运动的控制“开关”．     

The transition of flow-induced cylinder vibrations to chaos

Flow-induced oscillations of rigid cylinders exposed to fully developed turbulent flow can be described by a fourth order autonomous system. Among the pertinent constants, the mass ratio is the control parameter governing the transition from limit cycle oscillations to chaotic vibrations. Particular attention is paid to the stability of the limit cycles: it has been found that they lose their stability at the point of appearance of quasi-periodic motion. The documentation of this transition is performed in terms of Lyapunov exponents, phase plots, Fourier spectra, bifurcation diagrams, and Poincaré maps. As opposed to the calculation of the Lyapunov exponents where remarkable numerical difficulties were encountered, the investigation of the remaining quantities shows clearly the passage of cylinder motions from limit cycle oscillations to more and more irregular vibrations, leading finally to chaos.     

Bifurcations and chaotic dynamics in suspended cables under simultaneous parametric and external excitations

The bifurcations and chaotic dynamics of parametrically and externally excited suspended cables are investigated in this paper. The equations of motion governing such systems contain quadratic and cubic nonlinearities, which may result in two-to-one and one-to-one internal resonances. The Galerkin procedure is introduced to simplify the governing equations of motion to ordinary differential equations with two-degree-of-freedom. The case of one-to-one internal resonance between the modes of suspended cables, primary resonant excitation, and principal parametric excitation of suspended cables is considered. Using the method of multiple scales, a parametrically and externally excited system is transformed to the averaged equations. A pseudo arclength scheme is used to trace the branches of the equilibrium solutions and an investigation of the eigenvalues of the Jacobian matrix is used to assess their stability. The equilibrium solutions experience pitchfork, saddle-node, and Hopf bifurcations. A detailed bifurcation analysis of the dynamic (periodic and chaotic) solutions of the averaged equations is presented. Five branches of dynamic solutions are found. Three of these branches that emerge from two Hopf bifurcations and the other two are isolated. The two Hopf bifurcation points, one is supercritical Hopf bifurcation point and another is primary Hopf bifurcation point. The limit cycles undergo symmetry-breaking, cyclic-fold, and period-doubling bifurcations, whereas the chaotic attractors undergo attractor-merging, boundary crises. Simultaneous occurrence of the limit cycle and chaotic attractors, homoclinic orbits, homoclinic explosions and hyperchaos are also observed.     

结构可靠度分析FORM迭代算法的混沌控制

利用混沌控制原理对FORM收敛失败进行控制. 理清了全局性和局部性两类混沌反馈 控制各种方法的内在联系,说明稳定转换法和自适应调节法属于全局混沌反馈控制 方法,自适应调节法可视为稳定转换法的特例. 参 数调节混合法不过是松弛牛顿法的另一种表达形式,它们都属于局部混沌反馈控制方法. 阐 明了混沌反馈控制表达式与工程力学收敛控制迭代算法的对应关系. 也揭示了这些迭代算法 收敛控制措施的功效和局限性. 提出了一个以稳定转换法为主联合松弛牛顿法的混 沌反馈控制方法,对可靠度分析FORM迭代算法实现了周期振荡、分岔和混沌控制.     

The effect of blade vibration on the nonlinear characteristics of rotor–bearing system supported by nonlinear suspension

In this paper, the complicated nonlinear dynamics of the harmonically forced quasi-zero-stiffness SD (smooth and discontinuous) oscillator is investigated via direct numerical simulations. This oscillator considered that the gravity is composed of a lumped mass connected with a vertical spring of positive stiffness and a pair of horizontally compressed springs providing negative stiffness, which can achieve the quasi-zero stiffness widely used in vibration isolation. The local and global bifurcation analyses are implemented to reveal the complex dynamic phenomena of this system. The double-parameter bifurcation diagrams are constructed to demonstrate the overall topological structures for the distribution of various responses in parameter spaces. Using the Floquet theory and parameter continuation method, the local bifurcation patterns of periodic solutions are obtained. Moreover, the global bifurcation mechanisms for the crises of chaos and metamorphoses of basin boundaries are examined by analysing the attractors and attraction basins, exploring the evolutions of invariant manifolds and constructing the basin cells. Meanwhile, additional nonlinear dynamic phenomena and characteristics closely related to the bifurcations are discussed including the resonant tongues, jump phenomena, amplitude–frequency responses, chaotic seas, transient chaos, chaotic saddles, and also their generation mechanisms are presented.     

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.