The genesis of period-adding bursting without bursting-chaos in the Chay model

According to the period-adding firing patterns without chaos observed in neuronal experiments, the genesis of the period-adding “fold/homoclinic” bursting sequence without bursting-chaos is explored by numerical simulation, fast/slow dynamics and bifurcation analysis of limit cycle in the neuronal Chay model. It is found that each periodic bursting, from period-1 to period-7, is separately generated by the corresponding periodic spiking pattern through two period-doubling bifurcations, except for the period-1 bursting occurring via a Hopf bifurcation. Consequently, it can be revealed that this period-adding bursting bifurcation without chaos has a compound bifurcation structure with transitions from spiking to bursting, which is closely related to period-doubling bifurcations of periodic spiking in essence.     

Bifurcations and Chaos in Duffing Equation

The Duffing equation with even-odd asymmetrical nonlinear-restoring force and one external forcingis investigated.The conditions of existence of primary resonance,second-order,third-order subharmonics,m-order subharmonics and chaos are given by using the second-averaging method,the Melnikov method andbifurcation theory.Numerical simulations including bifurcation diagram,bifurcation surfaces and phase portraitsshow the consistence with the theoretical analysis.The numerical results also exhibit new dynamical behaviorsincluding onset of chaos,chaos suddenly disappearing to periodic orbit,cascades of inverse period-doublingbifurcations,period-doubling bifurcation,symmetry period-doubling bifurcations of period-3 orbit,symmetry-breaking of periodic orbits,interleaving occurrence of chaotic behaviors and period-one orbit,a great abundanceof periodic windows in transient chaotic regions with interior crises and boundary crisis and varied chaoticattractors.Our results show that many dynamical behaviors are strictly departure from the behaviors of theDuffing equation with odd-nonlinear restoring force.     

Transitions to chaos in squeeze-film dampers

This work reports on a numerical study undertaken to investigate the imbalance response of a rigid rotor supported by squeeze-film dampers. Two types of damper configurations were considered, namely, dampers without centering springs, and eccentrically operated dampers with centering springs. For a rotor fitted with squeeze-film dampers without centering springs, the study revealed the existence of three regimes of chaotic motion. The route to chaos in the first regime was attributed to a sequence of period-doubling bifurcations of the period-1 (synchronous) rotor response. A period-3 (one-third subharmonic) rotor whirl orbit, which was born from a saddle-node bifurcation, was found to co-exist with the chaotic attractor. The period-3 orbit was also observed to undergo a sequence of period-doubling bifurcations resulting in chaotic vibrations of the rotor. The route to chaos in the third regime of chaotic rotor response, which occurred immediately after the disappearance of the period-3 orbit due to a saddle-node bifurcation, was attributed to a possible boundary crisis. The transitions to chaotic vibrations in the rotor supported by eccentric squeeze-film dampers with centering springs were via the period-doubling cascade and type 3 intermittency routes. The type 3 intermittency transition to chaos was due to an inverse period-doubling bifurcation of the period-2 (one-half subharmonic) rotor response. The unbalance response of the squeeze-film-damper supported rotor presented in this work leads to unique non-synchronous and chaotic vibration signatures. The latter provide some useful insights into the design and development of fault diagnostic tools for rotating machinery that operate in highly nonlinear regimes.     

Transitions from bursting to spiking due to depolarizing current in the Chay neuronal model

Distinct transitions of firing activities from bursting to spiking induced by the depolarizing current I are explored near the Hopf bifurcations in the Chay neuronal system. The period-1 “circle/homoclinic” bursting at one rest state makes a transition slowly to repetitive spiking with the parameter I increasing. However, the “Hopf/homoclinic” bursting via a “fold/homoclinic” hysteresis loop at another rest state may transit to continuous spiking abruptly by increasing I.     

C-bifurcations and period-adding in one-dimensional piecewise-smooth maps

This paper examines the behaviour of piecewise-smooth, continuous, one-dimensional maps that have been derived in the literature as normal forms for grazing and sliding bifurcations. These maps are linear for negative values of the parameter and non-linear for positive values of the parameter. Both C¹ and C² maps of this form are considered. These maps display both period-adding and period-doubling behaviour. For maps with a squared or 3/2 term the stability and existence conditions of fixed points and period-2 orbits in the vicinity of the border-collision are found analytically. These agree with the Feigin classification proposed by di Bernardo et al. [Chaos Solitons and Fractals 10 (1999) 1881]. The period-adding behaviour is examined in these maps, where analytical solutions for the boundaries of periodic solutions are found. Implicit equations for the boundaries of periodic windows for varying power term are also found and plotted. Thus, it is proved that period-adding scenarios are generic in maps of this form.     

Chaos in the unbalance response of a rigid rotor in cavitated squeeze-film dampers without centering springs

Numerical investigation on the unbalance response of a rigid rotor supported by squeeze-film dampers without centering springs revealed some complex bifurcation features that have not been previously reported in the literature. With the variation of the unbalance parameter (U), the period-1 solution was found to undergo a sequence of period-doubling bifurcations that eventually resulted in chaotic motion. The existence of a period-3 solution, which formed a closed bifurcation curve consisting of a pair of saddle nodes, was for the first time observed in such a system. The chaotic attractor arising from the period-doubling cascade of the period-1 solution, which was observed to co-exist with the period-3 attractor in a narrow range of U values, was eventually annihilated in a collision with the unstable period-3 orbit in a boundary crisis. Similar to the bifurcations of the period-1 solution, the period-3 solution was also found to bifurcate into solutions of period-6 and period-12, which eventually led to chaotic motion. A chaotic attractor was also observed to co-exist with a period-4 orbit. The period-4 orbit was found to undergo a sequence of reverse period-doubling bifurcations resulting in a large amplitude period-1 orbit. The occurrence of non-synchronous and chaotic motion in rotating machinery is undesirable and should be avoided as they introduce cyclic stresses in the rotor, which in turn may rapidly induce fatigue failure. The magnitude of rotor unbalance where non-synchronous and chaotic motion were observed in this study, although higher than the permissible unbalance level for rigid rotating machinery, may nevertheless occur with in-service erosion of the rotor or in the event of a partial or an entire blade failure.     

Spiking patterns of a minimal neuron to ELF sinusoidal electric field

Neuron as the main information carrier in neural systems is able to generate diverse spiking trains in response to different stimuli. Neuronal spiking patterns are related to the information processing in neural system. This paper investigates the dynamical behaviors of a two-dimensional minimal neuron model exposed to externally-applied extremely low frequency (ELF) sinusoidal electric field (EF). By numerical stimulation, it is found that neuron can exhibit different spiking patterns such as p:q mode-locking (i.e. a periodic oscillation defined as p action potentials generated by q cycle stimulations) and chaotic behaviors, depending on the values of stimulus frequencies. Transitions between different spiking patterns during exposure to the external EF are explored by interspike intervals (ISIs) and average firing rate. It is found that frequencies of the external EF can act as a bifurcation parameter, whose small change can cause the transition in neuronal behaviors. It is shown that a rich bifurcation structure including period-adding without chaos and mode-locking alternated with chaos suggests frequency discrimination of the neuronal firing patterns. Our results can provide a useful insight into the organization of similar bifurcation structures in excitable systems such as neurons under periodic forcing. Through detail analysis of the spiking patterns, we have explained how neuron’s information (spiking patterns) encodes the stimulus information (frequency), and vice versa.     

Bifurcation sequences of vibroimpact systems near a 1:2 strong resonance point

Two vibroimpact systems are considered, which can exhibit symmetrical double-impact periodic motions under suitable system parameter conditions. Dynamics of such systems are studied by use of maps derived from the equations of motion, between impacts, supplemented by transition conditions at the instants of impacts. Two-parameter bifurcations of fixed points in the vibroimpact systems, associated with 1:2 strong resonance, are analyzed. Interesting features like Neimark–Sacker bifurcation of period-1 double-impact symmetrical motion, tangent bifurcation of period-2 four-impact motion, period-doubling bifurcation of period-2 four-impact motion and Neimark–Sacker bifurcation of period-4 eight-impact motion, etc., are found to occur near 1:2 resonance point of a vibroimpact system. The quasi-periodic attractor, associated with the fixed point of period-1 double-impact symmetrical motion, is destroyed as a tangent bifurcation of fixed points of period-2 four-impact motion occurs. However, for the other vibroimpact system the quasi-periodic attractor is restored via the collision of stable and unstable fixed points of period-2 four-impact motion. The results mean that there exist possibly more complicated bifurcation sequences of period-two cycle near 1:2 resonance points of non-linear dynamical systems.     

Impulsive state feedback control of a predator–prey model

The dynamics of a predator–prey model with impulsive state feedback control, which is described by an autonomous system with impulses, is studied. The sufficient conditions of existence and stability of semi-trivial solution and positive period-1 solution are obtained by using the Poincaré map and analogue of the Poincaré criterion. The qualitative analysis shows that the positive period-1 solution bifurcates from the semi-trivial solution through a fold bifurcation. The bifurcation diagrams of periodic solutions are obtained by using the Poincaré map, and it is shown that a chaotic solution is generated via a cascade of period-doubling bifurcations.     

Bifurcation of Periodic Orbits and Chaos in Duffing Equation

Duffing equation with fifth nonlinear-restoring force, one external forcing and a phase shift is investigated, The conditions of existences for primary resonance, second-order, third-order subharmonics, morder subharmonics and chaos are given by using second-averaging method, Melnikov methods and bifurcation theory. Numerical simulations including bifurcation diagrams, bifurcation surfaces, phase portraits, not only show the consistence with the theoretical analysis, but also exhibit the new dynamical behaviors. We show the onset of chaos, chaos suddenly disappearing to period orbit, one-band and double-band chaos, period-doubling bifurcations from period 1, 2, and 3 orbits, period-windows （period-2, 3 and 5） in chaotic regions.     

Bifurcation and chaos in a Monod type food chain chemostat with pulsed input and washout

In this paper, we introduce and study a model of a Monod type food chain chemostat with pulsed input and washout. We investigate the subsystem with substrate and prey and study the stability of the periodic solutions, which are the boundary periodic solutions of the system. The stability analysis of the boundary periodic solution yields an invasion threshold. By use of standard techniques of bifurcation theory, we prove that above this threshold there are periodic oscillations in substrate, prey and predator. Simple cycles may give way to chaos in a cascade of period-doubling bifurcations. Furthermore, by comparing bifurcation diagrams with different bifurcation parameters, we can see that the impulsive system shows two kinds of bifurcations, whose are period-doubling and period-halving.     

Bifurcation and complexity of Monod type predator–prey system in a pulsed chemostat

In this paper, we introduce and study a model of a predator–prey system with Monod type functional response under periodic pulsed chemostat conditions, which contains with predator, prey, and periodically pulsed substrate. We investigate the subsystem with substrate and prey and study the stability of the periodic solutions, which are the boundary periodic solutions of the system. The stability analysis of the boundary periodic solution yields an invasion threshold. By use of standard techniques of bifurcation theory, we prove that above this threshold there are periodic oscillations in substrate, prey and predator. Simple cycles may give way to chaos in a cascade of period-doubling bifurcations. Furthermore, by comparing bifurcation diagrams with different bifurcation parameters, we can see that the impulsive system shows two kinds of bifurcations, whose are period-doubling and period-halfing.     

On two-parameter bifurcation analysis of switched system composed of Duffing and van der Pol oscillators

The behaviors of system which alternate between Duffing oscillator and van der Pol oscillator are investigated to explore the influence of the switches on dynamical evolutions of system. Switches related to the state and time are introduced, upon which a typical switched model is established. Poincaré map of the whole switched system is defined by suitable local sections and local maps, and the formal expression of its Jacobian matrix is obtained. The location of the fixed point and associated Floquet multipliers are calculated, based on which two-parameter bifurcation sets of the switched system are obtained, dividing the parameter space into several regions corresponding to different types of attractors. It is found that cascading of period-doubling bifurcations may lead the system to chaos, while fold bifurcations determine the transition between period-3 solution and chaotic movement.     

Self-similarity of the bandcount adding structures: Calculation by map replacement

Recently it has been demonstrated that the domain of robust chaos close to the periodic domain, which is organized by the period-adding structure, contains an infinite number of interior crisis bifurcation curves. These curves form the so-called bandcount adding scenario, which determines the occurrence of multi-band chaotic attractors. The analytical calculation of the interior crisis bifurcations represents usually a quite sophisticated and cumbersome task. In this work we demonstrate that, using the map replacement approach, the bifurcation curves can be calculated much easier. Moreover, using this approach recursively, we confirm the hypothesis regarding the self-similarity of the bandcount adding structure.     

Hopf-pitchfork bifurcation and periodic phenomena in nonlinear financial system with delay

In this paper, we identify the critical point for a Hopf-pitchfork bifurcation in a nonlinear financial system with delay, and derive the normal form up to third order with their unfolding in original system parameters near the bifurcation point by normal form method and center manifold theory. Furthermore, we analyze its local dynamical behaviors, and show the coexistence of a pair of stable periodic solutions. We also show that there coexist a pair of stable small-amplitude periodic solutions and a pair of stable large-amplitude periodic solutions for different initial values. Finally, we give the bifurcation diagram with numerical illustration, showing that the pair of stable small-amplitude periodic solutions can also exist in a large region of unfolding parameters, and the financial system with delay can exhibit chaos via period-doubling bifurcations as the unfolding parameter values are far away from the critical point of the Hopf-pitchfork bifurcation.     

Analysis of period-doubling and chaos of a non-symmetric oscillator with piecewise-linearity

This paper presents an analysis of the dynamical behaviour of a non-symmetric oscillator with piecewise-linearity. The Chen–Langford (C–L) method is used to obtain the averaged system of the oscillator. Using this method, the local bifurcation and the stability of the steady-state solutions are studied. A Runge–Kutta method, Poincaré map and the largest Lyapunov’s exponent are used to detect the complex dynamical phenomena of the system. It is found that the system with piecewise-linearity exhibits periodic oscillations, period-doubling, period-3 solution and then chaos. When chaos is found, it is detected by examining the phase plane, bifurcation diagram and the largest Lyapunov’s exponent. The results obtained in this paper show that the vibration system with piecewise-linearity do exhibit quite similar dynamical behaviour to the discrete system given by the logistic map.     

Crisis of interspike intervals in Hodgkin–Huxley model

The bifurcations of the chaotic attractor in a Hodgkin–Huxley (H–H) model under stimulation of periodic signal is presented in this work, where the frequency of signal is taken as the controlling parameter. The chaotic behavior is realized over a wide range of frequency and is visualized by using interspike intervals (ISIs). Many kinds of abrupt undergoing changes of the ISIs are observed in different frequency regions, such as boundary crisis, interior crisis and merging crisis displaying alternately along with the changes of external signal frequency. And there are logistic-like bifurcation behaviors, e.g., periodic windows and fractal structures in ISIs dynamics. The saddle-node bifurcations resulting in collapses of chaos to period-6 orbit in dynamics of ISIs are identified.     

Bifurcation and chaos in discrete-time predator–prey system

The discrete-time predator–prey system obtained by Euler method is investigated. The conditions of existence for flip bifurcation and Hopf bifurcation are derived by using center manifold theorem and bifurcation theory. And numerical simulation results not only show the consistence with the theoretical analysis but also display the new and interesting dynamical behaviors, including period-3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 18, 20, 22, 30, 39-orbits in different chaotic regions, attracting invariant circle, period-doubling bifurcation from period-10 leading to chaos, inverse period-doubling bifurcation from period-5 leading to chaos, interior crisis and boundary crisis, intermittency mechanic, onset of chaos suddenly and sudden disappearance of the chaotic dynamics, attracting chaotic set, and non-attracting chaotic set. In particular, we observe that when the prey is in chaotic dynamic, the predator can tend to extinction or to a stable equilibrium. The computations of Lyapunov exponents confirm the dynamical behaviors. The analysis and results in this paper are interesting in mathematics and biology.     

The transition from bursting to continuous spiking in excitable membrane models

Summary Mathematical models for excitable membranes may exhibit bursting solutions, and, for different values of the parameters, the bursting solutions give way to continuous spiking. Numerical results have demonstrated that during the transition from bursting to continuous spiking, the system of equations may give rise to very complicated dynamics. The mathematical mechanism responsible for this dynamics is described. We prove that during the transition from bursting to continuous spiking the system must undergo a large number of bifurcations. After each bifurcation the system is increasingly chaotic in the sense that the maximal invariant set of a certain two-dimensional map is topologically equivalent to the shift on a larger set of symbols. The number of symbols is related to the Fibonacci numbers.