Chaotic Behavior and Subharmonic Bifurcations for the Duffing-van Der Pol Oscillator

Chaotic behavior for the Duffing-van der Pol (DVP) oscillator is investigated both analytically and numerically. The critical curves separating the chaotic and non-chaotic regions are obtained. The chaotic feature on the system parameters are discussed in detail. The conditions for subharmonic bifurcations are also obtained. Numerical results are given, which verify the analytical ones.     

Periodic bifurcation of Duffing-van der Pol oscillators having fractional derivatives and time delay

In this paper, a Duffing-van der Pol oscillator having fractional derivatives and time delays is investigated by the residue harmonic method. The angular frequencies and limit cycles of periodic motions are expanded into a power series of an order-tracking parameter and the unbalanced residues resulting from the truncated Fourier series are considered iteratively to improve the accuracy. The periodic bifurcations are examined using the fractional order, feedback gain and time delay as continuation parameters. It is shown that jumps and hysteresis phenomena can be delayed or removed. Transition from discontinuous bifurcation to continuous bifurcation is observed. The approximations are verified by numerical integration. We find that the proposed method can easily be programmed and can predict accurate periodic approximations while the system parameters being unfolded.     

Time dependence of the solutions of van der Pol type equation with periodic forcing term

In this paper we discuss the time dependence of solutions of the equation (2.3). From it we will get the global qualitative analysis of the equation.     

Bifurcations and chaos in Duffing equation with damping and external excitations

Duffng equation with damping and external excitations is investigated.By using Melnikov method and bifurcation theory,the criterions of existence of chaos under periodic perturbations are obtained.By using second-order averaging method,the criterions of existence of chaos in averaged system under quasi-periodic perturbations forff=nω+εσ,n=2,4,6(whereσis not rational toω)are investigated.However,the criterions of existence of chaos for n=1,3,5,7-20 can not be given.The numerical simulations verify the theoretical analysis,show the occurrence of chaos in the averaged system and original system under quasiperiodic perturbation for n=1,2,3,5,and expose some new complex dynamical behaviors which can not be given by theoretical analysis.In particular,the dynamical behaviors under quasi-periodic perturbations are different from that under periodic perturbations,and the period-doubling bifurcations to chaos has not been found under quasi-periodic perturbations.     

Numerical methods for weak solution of wave equation with van der Pol type nonlinear boundary conditions

We develop computational methods for solving wave equation with van der Pol type nonlinear boundary conditions under the framework of weak solutions. Based on the wave reflection on the boundaries, we first solve the Riemann invariants by constructing two iteration mappings, and then show that the weak solution can be obtained by the integration of the Riemann invariants on the boundaries. If the compatible conditions are not satisfied or only hold with a low degree, a high‐order integration method is developed for the numerical solution. When the initial condition is sufficiently smooth and compatible conditions hold with a sufficient degree, we establish a sixth‐order finite difference scheme, which only needs to solve a linear system at any given time instance. Numerical experiments are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 32: 373–398, 2016     

Horizontal fast excitation in delayed van der Pol oscillator

This paper investigates the interaction effect of horizontal fast harmonic parametric excitation and time delay on self-excited vibration in van der Pol oscillator. We apply the method of direct partition of motion to derive the main autonomous equation governing the slow dynamic of the oscillator. The method of averaging is then performed on the slow dynamic to obtain a slow flow which is analyzed for equilibria and periodic motion. This analysis provides analytical approximations of regions in parameter space where periodic self-excited vibrations can be eliminated. A numerical study is performed on the original oscillator and compared to analytical approximations. It was shown that in the delayed case, horizontal fast harmonic excitation can eliminate undesirable self-excited vibrations for moderate values of the excitation frequency. In contrast, the case without delay requires large excitation frequency to eliminate such motions. This work has application to regenerative behavior in high-speed milling.     

Models and numerical schemes for generalized van der Pol equations

This paper presents three generalizations of the van der Pol equation (VDPE) using newly proposed three new generalized K-, A- and B-operators. These operators allow kernel to be arbitrary. As a result, these operators provide a greater generalization of the VDPE than the fractional integral and differential operators do. Like the original VDPE, the generalized van der Pol equations (GVDPEs) are also nonlinear equations, and in most cases, they can not be solved analytically. Numerical algorithms are presented and used to solve the GVDPEs. Results for several examples are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the numerical algorithms, and to examine the behavior of the GVDPEs and the limit cycles associated with them. Although the numerical algorithms have been used to solve the GVDPEs only, they can also be used to solve many other generalized oscillators and generalized differential equations. This will be considered in the future.     

A new modification of the variational iteration method for van der Pol equations

In this paper, we provide a new modification of the variational iteration method (MVIM) for solving van der Pol equations. The modification couples the classical variational iteration method with He’s polynomials, where the He’s polynomials are applied to the approximate solution and the initial condition to eliminate secular terms. For the large ?, the numerical results demonstrate that the modification method get an accurate approximate period than the other presented methods.     

Bifurcations of resonant solutions and chaos in physical pendulum equation with suspension axis vibrations

This paper is a continuation of ＂Complex Dynamics in Physical Pendulum Equation with Suspension Axis Vibrations＂[1].In this paper,we investigate the existence and the bifurcations of resonant solution for ω0：ω：Ω ≈ 1：1：n,1：2：n,1：3：n,2：1：n and 3：1：n by using second-order averaging method,give a criterion for the existence of resonant solution for ω0：ω：Ω ≈ 1：m：n by using Melnikov＇s method and verify the theoretical analysis by numerical simulations.By numerical simulation,we expose some other interesting dynamical behaviors including the entire invariant torus region,the cascade of invariant torus behaviors,the entire chaos region without periodic windows,chaotic region with complex periodic windows,the entire period-one orbits region;the jumping behaviors including invariant torus behaviors converting to period-one orbits,from chaos to invariant torus behaviors or from invariant torus behaviors to chaos,from period-one to chaos,from invariant torus behaviors to another invariant torus behaviors;the interior crisis;and the different nice invariant torus attractors and chaotic attractors.The numerical results show the difference of dynamical behaviors for the physical pendulum equation with suspension axis vibrations between the cases under the three frequencies resonant condition and under the periodic/quasi-periodic perturbations.It exhibits many invariant torus behaviors under the resonant conditions.We find a lot of chaotic behaviors which are different from those under the periodic/quasi-periodic perturbations.However,we did not find the cascades of period-doubling bifurcation.     

Bifurcations of periodic solutions and chaos in Josephson system with parametric excitation

Josephson system with parametric excitation is investigated. Using second-order averaging method and Melnikov function, we analyze the existence and bifurcations for harmonic,(2, 3, n-order) subharmonics and(2, 3-order) superharmonics and the heterocilinic and homoclinic bifurcations for chaos under periodic perturbation. Using numerical simulation, we check our theoretical analysis and further study the effect of the parameters on dynamics. We find the complex dynamics, including the jumping behaviors, symmetrybreaking, chaos converting to periodic orbits, interior crisis, non-attracting chaotic set, interlocking(reverse)period-doubling bifurcations from periodic orbits, the processes from interlocking period-doubling bifurcations of periodic orbits to chaos after strange non-chaotic motions when the parameter β increases, etc.     

Stability and bifurcation analysis in the delay-coupled van der Pol oscillators

In this paper, the dynamics of a system of two van der Pol equations with a finite delay are investigated. We show that there exist the stability switches and a sequence of Hopf bifurcations occur at the zero equilibrium when the delay varies. Using the theory of normal form and the center manifold theorem, the explicit expression for determining the direction of the Hopf bifurcations and the stability of the bifurcating periodic solutions are derived.     

Hopf bifurcation and stability of periodic solutions for van der Pol equation with time delay

In this paper, the van der Pol equation with a time delay is considered, where the time delay is regarded as a parameter. It is found that Hopf bifurcation occurs when this delay passes through a sequence of critical value. A formula for determining the direction of the Hopf bifurcation and the stability of bifurcating periodic solutions is given by using the normal form method and center manifold theorem.     

Coupled Van der Pol oscillator with non-integer order connection

In this paper the dynamics of a system of two oscillators with strong nonlinear connection is considered. The two mass system connected with a spring with pure nonlinear force of any positive rational order (integer or noninteger), on which some additional small nonlinear forces act, is analyzed. The mathematical model of the system contains two coupled second order differential equations of oscillatory type with strong pure nonlinearity and small additional terms. In the paper an analytical solving procedure which introduces the periodical Ateb function is developed. The averaging solution method is adopted to this special function and gives the new type of averaged differential equations.The special attention is given to the steady-state motion of a two-degree-of-freedom Van der Pol oscillator system of positive rational order of nonlinearity. The influence of the order of nonlinearity on the motion of the system is analyzed. using the suggested approximate method three numerical examples are solved. The obtained results are much more accurate than those obtained by the already published methods based on the trigonometric functions.     

Multiple Hopf bifurcations of three coupled van der Pol oscillators with delay

A system of three coupled van der Pol oscillators with delay is considered. Hopf bifurcations at the zero equilibrium as the delay increases are exhibited. The existence and stability of multiple periodic solutions are established using a symmetric Hopf bifurcation result of Wu (Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 350 (1998) 4799-4838).     

Stochastic Hopf bifurcation and chaos of stochastic Bonhoeffer–van der Pol system via Chebyshev polynomial approximation

In this paper, we analyzed stochastic chaos and Hopf bifurcation of stochastic Bonhoeffer–van der Pol (SBVP for short) system with bounded random parameter of an arch-like probability density function. The modifier ‘stochastic’ here implies dependent on some random parameter. In order to study the dynamical behavior of the SBVP system, Chebyshev polynomial approximation is applied to transform the SBVP system into its equivalent deterministic system, whose response can be readily obtained by conventional numerical methods. Thus, we can further explore the nonlinear phenomena in SBVP system. Stochastic chaos and Hopf bifurcation analyzed here are by and large similar to those in the deterministic mean-parameter Bonhoeffer–van der Pol system (DM–BVP for short) but there are also some featuring differences between them shown by numerical results. For example, in the SBVP system the parameter interval matching chaotic responses diffuses into a wider one, which further grows wider with increasing of intensity of the random variable. The shapes of limit cycles in the SBVP system are some different from that in the DM–BVP system, and the sizes of limit cycles become smaller with the increasing of intensity of the random variable. And some biological explanations are given.     

Generating the periodic solutions for forcing van der Pol oscillators by the Iteration Perturbation method

In this paper, the iteration perturbation method proposed by He [J.H. He, Non-perturbative methods for strongly nonlinear problems, Dissertation. de-Verlag im Internet GmbH, 2006; J.H. He, Limit cycle and bifurcation of nonlinear problems, Chaos Solitons Fractals 26 (2005) 827–833] is used to generate periodic solutions of van der Pol oscillator with a forcing term, forcing oscillator with quadratic type damping and van der Pol oscillator with excitation term. The comparison of the obtained results verifies its convenience and effectiveness.     

Period-doubling bifurcation in an extended van der Pol system with bounded random parameter

An extended van der Pol system with bounded random parameter subjected to harmonic excitation is investigated by Chebyshev polynomial approximation. Firstly the stochastic extended van der Pol system is reduced into its equivalent deterministic one, solvable by suitable numerical methods. Then we explored nonlinear dynamical behavior about period-doubling bifurcation in stochastic system. Numerical simulations show that similar to the conventional period-doubling phenomenon in deterministic extended van der Pol system, stochastic period-doubling bifurcation may also occur in the stochastic extended van der Pol system. Besides, different from the deterministic case, in addition to the conventional bifurcation parameters, i.e. the amplitude and frequency of harmonic excitation, in the stochastic case the intensity of random parameter should also be taken as a new bifurcation parameter.     

Chatter dynamic analysis for Van der Pol Equation with impulsive effect via the theory of flow switchability

In this paper, the phenomenon of free vibrations in LC circuit was introduced as well as some restrictions in the application of triode. Then we optimize the problems and present a certain kind of Van der Pol Equations which can be considered as a class of second-order impulsive switched systems. To investigate the chatter dynamics on such system, we turn to look for conditions that keep the complex pulse phenomena absent. We introduce several conceptions of theory of flow switchability and analyze the flow’s dynamical behaviors such as transversal property at a boundary in the normal direction of separation surface by constructing generic mappings. Some sufficient conditions for the absence of pulse phenomena and numerical illustrations of periodic motions are obtained.