Bifurcation of the solution to the problem of steady traveling waves in a layer of viscous liquid on an inclined plane

Traveling waves in a viscous liquid flowing down an inclined plane can be described at small and moderate Reynolds numbers by an ordinary differential equation in the thickness of the layer [1, 2]. As the Reynolds number tends to zero, this equation goes over into an equation of third order with quadratic nonlinearity [3]. Periodic solutions of this last equation bifurcating from the plane-parallel solution have been investigated by Nepomnyashchii and Tsvelodub [3–6]. In the present paper, a study is made of the bifurcation of periodic solutions from periodic solutions, namely, an investigation is made of the values of the wave number for which a periodic solution is not unique; a bifurcation equation is derived, the number of bifurcating solutions is found, and their behavior near a bifurcation point is considered; and the bifurcating solutions are continued numerically with respect to a parameter (the wave number) from the neighborhoods of the bifurcation points.     

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.     

Some dynamical behavior of the Stuart-Landau equation with a periodic excitation

The lock-in periodic solutions of the Stuart-Landau equation with a periodic excitation are studied. Using singularity theory, the bifurcation behavior of these solutions with respect to the excitation amplitude and frequency are investigated in detail, respectively. The results show that the universal unfolding with respect to the excitation amplitude possesses codimension 3. The transition sets in unfolding parameter plane and the bifurcation diagrams are plotted under some conditions. Additionally, it has also been proved that the bifurcation problem with respect to frequence possesses infinite codimension. Therefore the dynamical bifurcation behavior is very complex in this case. Some new dynamical phenomena are presented, which are the supplement of the results obtained by Sun Liang et al.     

On non-inflectional solutions of non-uniform elasticae

We study buckled states of non-uniform elasticae and show that solutions having pairs of loops not separated by inflection points appear if and only if there is an (isolated) minimum in the bending stiffness. Such solutions lie on branches disconnected from the trivial solution in the global bifurcation diagram and so we obtain partial information regarding the qualitative structure of the latter.     

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.     

On the flow of a viscous fluid driven along a channel by suction at porous walls

This paper is a theoretical treatment of the flow of a viscous incompressible fluid driven along a channel by steady uniform suction through porous parallel rigid walls. Many authors have found such flows when they are symmetric, steady and two-dimensional, by assuming a similarity form of solution due to Berman in order to reduce the Navier-Stokes equations to a nonlinear ordinary differential equation. We generalise their work by considering asymmetric flows, unsteady flows and three-dimensional perturbations. By use of numerical calculations, matched asymptotic expansions for large values of the Reynolds number, and the theory of dynamical systems, we find many more exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations, examine their stability, and interpret them. In particular, we show that most previously found steady solutions are unstable to antisymmetric two-dimensional disturbances. This leads to a pitchfork bifurcation, stable asymmetric steady solutions, a Hopf bifurcation, stable time-periodic solutions, stable quasi-periodic solutions, phase locking and chaos in succession as the Reynolds number increases.     

Homogeneous Equilibrium Configurations of a Hyperelastic Compressible Cube under Equitriaxial Dead-Load Tractions

Non-uniqueness, bifurcation and stability of homogeneous solutions to the equilibrium problem of a hyperelastic cube subject to equitriaxial dead-load tractions are investigated. Besides the basic and theoretical questions raised by the analysis, the study is motivated by the somewhat surprising feature of this nonlinear problem for which the symmetric load may give rise to asymmetric stable deformations. In reality, the equilibrium problem, formulated for general homogeneous compressible isotropic materials with polyconvex energy function, may exhibit primary and secondary bifurcations. A primary bifurcation occurs when there exist paths of equilibrium states that bifurcate from the primary path of three equal principal stretches. These bifurcation branches have two coinciding stretches and along them, through secondary bifurcations, other completely asymmetric bifurcation branches, which are characterized by all three stretches different, may risen. In this case, the cube transforms into an oblique parallelepiped. With increasing loads, they are also possible discontinuous paths of equilibria which evince prompt jumps in the deformation process. Of course, the set of asymmetric solutions admitted by the equilibrium problem depends on the specific form of the stored energy function adopted. In this paper, expressions governing the global development of asymmetric equilibrium branches are derived. In particular, conditions to have bifurcation points are individualized. For compressible neo-Hookean and Mooney-Rivlin materials a wide parametric analysis is carried out showing by means of graphs the most interesting branches. Finally, using the energy criterion, a detailed study is performed to assess the stability of the computed solutions.      

Bifurcation analysis of a tri-neuron neural network model in the frequency domain

In this paper, a class of neural network models with three neurons is considered. By applying the frequency domain approach and analyzing the associated characteristic equation, the existence of the bifurcation parameter point is determined. If the coefficient μ is chosen as a bifurcation parameter, it is found that Hopf bifurcation occurs when the parameter μ passes through a critical value. The direction and the stability of Hopf bifurcation periodic solutions are determined by the Nyquist criterion and the graphical Hopf bifurcation theorem. Some numerical simulations for justifying the theoretical analysis are also provided.     

On the equilibrium configurations of an elastically constrained rotating disk: An analytical approach

According to the linear theory of vibration for spinning disks, the backward traveling waves of some of the modes may have zero natural frequency at what are called the critical speeds. At these speeds, the linear equations of motion cannot properly predict the amplitude response of the spinning disk, and nonlinear equations of motion must be used. In this paper, geometrical nonlinear equations of motion based on Von Karman plate theory are employed to study the dynamics of an elastically constrained disk near its critical speeds. A one-mode approximation is used to examine the effect of elastic constraint on the amplitude response. Presenting the equations in a space-fixed coordinate system, this study aims to find closed-form solutions for some of the equilibrium configurations of an elastically constrained spinning disk. Also, the stability of these configurations is studied using analytical techniques. It is shown that below the critical speed, one neutrally stable equilibrium solution exists, while above it, a bifurcation occurs. In this situation, two more branches of equilibrium configurations emerge, one of which is neutrally stable and the other unstable. Closed-form expressions for the bifurcation points are obtained. Due to the effect of an elastic constraint, a bifurcation occurs and the previously neutrally stable equilibrium configuration turns unstable. Also at this bifurcation point, two more branches of equilibrium solutions emerge.     

On the Influence of Viscosity on Riemann Solutions

We show how the existence and uniqueness of Riemann solutions are affected by the precise form of viscosity which is used to select shock waves admitting a viscous profile. We study a complete list of codimension-1 bifurcations that depend on viscosity and distinguish between Lax shock waves with and without a profile. These bifurcations are the saddle–saddle heteroclinic bifurcation, the homoclinic bifurcation, and the nonhyperbolic periodic orbit bifurcation. We prove that these influence the existence and uniqueness of Riemann solutions and affect the number and type of waves comprising a Riemann solution. We present generic situations in which viscous Riemann solutions differ from Lax solutions.     

Stability, bifurcation and chaos of a delayed oscillator with negative damping and delayed feedback control

This paper presents a detailed analysis on the dynamics of a delayed oscillator with negative damping and delayed feedback control. Firstly, a linear stability analysis for the trivial equilibrium is given. Then, the direction of Hopf bifurcation and stability of periodic solutions bifurcating from trivial equilibrium are determined by using the normal form theory and center manifold theorem. It shows that with properly chosen delay and gain in the delayed feedback path, this controlled delayed system may have stable equilibrium, or periodic solutions, or quasi-periodic solutions, or coexisting stable solutions. In addition, the controlled system may exhibit period-doubling bifurcation which eventually leads to chaos. Finally, some new interesting phenomena, such as the coexistence of periodic orbits and chaotic attractors, have been observed. The results indicate that delayed feedback control can make systems with state delay produce more complicated dynamics.     

Hopf Bifurcation on a Two-Neuron System with Distributed Delays: A Frequency Domain Approach

In this paper, a more general two-neuron model with distributed delays and weak kernel is investigated. By applying the frequency domain approach and analyzing the associated characteristic equation, the existence of bifurcation parameter point is determined. Furthermore, we found that if the mean delay is used as a bifurcation parameter, Hopf bifurcation occurs for the weak kernel. This means that a family of periodic solutions bifurcates from the equilibrium when the bifurcation parameter exceeds a critical value. The direction and stability of the bifurcating periodic solutions are determine by the Nyquist criterion and the graphical Hopf bifurcation theorem. Some numerical simulations for justifying the theoretical analysis are also given.     

Set of steady-state traveling waves on the surface of a liquid film flowing down an inclined plane

The nonlinear evolution equation often encountered in modeling the behavior of perturbations in various nonconservative media, for example, in problems of the hydrodynamics of film flow, is examined. Steady-state traveling periodic solutions of this equation are found numerically. The stability of the solutions is investigated and a bifurcation analysis is carried out. It is shown how as the wave number decreases ever new families of steady-state traveling solutions are generated. In the limit as the wave number tends to zero a denumerable set of these solutions is formed. It is noted that solutions which also oscillate in time may be generated from the steadystate solutions as a result of a bifurcation of the Landau-Hopf type.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 120–125, November–December, 1989.     

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     

On the design of external excitations in order to make nonlinear oscillators respond as free oscillators of the same or different type

This study deals with nonlinear oscillators whose restoring force has a polynomial nonlinearity of the cubic or quadratic type. Conservative unforced oscillators with such a restoring force have closed-form exact solutions in terms of Jacobi elliptic functions. This fact can be used to design the form of the external elliptic-type excitation so that the resulting forced oscillators also have closed-form exact steady-state solutions in terms of these functions. It is shown how one can use the amplitude of such excitations to change the way in which oscillators behave, making them respond as free oscillators of the same or different type. Thus, in cubic oscillators, a supercritical or subcritical pitchfork bifurcation can appear, whilst in quadratic oscillators, a transcritical bifurcation can take place.     

Delay equations with fluctuating delay related to the regenerative chatter

The mathematical models representing machine tool chatter dynamics have been cast as differential equations with delay. In this paper, non-linear delay differential equations with periodic delays which model the machine tool chatter with continuously modulated spindle speed are studied. The explicit time-dependent delay terms, due to spindle speed modulation, are replaced by state-dependent delay terms by augmenting the original equations. The augmented system of equations is autonomous and has two pairs of pure imaginary eigenvalues without resonance. The reduced bifurcation equation is obtained by making use of Lyapunov-Schmidt Reduction method. By using the reduced bifurcation equations, the periodic solutions are determined to analyze the tool motion. Analytical results show both modest increase of stability and existence of periodic solutions near the new stability boundary.     

Numerical Analysis of Axisymmetric Buckling of a Conical Shell under Radial Compression

The nonlinear boundary-value problem of the axisymmetric buckling of a simply supported conical shell (dome) under a radial compressive load applied to the supported edge is formulated for a system of six first-order ordinary differential equations for independent fields of finite displacements and rotations. Multivalued solutions are obtained using the shooting method with specified accuracy. For various values of the loading parameter, bifurcation of the solutions of the problem is studied and a parametric branching diagram is constructed. The buckling modes are obtained for three branches of the solution. Curves of the buckling modes corresponding to three isolated branches of the solution are given.     

Cavity formation at the center of a sphere composed of two compressible hyper-elastic materials

IntroductionHorgan[1] reviewedthecavitatedbifurcationproblemforhyper_elasticmaterials,includinginhomogeneousandanisotropicmaterialsaswellashomogeneousandisotropicmaterials .Forincompressiblematerials,HorganandPence[2 ,3 ] examinedtheeffectofmaterialinhomogeneityontheformationandgrowthofvoidandobtainedananalyticsolutionofthecavitatedbifurcationproblemforasolidspherecomposedoftwoneo_Hookeanmaterials.Thebifurcationmayoccurnotonlytotherightbutalsototheleftforthecomposedsphere .Thestabilitiesofth…     

Bifurcation Corresponding to the Onset of Asymmetric Periodic Structures and a Self-Induced Pressure Gradient in a Modified Taylor Flow

With reference to the example of a modified Taylor flow, the bifurcation of the loss of flow symmetry with the onset of a self-induced pressure gradient is studied theoretically and numerically. A linear analysis shows that the bifurcation is supercritical. It is necessarily accompanied by the appearance of a longitudinal pressure gradient and takes place at values of the parameters for which the solution of the linear system for the perturbations satisfies the condition of zero mass flow. It is established that, as a result of the bifurcation, two asymmetric solutions with oppositely directed pressure gradients are simultaneously generated. In the supercritical region, the symmetric branch of the solutions is also retained but becomes unstable. Bifurcation of the loss of symmetry and a self-induced pressure gradient can occur only in nonlinear systems.     

Bifurcation method for solving multiple positive solutions to boundary value problem of p-Henon equation on the unit disk

In this paper, an algorithm is proposed to solve the O(2) symmetric positive solutions to the boundary value problem of the p-Henon equation. Taking l in the p-Henon equation as a bifurcation parameter, the symmetry-breaking bifurcation point on the branch of the O(2) symmetric positive solutions is found via the extended systems. The other symmetric positive solutions are computed by the branch switching method based on the Liapunov-Schmidt reduction.