Dynamics of self-excited oscillators with neutral delay coupling

The work is devoted to analytic and numeric investigation of dynamical behavior in a system of two Van der Pol (VdP) oscillators coupled by a non-dispersive elastic rod. The model is rigorously reduced to a system of nonlinear neutral differential delay equations. For the case of relatively small coupling and moderate delay, an approximate analytic investigation can be accomplished by means of an averaging procedure. The region of synchronization in the space of parameters is established and characteristic bifurcations are revealed. A numeric study confirms the validity of the analytic approach in the synchronization region. Beyond this region, the averaging approach is no more valid. A multitude of quasiperiodic and chaotic-like orbits has been revealed. Especially interesting behavior occurs in the case of relatively large delays and corresponds to sequential quenching and excitation of the VdP oscillators. This regime is also explored analytically, by means of a large-delay approximation, which reduces the system to a perturbed discrete map.     

Dynamics of two delay coupled van der Pol oscillators

In this paper, the dynamics of a system of two van der Pol oscillators with delayed position and velocity coupling is studied by the method of averaging together with truncation of Taylor expansions. According to the slow-flow equations, the dynamics of 1:1 internal resonance is more complex than that of non-1:1 internal resonance. For 1:1 internal resonance, the stability and the number of periodic solutions vary with different time delay for given coupling coefficients. The condition necessary for saddle-node and Hopf bifurcations for symmetric modes, namely in-phase and out-of-phase modes, are determined. The numerical results, obtained from direct integration of the original equation, are found to be in good agreement with analytical predictions.     

Mode analysis of a system of mutually coupled van der Pol oscillators with coupling delay

A system of mutually coupled van der Pol oscillators containing fifth-order conductance characteristic, with the coupling delay, are analyzed by using the non-linear mode analysis. In particular, it has been demonstrated that zero state, two single modes, and one double mode are stable only for sufficiently small τ.The analytical results have been verified by using the digital simulation.     

Projective-dual synchronization in delay dynamical systems with time-varying coupling delay

The existence of projective-dual-anticipating, projective-dual, and projective-dual-lag synchronization in a coupled time-delayed systems with modulated delay time is investigated via nonlinear observer design approach. Transition from projective-dual-anticipating to projective-dual synchronization and from projective-dual to projective-dual-lag synchronization as a function of variable coupling delay τ _p (t) is discussed. Using Krasovskii–Lyapunov stability theory, a general condition for projective-dual synchronization is derived. Numerical simulations on the chaotic Ikeda and Mackey–Glass systems are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

Nonstationary probability densities of strongly nonlinear single-degree-of-freedom oscillators with time delay

The approximate nonstationary probability density of a nonlinear single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) oscillator with time delay subject to Gaussian white noises is studied. First, the time-delayed terms are approximated by those without time delay and the original system can be rewritten as a nonlinear stochastic system without time delay. Then, the stochastic averaging method based on generalized harmonic functions is used to obtain the averaged Itô equation for amplitude of the system response and the associated Fokker–Planck–Kolmogorov (FPK) equation governing the nonstationary probability density of amplitude is deduced. Finally, the approximate solution of the nonstationary probability density of amplitude is obtained by applying the Galerkin method. The approximate solution is expressed as a series expansion in terms of a set of properly selected basis functions with time-dependent coefficients. The proposed method is applied to predict the responses of a Van der Pol oscillator and a Duffing oscillator with time delay subject to Gaussian white noise. It is shown that the results obtained by the proposed procedure agree well with those obtained from Monte Carlo simulation of the original systems.     

Dynamics of a particle with friction and delay

We are interested in the motion of a simple mechanical system having a finite number of degrees of freedom subjected to a unilateral constraint with dry friction and delay effects (with maximal duration $\tau >0$). At the contact point, we characterize the friction by a Coulomb law associated with a friction cone. Starting from a formulation of the problem that was given by Jean-Jacques Moreau in the form of a second-order differential inclusion in the sense of measures, we consider a sweeping process algorithm that converges towards a solution to the dynamical contact problem. The mathematical machinery as well as the general plan of the existence proof may seem much too heavy in order to treat just this simple case, but they have proved useful in more complex settings.     

Multiple bifurcation analysis in a ring of delay coupled oscillators with neutral feedback

Spatiotemporal periodic patterns, including phase-locked oscillations, mirror-reflecting waves, standing waves, in-phase or anti-phase oscillations are investigated in a ring of bidirectionally coupled oscillators with neutral delay feedback. It is confirmed that neutral feedback makes Hopf bifurcation occur in a larger domain of parameters. We calculate the normal forms near Hopf bifurcation, D _N equivariant Hopf bifurcation and double-Hopf bifurcation in this neutral equation by using the method of multiple scales. Theoretically, the appearance of the in-phase, anti-phase and phase-locked oscillations that we observed in the simulation about a ring of delay coupled Hindmarsh–Rose neurons with neutral feedback is explained.     

Dynamics of an inertial two-neuron system with time delay

In this paper, we considered a delayed differential equation modeling two-neuron system with both inertial terms and time delay. By analyzing the distribution of the eigenvalues of the corresponding transcendental characteristic equation of its linearized equation, local stability criteria are derived for various model parameters and time delay. By choosing time delay as a bifurcation parameter, the model is found to undergo a sequence of Hopf bifurcation. Furthermore, the direction and the stability of the bifurcating periodic solutions are determined by using the normal form theory and the center manifold theorem. Also, resonant codimension-two bifurcation is found to occur in this model. Some numerical examples are finally given for justifying the theoretical results. Chaotic behavior of this inertial two-neuron system with time delay is found also through numerical simulation, in which some phase plots, waveform plots, power spectra and Lyapunov exponent are computed and presented.     

Dynamics of microorganism cultivation with delay and stochastic perturbation

Nonlinear Dynamics - In the microorganism cultivation process, delay and stochastic perturbations are inevitably accompanied, which results in complicated dynamical behaviors for microorganisms. In...     

Sampling-interval-dependent synchronization of complex dynamical networks with distributed coupling delay

The problem of sampled-data synchronization of complex dynamical networks with distributed coupling delay and time-varying sampling is discussed in this paper. Based on the input delay approach and two integral inequalities, a stability criterion is proposed for the error dynamics, which is sampling-interval-dependent. Based on the given criterion, the design method of the desired sampled-data controllers is also obtained in terms of the solution to linear matrix inequalities, which can be checked effectively by using available software. An example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed result.     

Dynamics of two strongly coupled van der pol oscillators

A perturbation method is used to study the steady state behavior of two Van der Pol oscillators with strong linear diffusive coupling. It is shown that a bifurcation occurs which results in a transition from phase-locked periodic motions to quasi-periodic motions as the coupling is decreased or the detuning is increased. The analytical results are compared with a numerically generated solution.     

Energy harvesting from quasi-periodic vibrations using electromagnetic coupling with delay

In this paper, we study quasi-periodic vibrational energy harvesting in a delayed self-excited oscillator with a delayed electromagnetic coupling. The energy harvester system consists in a delayed van der Pol oscillator with delay amplitude modulation coupled to a delayed electromagnetic coupling mechanism. It is assumed that time delay is inherently present in the mechanical subsystem of the harvester, while it is introduced in the electrical circuit to control and optimize the output power of the system. A double-step perturbation method is performed near a delay parametric resonance to approximate the quasi-periodic solutions of the harvester which are used to extract the quasi-periodic vibration-based power. The influence of the time delay introduced in the electromagnetic subsystem on the performance of the quasi-periodic vibration-based energy harvesting is examined. In particular, it is shown that for appropriate values of amplitudes and frequency of time delay the maximum output power of the harvester is not necessarily accompanied by the maximum amplitude of system response.     

Effects of gradient coupling on amplitude death in nonidentical oscillators

The effects of the gradient coupling on the amplitude death in an array and a ring of diffusively coupled nonidentical oscillators are explored, respectively. The gradient coupling plays a significant role on the amplitude death dynamics, however, it is strongly related to the boundary conditions of the coupled system. With the increment of the gradient coupling, the domain of the amplitude death is monotonically enlarged in an array of coupled oscillators. However, for a ring of coupled oscillators, it is firstly enlarged and then decreased as the gradient coupling increases. The domain of the amplitude death in parameter space is analytically predicted for a small number of gradiently coupled oscillators.     

Projective synchronization in a driven-response dynamical network with coupling time-varying delay

This paper studies the projective synchronization in a driven-response dynamical network with coupling time-varying delay model via impulsive control, in which the weights of links are time varying. Based on the stability analysis of the impulsive functional differential equations, some sufficient conditions for the projective synchronization are derived. Numerical simulations are provided to verify the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed method and results.     

Dynamics analysis of a non-smooth Filippov pest-natural enemy system with time delay

In this paper, we propose a non-smooth Filippov system that describes the interaction of the pest and natural enemy with considering time delay, which represents the change in the growth rate of natural enemies before it is released to prey on pests. When the number of the pest is below the threshold, no control is applied; otherwise, control measures will be adopted. We discuss the stability of the equilibria and the existence of Hopf bifurcation. The results show that the Hopf bifurcation occurs when the time delay passes through some critical values. By applying the Filippov convex method, we obtain the dynamics of the sliding mode. The solutions of the system eventually tend toward the regular equilibrium, the pseudo-equilibrium or a standard periodic solution. Numerical simulations show that time delay plays an important role in local and global sliding bifurcations. We can obtain boundary focus bifurcations from boundary node bifurcations by varying time delay. Furthermore, touching, buckling and crossing bifurcations can be obtained frequently by increasing time delay. The results can provide some insights in pest control.

     

Synchrony and lag synchrony on a neuron model coupling with time delay

A neuron model of the Morris and Lecar form is investigated, which is composed of two individuals and is considered to be functioned by the gap junction coupling. When the level of the reversal potential in the calcium ion channel is small, neurons adjust their activities to the common asymptotic states. However, if we increase the level of the reversal voltage in the calcium ion channel, the exact synchrony firing of neurons is produced. Patterns of synchrony activity and the stability are observed to vary with the choice of time delay, which also enhances the multi-variety of the spike bursting firing rhythm. The lag synchrony of time trajectories of the voltage is illustrated near the boundary of the synchrony regime.