Codimension-two bifurcation analysis in two-dimensional Hindmarsh–Rose model

In this paper, we analyze the codimension-2 bifurcations of equilibria of a two-dimensional Hindmarsh–Rose model. By using the bifurcation methods and techniques, we give a rigorous mathematical analysis of Bautin bifurcation. The main result is that no more than two limit cycles can be bifurcated from the equilibrium via Hopf bifurcation; sufficient conditions for the existence of one or two limit cycles are obtained. This paper also shows that the model undergoes a Bogdanov–Takens bifurcation which includes a saddle-node bifurcation, an Andronov–Hopf bifurcation, and a homoclinic bifurcation. In some case, the globally asymptotical stability is discussed.     

The codimension-two bifurcation for the recent proposed SD oscillator

In this paper, the complicated nonlinear dynamics at the equilibria of SD oscillator, which exhibits both smooth and discontinuous dynamics depending on the value of a parameter α, are investigated. It is found that SD oscillator admits codimension-two bifurcation at the trivial equilibrium when α=1. The universal unfolding for the codimension-two bifurcation is also found to be equivalent to the damped SD oscillator with nonlinear viscous damping. Based on this equivalence between the universal unfolding and the damped system, the bifurcation diagram and the corresponding codimension-two bifurcation structures near the trivial equilibrium are obtained and presented for the damped SD oscillator as the perturbation parameters vary.     

Stability and bifurcation in a generalized delay prey–predator model

The present paper considers a generalized prey–predator model with time delay. It studies the stability of the nontrivial positive equilibrium and the existence of Hopf bifurcation for this system by choosing delay as a bifurcation parameter and analyzes the associated characteristic equation. The researcher investigates the direction of this bifurcation by using an explicit algorithm. Eventually, some numerical simulations are carried out to support the analytical results.     

Analytical bifurcation analysis of a rotor supported by floating ring bearings

Like with other types of fluid bearings, rotors supported by floating ring bearings may become unstable with increasing speed of rotation due to self-excited vibrations. In order to study the effects of the nonlinear bearing forces, within this contribution a perfectly balanced symmetric rotor is considered which is supported by two identical floating ring bearings. Here, the bearing forces are modeled by applying the short bearing theory for both fluid films. A linear stability analysis about the static equilibrium position of the rotor shows that for a critical revolution speed the real part of an eigenvalue pair changes its sign. By means of a center manifold reduction it is shown that this destabilization of the steady state is due to a Hopf-bifurcation. Furthermore, the type of this bifurcation is determined as well as the existence and stability of limit-cycles. Notably it is found that depending on the parameters of the floating ring bearing subcritical as well as supercritical bifurcations may occur. Additionally, the analytical results obtained from the center manifold reduction are compared to numerical results by a continuation method. In conclusion, the influences of bearing design parameters on the stability and on the limit-cycles are discussed.     

Hopf bifurcation and spatio-temporal patterns in?delay-coupled van der Pol oscillators

In this paper, the dynamics of a pair of van der Pol oscillators with delayed velocity coupling is studied by taking the time delay as a bifurcation parameter. We first investigate the stability of the zero equilibrium and the existence of Hopf bifurcations induced by delay, and then study the direction and stability of the Hopf bifurcations. Then by using the symmetric bifurcation theory of delay differential equations combined with representation theory of Lie groups, we investigate the spatio-temporal patterns of Hopf bifurcating periodic oscillations. We find that there are different in-phase and anti-phase patterns as the coupling time delay is increased. The analytical theory is supported by numerical simulations, which show good agreement with the theory.     

Criticality of bifurcation in the tuned axial–torsional rotary drilling model

We study the bifurcation characteristics of a lumped-parameter model of rotary drilling with 1:1 internal resonance between the axial and the torsional modes which leads to the largest stability thresholds. For this special case, the two-degree-of-freedom model for the drill-string reduces to an effectively single-degree-of-freedom system facilitating further analysis. The regenerative effect of the cutting action due to the axial vibrations is incorporated through a delayed term in the cutting force with the delay depending on the torsional oscillations. This state dependency of the delay introduces nonlinearity in the current model. Steady drilling loses stability via a Hopf bifurcation, and the nature of the bifurcation is determined by an analytical study using the method of multiple scales. We find that both subcritical and supercritical Hopf bifurcations are present in this system depending on the choice of operating parameters. Hence, the nonlinearity due to the state-dependent delay term could both be stabilizing or destabilizing in nature, and the self-interruption nonlinearity is essential to capture the global behavior. Numerical bifurcation analysis of a global axial–torsional model of rotary drilling further confirms the analytical results from the method of multiple scales. Further exploration of the rotary drilling dynamics unravels more complex phenomena including grazing bifurcations and possibly chaotic solutions.     

On the Teixeira singularity bifurcation in a DC–DC power electronic converter

Nonlinear Dynamics - The electronic circuit of a DC–DC boost power converter under a specific sliding mode control strategy is analyzed. This circuit is modeled as a discontinuous piecewise...     

Experimental analysis on membrane wrinkling under biaxial load – Comparison with bifurcation analysis

This paper presents a detailed experimental study of the formation and evolution of the wrinkle pattern that form in flat elastic and isotropic membranes under the action of in-plane tension. The experiments were carried out on a cruciform specimen stretched along two uncoupled axes using various loading paths. The wrinkled shapes of the membrane were digitized by using a full-field measurement based on the fringe analysis method.Over this experiment, several phenomena were observed: the mechanism of wrinkle division, the influence of the membrane thickness on the wrinkle pattern, and the reproducibility of a kinematic configuration of wrinkles.The main result is that non-unique wrinkle shapes have been observed over repeated experiments for nominally identical boundary conditions. The uncertainty of the experimental wrinkle shape has been explained using comparison with the results of a post-buckling finite element analysis.     

Stability and bifurcation analysis of delay coupled Van der Pol–Duffing oscillators

In this paper, we aim to investigate the dynamics of a system of Van der Pol–Duffing oscillators with delay coupling. First, taking the time delay as a bifurcation parameter, the stability of the equilibrium, and the existence of Hopf bifurcation are investigated. Then using the center manifold reduction technique and normal form theory, we give the direction of the Hopf bifurcation. And then by means of the symmetric bifurcation theory for delay differential equations and the representation theory of groups, we claim the bifurcation periodic solution induced by time delay is antiphase locked oscillation. Finally, at the end of the paper, numerical simulations are carried out to support our theoretical analysis.     

Hopf bifurcation for a small-world network model with?parameters delay feedback control

To delay the onset of undesirable bifurcation, the bifurcation control has become a subject of intense research activities. In this paper, a small-world network model with the delay feedback is considered, in which the strength of feedback control is a nonlinear function of delay. With this controller, one can change the critical value of bifurcation, and thus enlarge the stable region. Moreover, by adding some proper slowly varying parts into the bifurcation parameters, the stability can be improved. Numerical results show that the dynamics of the small-world network model with the controller of delay-dependent parameters is quite different from that of a system with the controller of delay-independent parameters only.     

Symmetry, cusp bifurcation and chaos of an impact oscillator between two rigid sides

Both the symmetric period n-2 motion and asymmetric one of a one-degree- of-freedom impact oscillator are considered.The theory of bifurcations of the fixed point is applied to such model,and it is proved that the symmetric periodic motion has only pitchfork bifurcation by the analysis of the symmetry of the Poincarémap.The numerical simulation shows that one symmetric periodic orbit could bifurcate into two antisymmet- ric ones via pitchfork bifurcation.While the control parameter changes continuously, the two antisymmetric periodic orbits will give birth to two synchronous antisymmetric period-doubling sequences,and bring about two antisymmetric chaotic attractors subse- quently.If the symmetric system is transformed into asymmetric one,bifurcations of the asymmetric period n-2 motion can be described by a two-parameter unfolding of cusp, and the pitchfork changes into one unbifurcated branch and one fold branch.     

Multiple scales analysis for double Hopf bifurcation with?1:3?resonance

The dynamical behavior of a general n-dimensional delay differential equation (DDE) around a 1:3 resonant double Hopf bifurcation point is analyzed. The method of multiple scales is used to obtain complex bifurcation equations. By expressing complex amplitudes in a mixed polar-Cartesian representation, the complex bifurcation equations are again obtained in real form. As an illustration, a system of two coupled van der Pol oscillators is considered and a set of parameter values for which a 1:3 resonant double Hopf bifurcation occurs is established. The dynamical behavior around the resonant double Hopf bifurcation point is analyzed in terms of three control parameters. The validity of analytical results is shown by their consistency with numerical simulations.     

Resonant double Hopf bifurcation in a diffusive Ginzburg–Landau model with delayed feedback

We investigate the resonant double Hopf bifurcation in a diffusive complex Ginzburg–Landau model with delayed feedback and phase shift. The conditions for the existence of resonant double Hopf bifurcation are obtained by analyzing the roots’ distribution of the characteristic equation, and a general formula to determine the bifurcation point is given. For the cases of 1:2 and 1:3 resonance, we choose time delay, feedback strength and phase shift as bifurcation parameters and derive the normal forms which are proved to be the same as those in non-resonant cases. The impact of cubic terms on the unfolding types is discussed after obtaining the normal form till 3rd order. By fixing phase shift, we find that varying time delay and feedback strength simultaneously can induce the coexistence of two different periodic solutions, the existence of quasi-periodic solutions and strange attractors. Also, the effects on the existence of transient quasi-periodic solution exerted by the phase shift are illustrated.

     

Hopf bifurcation of a predator–prey system with predator harvesting and two delays

In this paper, we consider the differential-algebraic predator–prey model with predator harvesting and two delays. By using the new normal form of differential-algebraic systems, center manifold theorem and bifurcation theory, we analyze the stability and the Hopf bifurcation of the proposed system. In addition, the new effective analytical method enriches the toolbox for the qualitative analysis of the delayed differential-algebraic systems. Finally, numerical simulations are given to show the consistency with theoretical analysis obtained here.     

Global bifurcation analysis of Rayleigh–Duffing oscillator through the composite cell coordinate system method

In this paper, a new conception of composite cell coordinate system is presented by dividing the continuous state space into the cell state space with different scales. For a dynamical system, attractors, basins of attraction, basin boundaries, saddles, and invariant manifolds can be easily obtained, and any region of the state space can be refined by this method. The global bifurcations, such as crisis and metamorphosis, of the Rayleigh?CDuffing oscillator are studied by the composite cell coordinate system method. According to the sudden changes in shapes of the chaotic attractor and the chaotic saddle, we find that three types of crises can all occur, including boundary crisis, interior crisis, and attractor emerging crisis. In addition, the basin boundary metamorphoses, such as fractal-Wada, Wada-Wada, and Wada-fractal, are analyzed through observing the shapes of basin boundaries. These results demonstrate the efficiency and validity of this method in analyzing dynamical systems.     

Neimark–Sacker bifurcation and chaos control in discrete-time predator–prey model with parasites

In this paper, we discuss the qualitative behavior of a four-dimensional discrete-time predator–prey model with parasites. We investigate existence and uniqueness of positive steady state and find parametric conditions for local asymptotic stability of positive equilibrium point of given system. It is also proved that the system undergoes Neimark–Sacker bifurcation (NSB) at positive equilibrium point with the help of an explicit criterion for NSB. The system shows chaotic dynamics at increasing values of bifurcation parameter. Chaos control is also discussed through implementation of hybrid control strategy, which is based on feedback control methodology and parameter perturbation. Finally, numerical simulations are conducted to illustrate theoretical results.     

Hopf bifurcation analysis of reaction–diffusion neural oscillator system with excitatory-to-inhibitory connection and time delay

The active control approach generally requires power input to suppress vibrations of structures, while the conventional passive manner often causes waste of energy after transferring vibrations of the primary structure to the auxiliary system. In this work, an innovative control strategy based on energy harvesting for efficiently suppressing the cross-flow-induced vibrations such as galloping is proposed. The novel design facilitates the harvester of not only alleviating the oscillation of the primary structure but also seizing the transferred vibrational energy. An analytical model for the coupled nonlinear dynamical system is established by utilizing the Euler–Lagrange principle and implementing the Galerkin discretization. The impacts of the electrical load resistance and tip mass of the energy harvester on the coupled frequency, damping, and the onset speed of instability of the coupled multi-mode system are investigated in details. The results show that there exists an optimal load resistance for each tip mass which maximizes the onset speed of galloping. For control purposes, it is found that there is a well-defined tip mass of the energy harvester at which the coupled system has the highest onset speed of instability, and hence, the bluff body has the lowest vibration amplitude for all considered load resistances. However, to efficiently harvest energy and control the bluff body, both the tip mass of the energy harvester and electrical load resistance can be accurately determined.     

Periodic solutions and homoclinic bifurcation of a predator–prey system with two types of harvesting

In this paper, a predator–prey model with both constant rate harvesting and state dependent impulsive harvesting is analyzed. By using differential equation geometry theory and the method of successor functions, the existence, uniqueness and stability of the order one periodic solution have been studied. Sufficient conditions which guarantee the nonexistence of order k (k≥2) periodic solution are given. We also present that the system exhibits the phenomenon of homoclinic bifurcation under some parametric conditions. Finally, some numerical simulations and biological explanations are given.     

Application of Krein’s theorem and bifurcation theory for stability analysis of a bladed rotor

This paper considers the stability and eigenvalue analyses for a bladed rotor which goes under cylindrical and conical whirling. The model consists of a group of flexible blades which are modeled by beams and rigid disk on the elastic bearings. The model is a Hamiltonian system which is perturbed by small dissipative forces. Krein’s theorem reveals that the forward whirling mode and the blade collective motion may cause instability when their frequencies cut themselves in the Campbell diagram. An unstable interaction between the blades and the conical whirling is discovered. The eigenmode and eigenvalue evolutions are determined on the stability boundary. The bifurcation analysis is performed by applying multiple scales method around the stability boundary. It is shown that the damping distribution between the blades and the bearings may shift the unstable mode.