Multiple Scales without Center Manifold Reductions for Delay Differential Equations near Hopf Bifurcations

We study small perturbations of three linear Delay DifferentialEquations (DDEs) close to Hopf bifurcation points. In analytical treatments of such equations, many authors recommend a center manifold reductionas a first step. We demonstrate that the method of multiple scales, onsimply discarding the infinitely many exponentially decaying components of the complementary solutionsobtained at each stage of the approximation,can bypass the explicit center manifold calculation.Analytical approximations obtained for the DDEs studied closely matchnumerical solutions.     

Subcritical Hopf Bifurcation in the Delay Equation Model for Machine Tool Vibrations

We show the existence of a subcritical Hopf bifurcation in thedelay-differential equation model of the so-called regenerative machine toolvibration. The calculation is based on the reduction of the infinite-dimensional problem to a two-dimensional center manifold. Due to the specialalgebraic structure of the delayed terms in the nonlinear part of the equation,the computation results in simple analytical formulas. Numerical simulationsgave excellent agreement with the results.     

Estimating Critical Hopf Bifurcation Parameters for a Second-Order Delay Differential Equation with Application to Machine Tool Chatter

Nonlinear time delay differential equations are well known to havearisen in models in physiology, biology and population dynamics. Theyhave also arisen in models of metal cutting processes. Machine toolchatter, from a process called regenerative chatter, has been identifiedas self-sustained oscillations for nonlinear delay differentialequations. The actual chatter occurs when the machine tool shifts from astable fixed point to a limit cycle and has been identified as arealized Hopf bifurcation. This paper demonstrates first that a class ofnonlinear delay differential equations used to model regenerativechatter satisfies the Hopf conditions. It then gives a precisecharacterization of the critical eigenvalues on the stability boundaryand continues with a complete development of the Hopf parameter, theperiod of the bifurcating solution and associated Floquet exponents.Several cases are simulated in order to show the Hopf bifurcationoccurring at the stability boundary. A discussion of a method ofintegrating delay differential equations is also given.     

Nonlinear Response of a Parametrically Excited System Using Higher-Order Method of Multiple Scales

Two fundamentally different versions of the method of multiple scales (MMS) are currently in use in the study of nonlinear resonance phenomena. While the first version is the widely used reconstitution method, the second version is proposed by Rahman and Burton [1]. Both versions of the second-order MMS are applied to the differential equation obtained for a parametrically excited cantilever beam with a lumped mass at an arbitrary position. The bifurcation and stability of the obtained response show the difference between the two versions. While the Hopf bifurcation phenomena with no jump is found in the case of second-order MMS version I, both jump-up and jump-down phenomena are observed in second-order MMS version II, which closely agree with the experimental findings. The results are compared with those obtained by numerically integrating the original temporal equation.     

The Method of Multiple Scales Applied to the Nonlinear Stability Problem of a Truncated Shallow Spherical Shell of Variable Thickness with the Large Geometrical Parameter

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