Bifurcations and chaotic threshold for a nonlinear system with an irrational restoring force

Nonlinear dynamical systems with an irrational restoring force often occur in both science and engineering, and always lead to a barrier for conventional nonlinear techniques. In this paper, we have investigated the global bifurcations and the chaos directly for a nonlinear system with irrational nonlinearity avoiding the conventional Taylor's expansion to retain the natural characteristics of the system. A series of transformations are proposed to convert the homoclinic orbits of the unperturbed system to the heteroclinic orbits in the new coordinate, which can be transformed back to the analytical expressions of the homoclinic orbits. Melnikov's method is employed to obtain the criteria for chaotic motion, which implies that the existence of homoclinic orbits to chaos arose from the breaking of homoclinic orbits under the perturbation of damping and external forcing. The efficiency of the criteria for chaotic motion obtained in this paper is verified via bifurcation diagrams, Lyapunov exponents, and numerical simulations. It is worthwhile noting that our study is an attempt to make a step toward the solution of the problem proposed by Cao Q J et al. (Cao Q J, Wiercigroch M, Pavlovskaia E E, Thompson J M T and Grebogi C 2008 Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 366 635).     

Chaos and chaotic control in a relative rotation nonlinear dynamical system under parametric excitation

This paper studies the chaotic behaviours of a relative rotation nonlinear dynamical system under parametric excitation and its control. The dynamical equation of relative rotation nonlinear dynamical system under parametric excitation is deduced by using the dissipation Lagrange equation. The criterion of existence of chaos under parametric excitation is given by using the Melnikov theory. The chaotic behaviours are detected by numerical simulations including bifurcation diagrams, Poincar map and maximal Lyapunov exponent. Furthermore, it implements chaotic control using non-feedback method. It obtains the parameter condition of chaotic control by the Melnikov theory. Numerical simulation results show the consistence with the theoretical analysis. The chaotic motions can be controlled to period-motions by adding an excitation term.     

统一混沌系统的控制

对统一混沌系统建立了自反馈控制、错位反馈控制和自适应控制方法，在理论上给予严格证明，数值仿真表明这些方法是很有效的.还纠正了文献［１０］的某些不足. 关键词： 统一混沌系统 反馈 自适应 控制 Routh-Hurwitz定理     

Application of permutation entropy method in the analysis of chaotic,noisy, and chaotic noisy series

We have considered a permutation entropy method for analyzing chaotic, noisy, and chaotic noisy series. We have introduced the concept of permutation entropy from a survey of some features of information entropy (Shannon entropy), described the algorithm for its calculation, and indicated the advantages of this approach in the analysis of time series; the application of this method in the analysis of various model systems and experimental data has also been demonstrated.     

Adaptive robust control of chaotic oscillations in power system with excitation limits

With system parameters falling into a certain area, power system with excitation limits experiences complicated chaotic oscillations which threaten the secure and stable operation of power system. In this paper, to control these unwanted chaotic oscillations, a straightforward adaptive chaos controller based on Lyapunov asymptotical stability theory is designed. Since the presented controller does not need to change the controlled system structure and not to use any information of system except the system state variables, the designed controller is simple and desirable. Simulation results show that the proposed control law is very effective. This work is helpful to maintain the power system＇s security operation.[第一段]     

Wideband chaotic oscillation in a self-oscillatory system with a nonlinear transmission line on magnetostatic waves

Wideband chaotic microwave oscillation in a ring self-oscillatory system is studied. The system includes a solid-state power amplifier and a wideband nonlinear transmission line with a ferromagnetic film in which magnetostatic waves of different types are excited. It is found that the eigenmodes of the self-oscillatory system excited in the passband of the transmission line on magnetostatic waves become noisy because of spin wave parametric excitation due to the magnetostatic wave and nonlinearity of the power amplifier. A continuous spectrum of modes observed in the wideband chaotic signal is associated with the presence of a descending portion in the dynamic characteristic of the nonlinear transmission line, which arises when a magnetostatic surface wave is excited.     

Persistent excitation in adaptive parameter identification of uncertain chaotic system

This paper studies the parameter identification problem of chaotic systems.Adaptive identification laws are proposed to estimate the parameters of uncertain chaotic systems.It proves that the asymptotical identification is ensured by a persistently exciting condition.Additionally,the method can be applied to identify the uncertain parameters with any number.Numerical simulations are given to validate the theoretical analysis.     

Control of implicit chaotic maps using nonlinear approximations

The technique of using nonlinear approximations to design controllers for chaotic dynamical systems introduced by Yagasaki and Uozumi is extended in order to enable it to be used to design controllers for chaotic dynamical systems that are described by implicit maps and is then used to control the well-known bouncing ball system without recourse to the high-bounce approximation. (c) 2000 American Institute of Physics.     

Controlling coherence of noisy and chaotic oscillators by a linear feedback

We analyze the dynamics of a noisy limit cycle oscillator coupled to a general passive linear system. We analytically demonstrate that the phase diffusion constant, which characterizes the coherence of the oscillations, can be efficiently controlled. Theoretical analysis is performed in the framework of linear and Gaussian approximations and is supported by numerical simulations. We also demonstrate numerically the coherence control of a chaotic system.     

Asymptotic solution of a chaotic motion

A three-dimensional differential system is proposed, in which the motion becomes chaotic at some parameter value. The asymptotic solution is calculated by using Kuzmak's method.     

Ehrenfest-time-dependent excitation gap in a chaotic Andreev billiard

A semiclassical theory is developed for the appearance of an excitation gap in a ballistic chaotic cavity connected by a point contact to a superconductor. Diffraction at the point contact is a singular perturbation in the limit variant Planck's over 2pi -->0, which opens up a gap E(gap) in the excitation spectrum. The time scale variant Planck's over 2pi /E(gap) proportional, variant alpha(-1)ln( variant Planck's over 2pi (with alpha the Lyapunov exponent) is the Ehrenfest time, the characteristic time scale of quantum chaos.     

Forced vibrations of oscillators with a purely nonlinear power-form restoring force

Harmonically excited oscillators with non-negative real-power geometric nonlinearities and no linear term in the restoring force are considered. Perturbation approaches are developed for the cases of weak and strong nonlinearity. Frequency-amplitude equations are derived for an arbitrary value of the non-negative real power of the restoring force as well as analytical expressions for the steady-state response at the frequency of excitation. It is shown that the system response is of a softening type for the powers lower than unity and of a hardening type for the powers higher than unity. Frequency-response curves of the antisymmetric (constant force) oscillator, the restoring force of which has a zero power, are also discussed. Comparisons with numerical results are presented for confirmation of the analytical results obtained.     

Complex mixed-mode periodic and chaotic oscillations in a simple three-variable model of nonlinear system

A detailed study of a generic model exhibiting new type of mixed-mode oscillations is presented. Period doubling and various period adding sequences of bifurcations are observed. New type of a family of 1D (one-dimensional) return maps is found. The maps are discontinuous at three points and consist of four branches. They are not invertible. The model describes in a qualitative way mixed-mode oscillations with two types of small amplitude oscillations at local maxima and local minima of large amplitude oscillations, which have been observed recently in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky system. (c) 2000 American Institute of Physics.     

Exponential decay and scaling laws in noisy chaotic scattering

In this Letter we present a numerical study of the effect of noise on a chaotic scattering problem in open Hamiltonian systems. We use the second order Heun method for stochastic differential equations in order to integrate the equations of motion of a two-dimensional flow with additive white Gaussian noise. We use as a prototype model the paradigmatic Hénon-Heiles Hamiltonian with weak dissipation which is a well-known example of a system with escapes. We study the behavior of the scattering particles in the scattering region, finding an abrupt change of the decay law from algebraic to exponential due to the effects of noise. Moreover, we find a linear scaling law between the coefficient of the exponential law and the intensity of noise. These results are of a general nature in the sense that the same behavior appears when we choose as a model a two-dimensional discrete map with uniform noise (bounded in a particular interval and zero otherwise), showing the validity of the algorithm used. We believe the results of this work be useful for a better understanding of chaotic scattering in more realistic situations, where noise is presented.     

Approximations for motion of the oscillators with a non-negative real-power restoring force

Oscillators with a non-negative real-power restoring force are considered in this paper. This type of restoring force is related to systems with a quasi-zero stiffness characteristic or those in which the restoring force is purely nonlinear in nature. Examples of these types of restoring force are grounded in real physical and engineering systems. Periodic motion of such conservative oscillators is described first in a novel way by means of the elliptic function the parameters of which are obtained from the energy conservation law and Hamilton's variational principle. Then, the approach is extended to non-conservative oscillators by adjusting the elliptic Krylov-Bogoliubov method. The methods proposed for the conservative and non-conservative systems under consideration have wider applications than the existing one with respect to the power of the restoring force. Several examples, the majority of which are so far unsolved, are given to illustrate the methods proposed and to demonstrate their generality, which permits unforeseen solutions for motion, containing higher harmonics and assuring consistent accuracy regardless of the value of the power of the restoring force. The results obtained are compared with numerical results and have excellent accuracy.     

Front propagation in chaotic and noisy reaction-diffusion systems: a discrete-time map approach

We study the front propagation in reaction-diffusion systems whose reaction dynamics exhibits an unstable fixed point and chaotic or noisy behaviour. We have examined the influence of chaos and noise on the front propagation speed and on the wandering of the front around its average position. Assuming that the reaction term acts periodically in an impulsive way, the dynamical evolution of the system can be written as the convolution between a spatial propagator and a discrete-time map acting locally. This approach allows us to perform accurate numerical analysis. They reveal that in the pulled regime the front speed is basically determined by the shape of the map around the unstable fixed point, while its chaotic or noisy features play a marginal role. In contrast, in the pushed regime the presence of chaos or noise is more relevant. In particular the front speed decreases when the degree of chaoticity is increased, but it is not straightforward to derive a direct connection between the chaotic properties (e.g. the Lyapunov exponent) and the behaviour of the front. As for the fluctuations of the front position, we observe for the noisy maps that the associated mean square displacement grows in time as t ^1/2 in the pushed case and as t ^1/4 in the pulled one, in agreement with recent findings obtained for continuous models with multiplicative noise. Moreover we show that the same quantity saturates when a chaotic deterministic dynamics is considered for both pushed and pulled regimes. Received 17 July 2001     

Unbiased reconstruction of the dynamics underlying a noisy chaotic time series

Refined methods for the construction of a deterministic dynamical system which can consistently reproduce observed aperiodic data are discussed. The determination of the dynamics underlying a noisy chaotic time series suffers strongly from two systematic errors: One is a consequence of the so-called "error-in-variables problem." Standard least-squares fits implicitly assume that the independent variables are noise free and that the dependent variable is noisy. We show that due to the violation of this assumption one receives considerably wrong results for moderate noise levels. A straightforward modification of the cost function solves this problem. The second problem consists in a mutual inconsistency between the images of a point under the model dynamics and the corresponding observed values. For an improved fit we therefore introduce a multistep prediction error which exploits the information stored in the time series in a better way. The performance is demonstrated by several examples, including experimental data. (c) 1996 American Institute of Physics.