Positive solutions to （n-1,1） m-point boundary value problems with dependence on the first order derivative

Using the extension of Krasnoselskii＇s fixed point theorem in a cone, we prove the existence of at least one positive solution to the nonlinear nth order m-point boundary value problem with dependence on the first order derivative. The associated Green＇s function for the nth order m-point boundary value problem is given, and growth conditions are imposed on the nonlinear term f which ensures the existence of at least one positive solution. A simple example is presented to illustrate applications of the obtained results.     

HOMOTOPY PERTURBATION SOLUTION AND PERIODICITY ANALYSIS OF NONLINEAR VIBRATION OF THIN RECTANGULAR FUNCTIONALLY GRADED PLATES

In this paper nonlinear analysis of a thin rectangular functionally graded piate is formulated in terms of von-Karman＇s dynamic equations. Functionaily Graded Material （FGM） properties vary through the constant thickness of the plate at ambient temperature. By expansion of the solution as a series of mode functions, we reduce the governing equations of motion to a Duffing＇s equation. The homotopy perturbation solution of generated Duffing＇s equation is also obtained and compared with numerical solutions. The sufficient conditions for the existence of periodic oscillatory behavior of the plate are established by using Green＇s function and Schauder＇s fixed point theorem.     

FIXED POINT INDEXES AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO NONLINEAR INTEGRAL EQUATIONS MODELLING INFECTIOUS DISEASES

In this paper the fixed point index problem for a class of positive operators with boundary control conditions is discussed,and some sufficient conditions for the fixed pointindex to be equal to1 or 0 are given.Moreover,a general fixed point theorem of expansions and compressions for cone is obtained,which generalizes and improves the corresponding results of[3,8,9].As an application,we utilize the results presented above to study the existence conditions of positive solutions of nonlinear integral equations modelling infectious diseases.     

Kink wave determined by parabola solution of a nonlinear ordinary differential equation

By finding a parabola solution connecting two equilibrium points of a planar dynamical system,the existence of the kink wave solution for 6 classes of nonlinear wave equations is shown.Some exact explicit parametric representations of kink wave solutions are given.Explicit parameter conditions to guarantee the existence of kink wave solutions are determined.     

Eventually vanished solutions of a forced Liénard system

In this paper, we aim to find eventually vanished solutions, a special class of bounded solutions which tend to 0 as t → ±∞）, to a Lienard system with a time-dependent force. Since it is not a Hamiltonian system with small perturbations, the well-known Melnikov method is not applicable to the determination of the existence of eventually vanished solutions. We use a sequence of periodically forced systems to approximate the considered system, and find their periodic solutions. Difficulties caused by the non- Hamiltonian form are overcome by applying the Schauder＇s fixed point theorem. We show that the sequence of the periodic solutions has an accumulation giving an eventually vanished solution of the forced Lienard system.     

NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL BIFURCATION AND CHAOTIC MOTION OF SHALLOW CONICAL LATTICE SHELL

The nonlinear dynamical equations of axle symmetry are established by the method of quasi-shells for three-dimensional shallow conical single-layer lattice shells. The compatible equations are given in geometrical nonlinear range. A nonlinear differential equation containing the second and the third order nonlinear items is derived under the boundary conditions of fixed and clamped edges by the method of Galerkin. The problem of bifurcation is discussed by solving the Floquet exponent. In order to study chaotic motion, the equations of free oscillation of a kind of nonlinear dynamics system are solved. Then an exact solution to nonlinear free oscillation of the shallow conical single-layer lattice shell is found as well. The critical conditions of chaotic motion are obtained by solving Melnikov functions, some phase planes are drawn by using digital simulation proving the existence of chaotic motion.     

STATIONARY POINTS ITERATION METHOD FOR PERIODIC SOLUTION TO NONLINEAR SYSTEM

The value method which is used to obtain the periodic solution to nonlinear system ismentioned in this article.Different point reflection is defined in the nonlinear autonomousand nonautonomous system firstly and then that linear reflection obtained from theinserting value of nonlinear reflection is asymptotic to original nonlinear reflection.Thestationary points obtained by linear reflection are regarded as the asymptotic solution ofthe stationary points of original system.If this asymptotic solution of the stationary pointsis not satisfactorily accurate it can be used as the initial point of the next reflection.Inaddition,a corresponding method of researching the stability of periodic solution is putforward in this article.     

Analysis of the periodic solutions of a smooth and discontinuous oscillator

In this paper, the periodic solutions of the smooth and discontinuous (SD) oscillator, which is a strongly irrational nonlinear system are discussed for the system having a viscous damping and an external harmonic excitation. A four dimensional averaging method is employed by using the complete Jacobian elliptic integrals directly to obtain the perturbed primary responses which bifurcate from both the hyperbolic saddle and the non-hyperbolic centres of the unperturbed system. The stability of these periodic solutions is analysed by examining the four dimensional averaged equation using Lyapunov method. The results presented herein this paper are valid for both smooth ( α > 0) and discontinuous ( α = 0) stages providing the answer to the question why the averaging theorem spectacularly fails for the case of medium strength of external forcing in the Duffing system analysed by Holmes. Numerical calculations show a good agreement with the theoretical predictions and an excellent efficiency of the analysis for this particular system, which also suggests the analysis is applicable to strongly nonlinear systems.     

EXTENSION OF POINCARE’S NONLINEAR OSCILLATION THEORY TO CONTINUUM MECHANICS (I)-BASIC THEORY AND METHOD

In this paper we extend Poincare’s nonlinear oscillation theory of discrete system to continuum mechanics. First we investigate the existence conditions of periodic solution for linear continuum system in the states of resonance and non-resonance. By applying the results of linear theory, we prove that the main conclusion of Poincare’s nonlinear oscillation theory can be extended to continuum mechanics. Besides, in this paper a new method is suggested to calculate the periodic solution in the states of both resonance and nonresonance by means of the direct perturbation of partial differential equation and weighted integration.     

EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS OF PERIODIC SOLUTIONS FOR FOURTH-ORDER NONLINEAR PERIODIC SYSTEMS

In this paper,we study the existence unipueness and stability of the periodic solutionsfor fourth-order nonlinear nonhomogeneous periodic systems with slowly changingcoefficients by using the method of Liapunov Function.We obtain some sufficient conditions which guarantee the existence,uniqueness andasymptotic stability of the periodic solutions of these systems and estimate the extent towhich the coefficients are allowed to change.     

On the hyperchaotic complex Lü system

The aim of this paper is to introduce the new hyperchaotic complex Lü system. This system has complex nonlinear behavior which is studied and investigated in this work. Numerically the range of parameter values of the system at which hyperchaotic attractors exist is calculated. This new system has a whole circle of equilibria and three isolated fixed points, while the real counterpart has only three isolated ones. The stability analysis of the trivial fixed point is studied. Its dynamics is more rich in the sense that our system exhibits both chaotic and hyperchaotic attractors, as well as periodic and quasi-periodic solutions and solutions that approach fixed points. The nonlinear control method based on Lyapunov function is used to synchronize the hyperchaotic attractors. The control of these attractors is studied. Different forms of hyperchaotic complex Lü systems are constructed using the state feedback controller and complex periodic forcing.     

On the existence of periodic solutions for nonlinear system with multiple delays

IntroductionInthispaper,westudyT_periodicsolutionsofthefollowingnonlinearsystemwithmultipledelays x(t) =f(t,x(t) ,x(t-τ1(t) ) ,… ,x(t -τm(t) ) ) ,(1 )wherex(t) ∈C(R ,R) ,fiscontinuous,f(t+T ,·) =f(t,·) ,τi(t) (i=1 ,2 ,… ,m)arecontinuousperiodicfunctionsofperiodT .AlemmaisintroducedfordiscussingtheexistenceofT_periodicsolutionofsystem (1 ) .LetXbeaBanachSpace ,considerthefollowingoperatorequation :Lx =λNx　　 (λ∈ [0 ,1 ] ) ,whereL :DomL∩X→Xisalinearoperator,λ∈ [0 ,1 ]isapa…     

Nonlinear travelling waves in a hyperelastic rod composed of a compressible Mooney-Rivlin material

In this paper, we study strongly nonlinear axisymmetric waves in a circular cylindrical rod composed of a compressible Mooney-Rivlin material. To consider the travelling wave solutions for the governing partial differential system, we first reduce it to a nonlinear ordinary differential equation. By using the bifurcation theory of planar dynamical systems, we show that the reduced system has seven periodic annuluses with different boundaries which depend on four parameters. We further consider the bifurcation behavior of the phase portraits for the reduced one-parameter vector fields when other three parameters are fixed. Corresponding to seven different periodic annuluses, we obtain seven types of travelling wave solutions, including solitary waves of radial contraction, solitary waves of radial expansion, solitary shock waves of radial contraction, solitary shock waves of radial expansion, periodic waves and two types of periodic shock waves. These are physically acceptable solutions by the governing partial differential system. The rigorous parameter conditions for the existence of these waves are given.     

On relative equilibria and integrable dynamics of point vortices in periodic domains

The motion of two point vortices defines an integrable Hamiltonian dynamical system in either singly or doubly periodic domains. The motion of three point vortices in these domains is also integrable when the net circulation is zero. The relative vortex motion in both domains can be reduced to advection of a passive particle by fixed vortices in an equivalent Hamiltonian system. A survey of the solutions for vortex motion in these systems is discussed. Some initial conditions lead to relative equilibria, or vortex configurations that move without change of shape or size. These configurations can be determined as stagnation points in the reduced problem or through explicit solution of the governing equations. These periodic point-vortex systems present a rich collection of interesting solutions despite the few degrees of freedom, and several questions on this subject remain open.     

Existence of time periodic solutions for a damped generalized coupled nonlinear wave equations

IntroductionInRef.[1 ] ,theauthorsestablishedtheuniqueexistenceofthesmoothsolutionforthefollowingcouplednonlinearequationsut=uxxx+buux+ 2vvx, (1 )vt=2 (uv) x. (2 )Thesewereproposedtodescribetheinteractionprocessofinternallongwaves.InRef.[2 ] ,ItoM .proposedarecursionoperatorbywhichheinferredthatEqs.(1 )and (2 )possesinfinitelymanysymmetriesandconstantsofmotion .InRef.[3 ] ,P .F .HeestablishedtheexistenceofasmoothsolutiontothesystemofcouplednonlinearKdVequation[4 ]ut=a(uxxx+buux) + 2bvvx,(…     

Time Periodic Traveling Waves for a Periodic and Diffusive SIR Epidemic Model

In this paper, we study the time periodic traveling wave solutions for a periodic SIR epidemic model with diffusion and standard incidence. We establish the existence of periodic traveling waves by investigating the fixed points of a nonlinear operator defined on an appropriate set of periodic functions. Then we prove the nonexistence of periodic traveling via the comparison arguments combined with the properties of the spreading speed of an associated subsystem.     

Problem of periodic solutions for neutral functional differential equation

ＩｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｏｎＬｅｔＣ(ｋ- 1)2π =ｈ(ｔ) ｜ｈ :Ｒ →Ｒｉｓ (ｋ -1 )＿ｔｈｏｒｄｅｒｃｏｎｔｉｎｕｏｕｓｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｔｉａｂｌｅａｎｄｈ(ｔ+ 2π) ≡ｈ(ｔ) ,　　Ｃ2π =ｈ(ｔ) ｜ｈ :Ｒ →Ｒｉｓｃｏｎｔｉｎｕｏｕｓａｎｄｈ(ｔ+ 2π) ≡ｈ(ｔ) ,　　‖ｈ(ｔ)‖ =ｓｕｐｔ∈ [0 ,2π] ｜ｈ(ｔ) ｜ ,　　‖ｈ(ｔ)‖Ｐｋ- 1 =ｍａｘ‖ｈ(ｔ)‖ ,‖ｈ′(ｔ)‖ ,… ,‖ｈ(ｋ- 1) (ｔ)‖ ,　　ｘ(ｍ) (ｔ+ ·) (θ) =ｘ(ｍ) (ｔ+θ)　　θ∈Ｒ (ｍ =0 ,1 ,2 ,… ,ｋ-1 ) .Ｃｌｅａｒｌｙ ,ｘ(ｍ) (ｔ + ·) ∈Ｃ2π, …     

Global stability of periodic solutions for a discrete predator–prey system with functional response

The purpose of this paper is to study the existence and global stability of a periodic solution for a discrete predator–prey system with the Beddington–DeAngelis functional response and predator cannibalism. By using the continuation theorem, the existence conditions of at least one periodic solution are obtained, and the sufficient conditions, which ensure the global stability of the positive periodic solution, are derived by constructing a special Lyapunov function.     

Positive solutions to (n-1,1) m-point boundary value problems with dependence on the first order derivative

Using the extension of Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem in a cone, we prove the existence of at least one positive solution to the nonlinear nth order m-point boundary value problem with dependence on the first order derivative. The associated Green's function for the nth order m-point boundary value problem is given, and growth conditions are imposed on the nonlinear term f which ensures the existence of at least one positive solution. A simple example is presented to illustrate applications of the obtained results.