Transition layers for singularly perturbed delay differential equations with monotone nonlinearities

Transition layers arising from square-wave-like periodic solutions of a singularly perturbed delay differential equation are studied. Such transition layers correspond to heteroclinic orbits connecting a pair of equilibria of an associated system of transition layer equations. Assuming a monotonicity condition in the nonlinearity, we prove these transition layer equations possess a unique heteroclinic orbit, and that this orbit is monotone. The proof involves a global continuation for heteroclinic orbits.     

A result on a feedback system of ordinary differential equations

A monotone system of ordinary differential equations is considered. It is shown that the omega limit set of a bounded trajectory of this system contains an equilibrium point or a nonconstant periodic orbit. As an application, a four-dimensional system of ordinary differential equations of Lotka-Volterra type is presented. It is shown that if the interior equilibrium point of this system is unstable, then a periodic orbit is contained in the omega limit set of its bounded trajectories.     

Nonlinear flexural waves and chaos behavior in finite-deflection Timoshenko beam

Based on the Timoshenko beam theory, the finite-deflection and the axial inertia are taken into account, and the nonlinear partial differential equations for flexural waves in a beam are derived. Using the traveling wave method and integration skills, the nonlinear partial differential equations can be converted into an ordinary differential equation. The qualitative analysis indicates that the corresponding dynamic system has a heteroclinic orbit under a certain condition. An exact periodic solution of the nonlinear wave equation is obtained using the Jacobi elliptic function expansion. When the modulus of the Jacobi elliptic function tends to one in the degenerate case, a shock wave solution is given. The small perturbations are further introduced, arising from the damping and the external load to an original Hamilton system, and the threshold condition of the existence of the transverse heteroclinic point is obtained using Melnikov＇s method. It is shown that the perturbed system has a chaotic property under the Smale horseshoe transform.     

Constructing dynamical systems having homoclinic bifurcation points of codimension two

A procedure is derived which allows for a systematic construction of three-dimensional ordinary differential equations having homoclinic solutions. The equations are proved to exhibit codimension-two homoclinic bifurcation points. Examples include the non-orientable resonant bifurcation, the inclination-flip, and the orbit-flip. In addition, an equation is constructed which has a homoclinic orbit converging to a saddle-focus satisfying Shilnikov's condition. The vector fields are polynomial and non-stiff in that the eigenvalues are of moderate size.     

Application of Symmetries to Central Force Problems

We determine the Noether point symmetries associated with theusual Lagrangian of the differential equation of the orbit of the twobody problem. This gives rise to three definite natural forms (apartfrom the linear form) when the Lagrangian admits three Noether pointsymmetries which enables the solution of the orbit equation in terms ofelementary functions. The other forms for which the orbit equation hastwo point symmetries that arise in the Lie classification do not occurfor the usual Lagrangian. For central force problems we obtain inaddition to the six general central forces found by Broucke [8], newforce laws which lead to integrability in terms of known functions. Thisis achieved by the two Noether cases and further cases by use ofequivalence transformations of the orbit differential equation.Moreover, we give an extension of what is sometimes referred to asNewton's theorem of revolving orbits. We also make use of the Lieclassification to provide two new cases of integrable (in terms of knownfunctions) orbit differential equations and new force laws.     

Bendixson-Dulac Criteria for Difference Equations

Conditions are given which preclude the existence of a nontrivial periodic orbit for a difference equation in ⁿ. The conditions are analogous to those of Bendixson and Dulac for autonomous planar differential equations.     

多储液腔航天器刚液耦合动力学与复合控制

采用复合控制方法对充液航天器的姿态和轨道机动进行高精度控制.通过傅里叶-贝塞尔级数展开法,将低重力环境下液体的弯曲自由表面的动态边界条件转化为简单的微分方程,其中耦合液体晃动方程的状态向量由相对势函数的模态坐标和波高的模态坐标组成.通过广义准坐标下的拉格朗日方程得到航天器刚体部分运动和液体燃料晃动的耦合动力学方程,提出了自适应快速终端滑模策略和输入整形技术相结合的复合控制器,并分别用于控制携带有一个燃料腔和四个燃料腔航天器的轨道机动和姿态机动.通过数值模拟来验证控制器的效率和精度.结果表明,对于多储液腔航天器,如果在设计航天器的姿态和轨道控制器时没有充分考虑燃料晃动效应,那么在受控航天器系统中将会出现刚-液-控耦合问题并导致航天器姿态不稳定.而本研究中的复合自适应终端滑模控制器可以实现航天器机动的高精度控制并有效抑制液体燃料晃动.     

Persistence of Poincaré mappings in functional differential equations (with application to structural stability of complicated behavior)

A theorem on the dependence of Poincaré mappings for different functional differential equations (FDEs) on the right-hand side of the equation is proved. Together with recent results on hyperbolic sets for noninvertible mappings, this is used to describe how Poincaré mappings and their complicated behavior in the neighborhood of a transversal homoclinic orbit persist under FDE perturbations of the equation. The method is shown to apply to three example equations, where Poincaré mappings with such behavior are known to exist.     

Nonlinear response and nonsmooth bifurcations of an unbalanced machine-tool spindle-bearing system

In this effort, a six-degree-of-freedom (DOF) model is presented for the study of a machine-tool spindle-bearing system. The dynamics of machine-tool spindle system supported by ball bearings can be described by a set of second order nonlinear differential equations with piecewise stiffness and damping due to the bearing clearance. To investigate the effect of bearing clearance, bifurcations and routes to chaos of this nonsmooth system, numerical simulation is carried out. Numerical results show when the inner race touches the bearing ball with a low speed, grazing bifurcation occurs. The solutions of this system evolve from quasi-periodic to chaotic orbit, from period doubled orbit to periodic orbit, and from periodic orbit to quasi-periodic orbit through grazing bifurcations. In addition, the tori doubling process to chaos which usually occurs in the impact system is also observed in this spindle-bearing system.     

Differential equations for librational motion of gravity-oriented rigid body

We consider a gravity-oriented rigid body on a circular Keplerian orbit in a central gravitational field. The motion of the body is affected by a perturbation torque given by a cubic approximation. With the inclusion of the third infinitesimal terms, we introduce a new notation for the differential equations of disturbed motion. This form generalizes the familiar equations in canonical variations extending them to the case where both the potential and the non-potential disturbing forces are operative. This form is convenient for the analysis of non-linear oscillations of a body about its center of mass with the use of the asymptotic methods of non-linear mechanics.     

Extension of Melnikov criterion for the differential equation with complex function

The present paper presents an extension of Melnikov's theory for the differential equation with complex function. The sufficient condition for the existence of a homoclinic orbit in the solutions of a perturbed equation is given. The method shown in the paper is used to derive a precursor criterion for chaos. Suitable conditions are defined for the parameters of equations for which the equation possesses a strange attractor set. The analytical results are compared with numerical ones, and a good agreement is found between them.     

Center Manifolds for Homoclinic Solutions

In this article, center-manifold theory is developed for homoclinic solutions of ordinary differential equations or semilinear parabolic equations. A center manifold along a homoclinic solution is a locally invariant manifold containing all solutions which stay close to the homoclinic orbit in phase space for all times. Therefore, as usual, the low-dimensional center manifold contains the interesting recurrent dynamics near the homoclinic orbit, and a considerable reduction of dimension is achieved. The manifold is of class C ^1, for some >0. As an application, results of Shilnikov about the occurrence of complicated dynamics near homoclinic solutions approaching saddle-foci equilibria are generalized to semilinear parabolic equations.     

Symmetry-Breaking Homoclinic Bifurcations in Diffusively Coupled Equations

In this study we examine a symmetry-breaking bifurcation of homoclinic orbits in diffusively coupled ordinary differential equations. We prove that asymmetric homoclinic orbits can bifurcate from a symmetric homoclinic orbit when the equilibria to which the latter is homoclinic undergoes a pitchfork bifurcation. A condition which defines the direction of the bifurcation in a parameter space is given. All hypotheses of the main theorem are verified for a diffusively coupled logistic system and the twistedness of the bifurcating homoclinic orbits is computed for a range of coupling strengths.     

弹性基础上对称叠层厚板的基本解

利用平面波分解法将弹性地基础上计入剪切变形的对称叠层厚板的偏微分方程组转化常微分方程组，然后利用Ｈ¨ｏｒｍａｎｄｅｒ算子法将常微分方程组转化为一个六阶的常微分方程，以定积分的形式提出了弹性基础上对称叠层厚板的基本解．     

层合圆柱三维温度场分析的半解析-精细积分法

针对圆柱体的三维温度场分析,提出了一种高效的半解析-精细积分法。将温度场展开为环向坐标的Fourier级数,并对径向坐标进行差分离散,从而把三维热传导方程简化为一系列二阶常微分方程;将这些二阶常微分方程转化为哈密顿体系下的一阶状态方程,并利用两点边值问题的精细积分法求解。由于该方法仅对径向坐标进行差分离散,故相对于传统的数值方法离散规模大幅度减少,不仅提高了计算效率、降低了存贮量,而且缓解了代数方程的病态问题。此外,针对Fourier半解析解,根据热平衡原理推导出了两种材料衔接面的半解析差分方程,从而为求解复合材料层合柱问题打下了基础。算例结果表明,即使对于细长比高达400的圆柱杆件,此方法仍然可以给出精度较高的解答。     

Solution set on the natural satellite formation orbits under first-order earth＇s non-spherical perturbation

Using the reference orbital element approach, the precise governing equations for the relative motion of formation flight are formulated. A number of ideal formations with respect to an elliptic orbit can be designed based on the relative motion analysis from the equations. The features of the oscillating reference orbital elements are studied by using the perturbation theory. The changes in the relative orbit under perturbation are divided into three categories, termed scale enlargement, drift and distortion respectively. By properly choosing the initial mean orbital elements for the leader and follower satellites, the deviations from originally regular formation orbit caused by the perturbation can be suppressed. Thereby the natural formation is set up. It behaves either like non-disturbed or need little control to maintain. The presented reference orbital element approach highlights the kinematics properties of the relative motion and is convenient to incorporate the results of perturbation analysis on orbital elements. This method of formation design has advantages over other methods in seeking natural formation and in initializing formation.     

A perturbation method for estimation of dynamic systems

A novel framework called the Perturbed Jth Moment Extended Kalman Filter (PJMEKF), based on a classical perturbation technique is proposed for estimating the states of a nonlinear dynamical system from sensor measurements. This method falls under a class of architectures under investigation primarily to study the interplay of major issues in nonlinear estimation such as nonlinearity, measurement sparsity, and initial condition uncertainty in an environment with low levels of process noise. Taylor series expansion of the departure motion dynamics about the best estimate is used to derive a series representation of the unforced motion. It is found that such series representation evolves as a set of differential equations that force each other in a cascade manner, adding up to give the unforced motion (in a so-called “triangular” structure). This formal perturbation solution for the departure motion dynamics is used in deriving the differential equations governing the time evolution of the high order statistical moments of the estimation error. These tensor differential equations are found to possess a similar high order triangular structure in addition to being symmetric (in N tensorial dimensions and we appropriately term the evolution equations as Tensor Lyapunov Equations of statistical moment perturbations). Elegance of the tensor differential equations thus derived is accompanied by the computational advantages due to symmetry in all tensorial dimensions. A vector matrix representation of tensors is proposed with which the representation and solution of the tensor differential equations can be carried out effectively. Approximations are introduced to incorporate low levels of process noise forcing function in the propagation phase of the moment equations. The statistics thus propagated are used in a filtering framework to estimate the state vector of a nonlinear system from noisy measurements, within the traditional Kalman update paradigm. The Kalman gain thus determined is utilized in updating all high order moments in preparation for the subsequent propagation phase leading to improved estimation accuracy. The filter developed is applied to an orbit estimation problem and comparisons are presented with classical extended Kalman filter.     

The Bifurcation Study of 1:2 Resonance in a Delayed System of Two Coupled Neurons

In this paper, we consider a delayed system of differential equations modeling two neurons: one is excitatory, the other is inhibitory. We study the stability and bifurcations of the trivial equilibrium. Using center manifold theory for delay differential equations, we develop the universal unfolding of the system when the trivial equilibrium point has a double zero eigenvalue. In particular, we show a universal unfolding may be obtained by perturbing any two of the parameters in the system. Our study shows that the dynamics on the center manifold are characterized by a planar system whose vector field has the property of 1:2 resonance, also frequently referred as the Bogdanov–Takens bifurcation with $Z_2$ symmetry. We show that the unfolding of the singularity exhibits Hopf bifurcation, pitchfork bifurcation, homoclinic bifurcation, and fold bifurcation of limit cycles. The symmetry gives rise to a “figure-eight” homoclinic orbit.     

ARC-length method for differential equations

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