Multiple scales and normal forms in a ring of delay coupled oscillators with application to chaotic Hindmarsh–Rose neurons

We study the appearance and stability of spatiotemporal periodic patterns like phase-locked oscillations, mirror-reflecting waves, standing waves, in-phase or antiphase oscillations, and coexistence of multiple patterns, in a ring of bidirectionally delay coupled oscillators. Hopf bifurcation, Hopf–Hopf bifurcation, and the equivariant Hopf bifurcation are studied in the viewpoint of normal forms obtained by using the method of multiple scales which is a kind of perturbation technique, thus a clear bifurcation scenario is depicted. We find time delay significantly affects the dynamics and induces rich spatiotemporal patterns. With the help of the unfolding system near Hopf–Hopf bifurcation, it is confirmed in some regions two kinds of stable oscillations may coexist. These phenomena are shown for the delay coupled limit cycle oscillators as well as for the delay coupled chaotic Hindmarsh–Rose neurons.     

Multiple scales for two-parameter bifurcations in a neutral equation

Van der Pol??s equation with extended delay feedback is investigated as a neutral differential-difference equation. Normal forms near codimension two bifurcations, including Hopf?Cpitchfork and Hopf?CHopf bifurcation, are determined by the method of multiple scales. Through analyzing the associated amplitude equations, we obtain the detailed bifurcation sets and find some interesting phenomena such as quasi-periodic oscillations and strange attractor, which are confirmed by several numerical simulations.     

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.     

Nonlinear Dynamics of a Cantilever Beam Carrying an Attached Mass with 1:3:9 Internal Resonances

In this paper the nonlinear response of a base-excited slender beam carrying an attached mass is investigated with 1:3:9 internal resonances for principal and combinationparametric resonances. Here the method of normal forms is used to reduce the second order nonlinear temporal differential equation of motion of the system to a set offirst order nonlinear differential equations which are used to find the fixed-point, periodic, quasi-periodic and chaotic responses of the system.Stability and bifurcation analysis of the responses are carried out and bifurcation sets are plotted. Many chaotic phenomena are reported in this paper.     

Energy harvesting in a Mathieu–van der Pol–Duffing MEMS device using time delay

This paper investigates quasi-periodic vibration-based energy harvesting in a delayed nonlinear MEMS device consisting of a delayed Mathieu–van der Pol–Duffing type oscillator coupled to a delayed piezoelectric coupling mechanism. We use the multiple scales method to approximate the quasi-periodic response and the related power output near the principal parametric resonance. The effect of time delay on the energy harvesting performance is studied. It is shown that for appropriate combination of time delay parameters, there exists an optimum range of excitation frequency beyond the resonance where quasi-periodic vibration-based energy harvesting is maximum. Numerical simulations are performed to confirm the analytical predictions.     

Non-planar responses of cantilevered pipes conveying fluid with intermediate motion constraints

In this paper, the nonlinear responses of a loosely constrained cantilevered pipe conveying fluid in the context of three-dimensional (3-D) dynamics are investigated. The pipe is allowed to oscillate in two perpendicular principal planes, and hence its 3-D motions are possible. Two types of motion constraints are considered. One type of constraints is the tube support plate (TSP) which comprises a plate with drilled holes for the pipe to pass through. A second type of constraints consists of two parallel bars (TPBs). The restraining force between the pipe and motion constraints is modeled by a smoothened-trilinear spring. In the theoretical analysis, the 3-D version of nonlinear equations is discretized via Galerkin’s method, and the resulting set of equations is solved using a fourth-order Runge–Kutta integration algorithm. The dynamical behaviors of the pipe system for varying flow velocities are presented in the form of bifurcation diagrams, time traces, power spectra diagrams and phase plots. Results show that both types of motion constraints have a significant influence on the dynamic responses of the cantilevered pipe. Compared to previous work dealing with the loosely constrained pipe with motions restricted to a plane, both planar and non-planar oscillations are explored in this 3-D version of pipe system. With increasing flow velocity, it is shown that both periodic and quasi-periodic motions can occur in the system of a cantilever with TPBs constraints. For a cantilevered pipe with TSP constraints, periodic, chaotic, quasi-periodic and sticking behaviors are detected. Of particular interest of this work is that quasi-periodic motions may be induced in the pipe system with either TPBs or TSP constraints, which have not been observed in the 2-D version of the same system. The results obtained in this work highlight the importance of consideration of the non-planar oscillations in cantilevered pipes subjected to loose constraints.     

非自治时滞反馈控制系统的周期解分岔和混沌

研究时滞反馈控制对具有周期外激励非线性系统复杂性的影响机理,研究对应的线性平衡态失稳的临界边界,将时滞非线性控制方程化为泛函微分方程,给出由Hopf分岔产生的周期解的解析形式．通过分析周期解的稳定性得到周期解的失稳区域,使用数值分析观察到时滞在该区域可以导致系统出现倍周期运动、锁相运动、概周期运动和混沌运动以及两条通向混沌的道路：倍周期分岔和环面破裂．其结果表明,时滞在控制系统中可以作为控制和产生系统的复杂运动的控制“开关”．     

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.

     

Multiple bifurcation analysis in a ring of delay coupled oscillators with neutral feedback

Spatiotemporal periodic patterns, including phase-locked oscillations, mirror-reflecting waves, standing waves, in-phase or anti-phase oscillations are investigated in a ring of bidirectionally coupled oscillators with neutral delay feedback. It is confirmed that neutral feedback makes Hopf bifurcation occur in a larger domain of parameters. We calculate the normal forms near Hopf bifurcation, D _N equivariant Hopf bifurcation and double-Hopf bifurcation in this neutral equation by using the method of multiple scales. Theoretically, the appearance of the in-phase, anti-phase and phase-locked oscillations that we observed in the simulation about a ring of delay coupled Hindmarsh–Rose neurons with neutral feedback is explained.     

一类混沌系统中的簇发振荡及其延迟叉形分岔行为

由于多时间尺度问题在实际工程系统中广泛存在,关于其复杂动力学行为及其产生机制的研究已成为当前国内外的热点课题之一.簇发振荡是多时间尺度系统复杂动力学行为的典型代表,而分岔延迟又是簇发振荡中的常见现象.本文为探讨非线性系统中分岔延迟所引发的簇发振荡的分岔机制,在一个三维混沌系统中引入参数激励,当激励频率远小于系统的固有频率时,系统产生了两时间尺度簇发振荡.将整个激励项看做慢变参数,激励系统转化为广义自治系统也即快子系统,分析快子系统平衡点的稳定性以及分岔条件,并运用快慢分析法和转换相图揭示了簇发振荡的动力学机理.文中考察了4组参数条件下系统的动力学行为,研究发现当慢变激励项周期性地通过分岔点时,系统产生了明显的超临界叉形分岔延迟行为,随着参数激励振幅的增大,分岔延迟的时间也逐渐延长,当这种延迟的动态行为终止于不同的参数区域时,导致系统轨线围绕不同稳定吸引子(平衡点,极限环)运动,从而得到了不同的簇发振荡行为.      

Stability and Oscillations in a Time-Delayed Vehicle System with Driver Control

In this paper, linear stability and chaotic motion of a time-delayednonlinear vehicle system are studied. The stability is determined bycomputing the spectrum associated with a system of linear retardedfunctional differential equations, which reveals that a loss ofstability occurs following a Hopf bifurcation. Beyond the critical valuefor linear stability, the system exhibits limit cycle motions.Subharmonic, quasi-periodic and chaotic motions are observed for asystem excited by a periodic disturbance.     

Quasi-periodic oscillation envelopes and frequency locking in rapidly vibrated nonlinear systems with time delay

The effect of time-delayed feedback and fast harmonic excitation (FHE) on stationary periodic vibration and quasi-periodic responses in a parametric and self-excited weakly nonlinear oscillator is analyzed in this paper. The method of direct partition of motion and two stages of multiple scales analysis are conducted to obtain analytical approximation for quasi-periodic oscillation envelopes and frequency-locking area near primary resonance. A parameter study shows that, in the absence or the presence of high-frequency excitation, time-delayed feedback may reduce significantly the amplitude and the envelopes of quasi-periodic oscillations leading to a quasi synchronization of the response over the whole frequency range around the resonance. The results presented for the parameters tested agree well with results obtained by numerical simulation.     

Vibration control for parametrically excited Liénard systems

We apply a new vibration control method for time delay non-linear oscillators to the principal resonance of a parametrically excited Liénard system under state feedback control with a time delay. Using the asymptotic perturbation method, we obtain two slow flow equations on the amplitude and phase. Their fixed points correspond to limit cycles for the Liénard system. Vibration control and high-amplitude response suppression can be performed with appropriate time delay and feedback gains. Using energy considerations, we investigate existence and characteristics of limit cycles of the slow flow equations. A limit cycle corresponds to a two-period quasi-periodic modulated motion for the starting system and in order to reduce the amplitude peak of the parametric resonance and to exclude the existence of two-period quasi-periodic motion, we find the appropriate choices for the feedback gains and the time delay.     

Infinite dimensional slow modulations in a well known delayed model for cutting tool vibrations

We apply the method of multiple scales (MMS) to a well-known model of regenerative cutting vibrations in the large delay regime. By “large” we mean the delay is much larger than the timescale of typical cutting tool oscillations. The MMS up to second order, recently developed for such systems, is applied here to study tool dynamics in the large delay regime. The second order analysis is found to be much more accurate than the first order analysis. Numerical integration of the MMS slow flow is much faster than for the original equation, yet shows excellent accuracy in that plotted solutions of moderate amplitudes are visually near-indistinguishable. The advantages of the present analysis are that infinite dimensional dynamics is retained in the slow flow, while the more usual center manifold reduction gives a planar phase space; lower-dimensional dynamical features, such as Hopf bifurcations and families of periodic solutions, are also captured by the MMS; the strong sensitivity of the slow modulation dynamics to small changes in parameter values, peculiar to such systems with large delays, is seen clearly; and though certain parameters are treated as small (or, reciprocally, large), the analysis is not restricted to infinitesimal distances from the Hopf bifurcation.     

Attractors of a rotating viscoelastic beam

We investigate the non-linear oscillations of a rotating viscoelastic beam with variable pitch angle. The governing equations of motion are two coupled partial differential equations for the longitudinal and transversal displacements. Using a perturbation technique and Galerkin's projection, we reduce the equations of motion to a non-autonomous ordinary differential equation. Our regular perturbation technique is based on the expansion of longitudinal displacement and the amplitude of first transversal mode in terms of a small parameter. We numerically generate the Poincaré maps of the reduced equations and reveal that the system exhibits regular and chaotic attractors. The regular attractors are stable limit-cycles that are relevant to stable, short-period oscillations of the beam. A bifurcation analysis has also been performed when the pitch angle is constant.     

Effect of External Excitations on a Nonlinear System with Time Delay

The trivial equilibrium of a two-degree-of-freedom autonomous system may become unstable via a Hopf bifurcation of multiplicity two and give rise to oscillatory bifurcating solutions, due to presence of a time delay in the linear and nonlinear terms. The effect of external excitations on the dynamic behaviour of the corresponding non-autonomous system, after the Hopf bifurcation, is investigated based on the behaviour of solutions to the four-dimensional system of ordinary differential equations. The interaction between the Hopf bifurcating solutions and the high level excitations may induce a non-resonant or secondary resonance response, depending on the ratio of the frequency of bifurcating periodic motion to the frequency of external excitation. The first-order approximate periodic solutions for the non-resonant and super-harmonic resonance response are found to be in good agreement with those obtained by direct numerical integration of the delay differential equation. It is found that the non-resonant response may be either periodic or quasi-periodic. It is shown that the super-harmonic resonance response may exhibit periodic and quasi-periodic motions as well as a co-existence of two or three stable motions.     

Dynamic characteristics of a rub-impact rotor-bearing system for hydraulic generating set under unbalanced magnetic pull

Electromagnetic and mechanical forces are main reasons resulting in vibrations in hydraulic generating set. The non-symmetric air-gap between the rotor and stator creates an attraction force called unbalanced magnetic pull (UMP). The UMP can produce large oscillations which will be dangerous to the machines. In this paper, the nonlinear dynamic characteristics of a rotor-bearing system with rub-impact for hydraulic generating set under the UMP are studied. The rubbing model is established based on the classic impact theory. Through the numerical calculation, the excitation current, mass eccentricity, stiffness of shaft and radial stiffness of stator are used as control parameters to investigate their effect on the system, by means of bifurcation diagrams, Poincaré maps, trajectories and frequency spectrums. Various nonlinear phenomena including periodic, quasi-periodic and chaotic motions are observed. The results reveal that the UMP has significant influence in the response of the rotor system that the continuous increase in the excitation current induces the alternation of quasi-periodic and chaotic motions, the co-occurrence of oil whip and rub in a wide excitation range aggravates the vibration and leads to the instability of the system. In addition, the large eccentricity and radial stiffness of stator, as well as the small stiffness of shaft may lead to the occurrence of full annular rubbing while increasing the stiffness of the shaft can play an important role of suppressing the chaotic motion, reducing the vibration and improving stability of the system.     

Non-resonant response, bifurcation and oscillation suppression of a non-autonomous system with delayed position feedback control

The maglev system with delayed position feedback control is excitated by the deflection of flexible guideway and resonant response may take place. This paper concerns the non-resonant response of the system by employing centre manifold reduction and method of multiple time scales. The dynamical model is presented and expanded to the third-order Taylor series. Taking time delay as its bifurcation parameter, the condition with which the Hopf bifurcation may occur is investigated. Centre manifold reduction is applied to get the Poincaré normal form of the nonlinear system so that we can study the relationship between periodic solution and system parameter. At first, the non-resonant periodic solution of the normal form is calculated based on the method of multiple time scales. Then the bifurcation condition of the free oscillation in the solution is analyzed, and we get the conditions with which the free oscillation has maximum and minimum values. The relationship between external excitation and the periodic solution is also discussed in this paper. Finally, numerical simulation results show how system and excitation parameters affect the system response. It is shown that the existence of the free oscillation and the amplitude of the forced oscillation can be determined by time delay and control parameters. So felicitously selecting them can suppress the oscillation effectively.     

Stability, bifurcation and chaos of a delayed oscillator with negative damping and delayed feedback control

This paper presents a detailed analysis on the dynamics of a delayed oscillator with negative damping and delayed feedback control. Firstly, a linear stability analysis for the trivial equilibrium is given. Then, the direction of Hopf bifurcation and stability of periodic solutions bifurcating from trivial equilibrium are determined by using the normal form theory and center manifold theorem. It shows that with properly chosen delay and gain in the delayed feedback path, this controlled delayed system may have stable equilibrium, or periodic solutions, or quasi-periodic solutions, or coexisting stable solutions. In addition, the controlled system may exhibit period-doubling bifurcation which eventually leads to chaos. Finally, some new interesting phenomena, such as the coexistence of periodic orbits and chaotic attractors, have been observed. The results indicate that delayed feedback control can make systems with state delay produce more complicated dynamics.     

The transition of flow-induced cylinder vibrations to chaos

Flow-induced oscillations of rigid cylinders exposed to fully developed turbulent flow can be described by a fourth order autonomous system. Among the pertinent constants, the mass ratio is the control parameter governing the transition from limit cycle oscillations to chaotic vibrations. Particular attention is paid to the stability of the limit cycles: it has been found that they lose their stability at the point of appearance of quasi-periodic motion. The documentation of this transition is performed in terms of Lyapunov exponents, phase plots, Fourier spectra, bifurcation diagrams, and Poincaré maps. As opposed to the calculation of the Lyapunov exponents where remarkable numerical difficulties were encountered, the investigation of the remaining quantities shows clearly the passage of cylinder motions from limit cycle oscillations to more and more irregular vibrations, leading finally to chaos.