Analysis of nonlinear oscillations by wavelet transform: Lyapunov exponents

In this paper we give the definition of exponents which would look like Lyapunov exponents in the cases of non-smooth flows of differential equations or iterated maps, and carry back Lyapunov exponents in smooth cases. Here we test our definition by using some simple linear and nonlinear smooth examples.     

Countable infinite sequence of attractors'' families for the simplest known equivariant chaotic flow

More than 30 new families of periodic and strange attractors for the simplest known equivariant chaotic jerk equation are studied. Inside each family, both periodic and chaotic attractors result from the subharmonic cascade of a limit cycle born by saddle-node bifurcation. Our numerical results provide clear evidence for the following conjecture: the 35 observed families are the first members of a countable infinite sequence. Furthermore, our simulations point out four power laws relating to the initial infinite sequence of saddle-node bifurcations.     

Chaos in the Convective Flow of a Fluid Mixture in a Porous Medium

The results of the study of the global behaviour of the convective flow of a binary mixture in a porous medium are presented. Bifurcation diagram, fixed points, periodic, chaotic solutions, stable and unstable manifolds, and basins of attraction have been calculated. Different behaviours (chaos, undecidable behaviour, etc.) have been found.     

Chaotic behavior of a parametrically excited nonlinear mechanical system

The chaotic dynamics of a single-degree-of-freedom nonlinear mechanical system under periodic parametric excitation is investigated. Besides the well known type-I and type-III intermittent transitions to chaos we give numerical evidence that the system can follow an alternative route to chaos via intermittency from an equilibrium state to a chaotic one, which was not found in the previous simulations of the dynamics of the system.