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The refined approximate criterion for chaos in a two-state mechanical oscillator

Verfeinertes Kriterium für chaotische Bewegung in einem Schwingungssystem mit zwei stabilen Gleichgewichtslagen

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In the two-state mechanical oscillator, a mathematical model of a buckled beam, the refined criterion for the system parameter critical values where chaotic motion can be expected is derived. The derivation is based on the assumption of the second approximate solution for the small orbit. It is shown that a simple approximate analysis of the Hill's type variational equation gives the sought stability loss of the resonant solution as the period doubling bifurcation. The stability limits of the resonant and non-resonant solutions are proposed as the boundary of the region where strange phenomena can appear and the refined criterion thus derived is compared to computer simulation results and to other approximate criteria.

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Für ein mechanisches Schwingungssystem mit zwei stabilen Gleichgewichtslagen, das ein mathematisches Modell eines Knickstabes darstellt, wird ein verfeinertes Kriterium für die kritischen Systemparameterwerte, bei denen chaotische Bewegung zu erwarten ist, hergeleitet. Die Herleitung geht von der Näherungslösung zweiter Ordnung für kleine Bahnen um das Gleichgewicht aus. Es wird gezeigt, daß eine einfache Näherungsbehandlung der Variationsgleichung vom Hill-Typ den gesuchten Stabilitätsverlust der Resonanzlösung als Verzweigung der Periodenverdopplung liefert. Die Stabilitätsgrenzen der resonanten und nichtresonanten Lösungen werden als Bereichsgrenze, wo chaotische Bewegungen auftreten können, vorgeschlagen. Das derart hergeleitete verfeinerte Kriterium wird mit Computer-Simulationen und anderen Näherungskriterien verglichen.

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Szemplińska-Stupnicka, W. The refined approximate criterion for chaos in a two-state mechanical oscillator. Ing. arch 58, 354–366 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00534355

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