REVIEW ARTICLE


Grazing and Hopf Bifurcations of a Periodic Forced System with Soft Impacts



Zhu Xifeng*, 1, Gao Quanfu2
1 School of Mechatronic Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, P.R. China
2 Key Laboratory of System Dynamics and Reliability of Rail Transport Equipment of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730070, P.R. China

Article Information


Identifiers and Pagination:

Year: 2014
Volume: 8
First Page: 314
Last Page: 319
Publisher Id: TOMEJ-8-314
DOI: 10.2174/1874155X01408010314

Article History:

Received Date: 25/07/2014
Revision Received Date: 04/08/2014
Acceptance Date: 04/08/2014
Electronic publication date: 16/9/2014
Collection year: 2014

© 2014 Zhu and Gao

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* Address correspondence to this author at the School of Mechatronic Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Box no.406, 88 West Anning Road, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, Postcard: 730070, P.R. China; Tel: 0086-931-4938143; E-mail: zhuxf@mail.lzjtu.cn


Abstract

Based on the research of a periodic forced system with soft impacts, the piecewise properties of the soft-impacts system, such as asymmetric motion and singularity, were analyzed by using the Poincaré map and Runge-Kutta numerical simulation method. The routes from periodic motions to chaos, via Hopf bifurcation and grazing bifurcation, were investigated thoroughly. In the case of large constraint stiffness, the Hopf bifurcation is observed in the periodic forced system with soft impacts. The clearances of the system are the main reasons for influencing the chaotic motion. For small clearances, the grazing bifurcations bring about asymmetric motion and singularity. The steady 1-1-1 period orbits will exist within a wideband frequency range when appropriate system parameters are chosen.

Keywords: Grazing bifurcation, soft impacts, periodic motion, vibration.