Generic bifurcation

Author(s):  
K. Meyer
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Author(s):  
André L. Vanderbauwhede

SynopsisA generic bifurcation theory is developed which is somewhat different from the approach in [4]. We put special emphasis on equations satisfying additional symmetry properties and on the non-generic bifurcation sets arising in this context. We apply our results on the von Kármán equations for the buckling of a rectangular plate under a compressive thrust and a normal load.



1984 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 432-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Smoller ◽  
A Wasserman


Author(s):  
C. H. Pak ◽  
Y. S. Choi

It is shown that a non-generic bifurcation of non-linear normal modes may occur if the ratio of linear natural frequencies is near r-to-one, r = 1, 3, 5 ·······. Non-generic bifurcations are explicitly obtained in the systems having certain symmetry, as observed frequently in literatures. It is found that there are two kinds of non-generic bifurcations, super-critical and sub-critical. The normal mode generated by the former kind is extended to large amplitude, but that by the latter kind is limited to small amplitude which depends on the difference between two linear natural frequencies and disappears when two frequencies are equal. Since a non-generic bifurcation is not generic, it is expected generically that if a system having a non-generic bifurcation is perturbed then the non-generic bifurcation disappears and generic bifurcation appear in the perturbed system. Examples are given to verify the change in bifurcations and to obtain the stability behavior of normal modes. It is found that if a system having a super-critical non-generic bifurcation is perturbed, then two new normal modes are generated, one is stable, but the other unstable, implying a saddle-node bifurcation. If the system having a sub-critical non-generic bifurcation is perturbed, then no new normal mode is generated, but there is an interval of instability on a normal mode, implying two saddle-node bifurcations on the mode. Application of this study is discussed.



2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (07) ◽  
pp. 2030015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Avrutin ◽  
Zhanybai T. Zhusubaliyev

Recently, while studying the dynamics of power electronic DC/AC converters we have demonstrated that the behavior of these systems can be modeled by piecewise-smooth maps which belong to a specific class of models not investigated before. The characteristic feature of these maps is the presence of a very high number of switching manifolds (border points in 1D). Obviously, the multitude of control strategies applied in the modern power electronics leads to different maps belonging to this class of models. However, in this paper we show that several models can be studied using the same piecewise-linear approximation, so that the bifurcation phenomena which can be observed in this approximation are generic for many models. Based on the results obtained before for piecewise-smooth models with different kinds of nonlinearities resulting from the corresponding control strategies, in the present paper we discuss the generic bifurcation patterns in the underlying piecewise-linear map.



2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 2683-2695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Ashwin ◽  
Peter Ditlevsen




1999 ◽  
Vol 09 (05) ◽  
pp. 895-907 ◽  
Author(s):  
EMILIO FREIRE ◽  
ENRIQUE PONCE ◽  
JAVIER ROS

The rapid bifurcation described by Kriegsmann [1987] is shown to be a generic bifurcation for planar symmetric piecewise-linear systems. The bifurcation can be responsible for the abrupt appearance of stable periodic oscillations. Although it has some similarities with the Hopf bifurcation for smooth systems, since the stability change of an equilibrium involves the appearance of one limit cycle, the dependence of the limit cycle amplitude on the bifurcation parameter is different from the Hopf's case. To characterize this bifurcation, accurate estimates for the amplitude and period of the bifurcating limit cycle are given. The analysis is just illustrated with the application of the theoretical results to the Wien bridge oscillator. Comparisons with experimental data and Kriegsmann's analysis are also included.



Author(s):  
L. N. Virgin ◽  
R. Wiebe

The effect of damping on the behaviour of oscillations in the vicinity of bifurcations of nonlinear dynamical systems is investigated. Here, our primary focus is single degree-of-freedom conservative systems to which a small linear viscous energy dissipation has been added. Oscillators with saddle–node, pitchfork and transcritical bifurcations are shown analytically to exhibit several interesting characteristics in the free decay response near a bifurcation. A simple mechanical oscillator with a transcritical bifurcation is used to experimentally verify the analytical results. A transcritical bifurcation was selected because it may be used to represent generic bifurcation behaviour. It is shown that the damping ratio can be used to predict a change in the stability with respect to changing system parameters.



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