Universal behavior of impact oscillators near grazing incidence

Wai Chin, Edward Ott, Helena E. Nusse, Celso Grebogi

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Abstract

A grazing bifurcation is the bifurcation that takes place as a mechanical oscillator system evolves smoothly from a nonimpacting to an impacting state. This Letter summarizes different types of universal behavior associated with grazing bifurcations by consideration of a simple sinusoidally forced system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)197-204
Number of pages8
JournalPhysics Letters A
Volume201
Issue number2-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 May 1995

Keywords

  • linear-oscillator
  • dynamics

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