Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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843844 | Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications | 2008 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
In this paper a general class of nonlinear impact oscillators is considered for Type II periodic motions. This system can be used to model an inverted pendulum impacting on rigid walls under external periodic excitation. The unperturbed system possesses a pair of homoclinic cycles and three separate families of periodic orbits inside and outside the homoclinic cycles via the identification given by the impact law. By approximating the Poincaré map to O(ε)O(ε) directly, a general method of Melnikov type for detecting the existence of asymmetric Type II subharmonic orbits outside the homoclinic cycles is presented.
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Authors
Yurong Li, Zhengdong Du, Weinian Zhang,