Experimental Tracking of Limit-Point Bifurcations and Backbone Curves Using Control-Based Continuation

Control-based continuation (CBC) is a means of applying numerical continuation directly to a physical experiment for bifurcation analysis without the use of a mathematical model. CBC enables the detection and tracking of bifurcations directly, without the need for a post-processing stage as is often the case for more traditional experimental approaches. In this paper, we use CBC to directly locate limit-point bifurcations of a periodically forced oscillator and track them as forcing parameters are varied. Backbone curves, which capture the overall frequency-amplitude dependence of the system’s forced response, are also traced out directly. The proposed method is demonstrated on a single-degree-of-freedom mechanical system with a nonlinear stiffness characteristic. Results are presented for two configurations of the nonlinearity — one where it exhibits a hardening stiffness characteristic and one where it exhibits softening-hardening..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

International journal of bifurcation and chaos - 27(2017), 1

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Renson, Ludovic [VerfasserIn]
Barton, David A. W [Sonstige Person]
Neild, Simon A [Sonstige Person]

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54.00

doi:

10.1142/S0218127417300026

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OLC1991261217