10 Nonlinear Response in a Rotor System With a Coulomb Spline 109
v
3
D
p
1 C
2
; w
3
D
p
1 C
2
(10.10)
No fixed points are created or destroyed with changes in ˝
n
; further, the eigen-
values of the system linearized about each of the fixed points suggest that each of
these points is unstable for all values of ˝
n
.
Owing to the isotropy, the limit cycle, if it exists, must be a circular orbit in y–z
plane. For such a solution, v D A
o
cos !
n
and w D A
o
sin !
n
. Substituting these
into (10.4) and solving
˝
n
<!
n
No limit cycle exists
˝
n
>!
n
Limit cycle exists; with (10.11)
!
n
D
˝
n
˛
2
C
s
1 C
˝
n
˛
2
2
(10.12)
A
o
D
2!
n
: (10.13)
The critical value of the spin speed from (10.11), (10.12)isgivenby
˝
n; critical
D
1
p
1 ˛
(10.14)
The limit cycle and the transients obtained at ˝
n
D 1:3 are shown in
Figs. 10.3–10.7. The parameters used for the simulation are given in Table 10.1.
For these chosen values, ˝
n; critical
D 1:1952. The bifurcation diagram is shown in
Fig. 10.8.
It has also been observed that, but for certain initial conditions close to the
limit cycle, the system settles into a stable limit cycle only after very large chaotic
transients. These transients are shown in Figs. 10.9–10.13. The presence of such
transient chaos suggests the presence of strange attractors and crisis. The presence
of crisis as a possible route of chaos is explained in [2]and[3].
The phenomenon of crisis occurs when there is a “collision between a chaotic
attractor and a coexisting unstable fixed point or periodic orbit” [2]. In this system,
the crisis occurs because of the presence of an unstable fixed points at
v
2
w
2
and
v
3
w
3
. Numerical simulations about
v
1
w
1
show that it is a strange attractor.
Different ODE solvers in MATLAB give similar results.
The system response at subcritical speeds is shown in Figs. 10.14–10.17.
A zoomed in view of the response in v and w isshowninFigs.10.18 and 10.19
respectively. The response seems to divide itself, however it is difficult to establish
the presence of fractals in the four dimensional space.
In order to rule out the possibility of a quasi periodic orbit, the volume of the
state space is analyzed. Proceeding as in [9], the state space form of (10.4)is
P
x D f.x/; (10.15)