Melnikov's method for a general nonlinear vibro-impact oscillator (Q1021738)
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Melnikov's method for a general nonlinear vibro-impact oscillator (English)
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9 June 2009
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The classical Melnikov's method is applied to a second order differential equation with impact effects. The equation is a perturbation of a Hamiltonian system with a homoclinic orbit to the origin. Then the first-order Melnikov function can be obtained analytically in the usual way. The method is applied to a double-well Duffing oscillator with impacts, thus obtaining a chaotic threshold, and complemented with some numerical computations.
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vibro-impact oscillator
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non-smooth system
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Melnikov's method
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homoclinic orbit
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