Bifurcations and chaos in a system with impacts (Q5927617)

The goal of this paper is to determine Hopf bifurcations of a vibro-impact system in two kinds of strong resonance. Firstly, a Poincaré section of the vibro-impact system is chosen to establish the Poincaré map, then the periodic motion of the system and its stability are studied analytically. A center manifold theorem technique is applied to reduce the Poincaré map to a two-dimensional one. Using the theory of Hopf and subharmonic bifurcations of fixed points in \(R^2\)-strong resonance, the dynamic behaviour of the vibro-impact system near points of resonance is analyzed. The theoretical analysis is verified by numerical results. Routes to chaos, in two kinds of strong resonance are considered. Quasi-periodic impacts in non-resonance and weak resonance cases, doubling-periodic bifurcations and chaotic motions are also stated briefly by numerical simulation.