Hopf-flip bifurcations of vibratory systems with impacts (Q867949)

Impact oscillators arise whenever the components of a vibrating system collide with rigid obstacles or with each other. Such systems with repeated impacts exist in a wide variety of engineering applications, especially in mechanisms and machines with clearances or gaps. In this article two vibro-impact systems are considered. The period \(n\) single-impact motions and Poincaré maps for them are obtained analytically. To analyze the stability and local bifurcations of single-impact periodic motions, the author uses the Poincaré maps, center manifold and normal form technique, and numerical simulations. It is shown that near the point of Hopf-flip bifurcation there exists not only Hopf bifurcation of \(q=\frac{1}{1}\) motion, but also Hopf bifurcation of \(q=\frac{2}{2}\) motion (torus bifurcation). The period doubling bifurcation of \(q=\frac{1}{1}\) motion is commonly existent for the simple cases near the point of Hopf-flip bifurcation. But here no period doubling cascade of the motion emerges due to occurrence of Hopf bifurcation of \(q=\frac{2}{2}\) motion. The \(q=\frac{2}{2}\) fixed points are symmetric about the corresponding \(q=\frac{1}{1}\) point. The simulation results show also that the attracting invariant circles associated with \(q=\frac{2}{2}\) points are smooth in nature and symmetrical about the relevant \(q=\frac{1}{1}\) point near the Hopf bifurcation of \(q=\frac{2}{2}\) fixed points. As the value of \(\omega\) moves further away from the value of Hopf bifurcation, two attracting invariant circles expand and the smoothness and symmetry of the quasi-periodic attractor are changed until they are destroyed. The simulation results show the existence of torus doubling bifurcation occurring near the Hopf-flip bifurcation. It makes the quasi-periodic attractor associated with period-one single-impact motion transit to the other quasi-periodic attractor represented by two attracting closed circles. This torus bifurcation is qualitatively different from ones occurring in vibro-impact systems.