Evidence for homoclinic orbits as a precursor to chaos in a magnetic pendulum

DOI10.1016/0167-2789(87)90086-8MaRDI QIDQ1085646zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Francis C. Moon, Joseph P. Cusumano, Philip Holmes

Publication date 1987

Published in Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-2789(87)90086-8

zbMATH Keywords

chaotic oscillationsexistence of homoclinic orbitsforced pendulumfractal naturehomoclinic orbitsmagnet rotormethod of MelnikovNumerical simulationsphase space flowPoincaré mapstrange attractortime- varying magnetic fieldstraveling wave force field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Strange attractors, chaotic dynamics of systems with hyperbolic behavior (37D45) Phase plane analysis, limit cycles for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K05) Bifurcations and instability for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K50)

Review text

Experimental evidence is presented which supports the theory that homoclinic orbits in a Poincaré map associated with a phase space flow are precursors of chaotic motion. A permanent magnet rotor in crossed steady and time-varying magnetic fields is shown to satisfy a set of third order differential equations analogous to the forced pendulum or to a particle in a combined periodic and traveling wave force field. Critical values of magnetic torque and forcing frequency are measured for chaotic oscillations of the rotor and are found to be consistent with a lower bound for the existence of homoclinic orbits derived by the method of Melnikov. The fractal nature of the strange attractor is revealed by a Poincaré map triggered by the angular position of the rotor. Numerical simulations using the model also agree well with both theoretical and experimental criteria for chaos.

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