Bifurcations in an autoparametric system in 1 : 1 internal resonance with parametric excitation

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BIFURCATIONS IN AN AUTOPARAMETRIC SYSTEM IN

��� INTERNAL RESONANCE WITH PARAMETRIC

EXCITATION

�revised preprint nr� �����

S� Fatimah�� and M� Ruijgrok

Mathematisch Instituut� University of Utrecht� PO Box ������� ���� TA Utrecht�

The Netherlands

Abstract� We consider an autoparametric system which consists of anoscillator� coupled with a parametrically�excited subsystem� The oscil�lator and the subsystem are in � � � internal resonance� The excitedsubsystem is in � � � parametric resonance with the external forcing�The system contains the most general type of cubic nonlinearities� Us�ing the method of averaging and numerical bifurcation continuation� westudy the dynamics of this system� In particular� we consider the sta�bility of the semi�trivial solutions� where the oscillator is at rest and theexcited subsystem performs a periodic motion� We �nd various typesof bifurcations� leading to non�trivial periodic or quasi�periodic solu�tions� We also �nd numerically sequences of period�doublings� leadingto chaotic solutions�

�� Introduction

An autoparametric system is a vibrating system which consists of at leasttwo subsystems� the oscillator and the excited subsystem� This system isgoverned by dierential equations where the equations representing the oscillator are coupled to those representing the excited subsystem in a nonlinearway and such that the excited subsystem can be at rest while the oscillatoris vibrating� We call this solution the semitrivial solution� When this semitrivial solution becomes unstable� nontrivial solutions can be initiated� Formore backgrounds and references see Svoboda� Tondl� and Verhulst ��� andTondl� Ruijgrok� Verhulst� and Nabergoj ����We shall consider an autoparametric system where the oscillator is ex

cited parametrically� of the form�

x�� k�x� q��x ap���x f�x� y� � �

y�� k�y� q��y g�x� y� � �

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The �rst equation represents the oscillator and the second one is theexcited subsystem� An accent� as in x�� will indicate dierentiation with

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respect to time � and x� y � R� k� and k� are the damping coe�cients�q� and q� are the natural frequencies of the undamped� linearized oscillatorand excited subsystem� respectively� The functions f�x� y� and g�x� y�� thecoupling terms� are C� and g�x� �� � � for all x � R� The damping coe�cients and the amplitude of forcing a are assumed to be small positivenumbers� We will consider the situation that the oscillator and the externalparametric excitation are in primary � � � resonance and that there existsan internal � � � resonance�There exist a large number of studies of similar autoparametric systems�

The case of a � � � internal resonance has been studied by Ruijgrok ��� andOueini� Chin� and Nayfeh ���� in the case of parametric excitation� In Ruijgrok ��� the averaged system is analyzed mathematically� and an applicationto a rotor system is given� In Oueni� Chin� and Nayfeh ��� theoretical results are compared with the outcomes of a mechanical experiment� Tien�Namachchivaya� and Bajaj ��� also consider the situation that there existsa � � � internal resonance� now however with external excitation�In Tien� Namachchivaya� and Bajaj ��� and in Bajaj� Chang and John

son ��� the bifurcations of the averaged system are studied� and the authorsshow the existence of chaotic solutions� numerically in Bajaj� Chang� andJohnson ��� and by using an extension of the Melnikov method in Tien�Namachchivaya� and Bajaj ���� for the case with no damping� In Banerjee and Bajaj ���� similar methods as in Tien� Namachchivaya� and Bajaj��� are used� but now for general types of excitation� including parametricexcitation�The case of a � � � internal resonance has received less attention� In

Tien� Namachchivaya� and Malhotra ��� this resonance case is studied� incombination with external excitation� The author shows analytically thatfor certain values of the parameters� a �Silnikov bifurcation can occur� leading to chaotic solutions� In Feng and Sethna ��� parametric excitation wasconsidered� and also here a generalization of the Melnikov method was usedto show the existence of chaos in the undamped case�In this paper we study the behavior of the semitrivial solution of system

������ This is done by using the method of averaging� It is found that severalsemitrivial solutions can coexist� These semitrivial solutions come in pairs�connected by a mirrorsymmetry� However� only one of these �pairs of� semitrivial solutions is potentially stable� In section � we study the stability ofthis particular solution� the results of which are summarized in �dimensionalstability diagrams� In section � the bifurcations of the semitrivial solutionare analyzed� These bifurcations lead to nontrivial solutions� such as stableperiodic and quasiperiodic orbits� In section � we show that one of thenontrivial solutions undergoes a series of perioddoublings� leading to astrange attractor� The chaotic nature of this attractor is demonstrated bycalculating the associated Lyapunov exponents�Finally� we mention that in the averaged system we encounter a codi

mension � bifurcation� The study of this rather complicated bifurcation will

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be described in a separate paper� where we also use a method similar tothe one used in Tien� Namachchivaya� Malhotra ��� to show analytically theexistence of �Silnikov bifurcations in this system�

�� The averaged system

We will take f�x� y� � c�xy� �

�x�� g�x� y� � �

�y� c�x

�y� and p��� �cos �� � Let q�� � � ��� and q�� � � ���� where �� and �� are the detunings

from exact resonance� After rescaling k� � � �k�� k� � � �k�� a � ��a� x �p��x�

and y �p��y� then dropping the tildes� we have the system�

x�� x ��k�x� ��x a cos ��x

�x� c�y

�x� � �

y�� y ��k�y� ��y c�x

�y �

�y�� � �

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It is possible to start with a more general expression for f�x� y� and g�x� y��for instance including quadratic terms� We have limited ourselves to thelowestorder resonant terms� which in this case are of third order� and whichcan be put in this particular form by a suitable scaling of the x� y� and � coordinates� This is not a restriction� as a more general form for the couplingterms leads to the same averaged system and normal forms�The system ����� is invariant under �x� y�� �x��y�� �x� y�� ��x� y�� and

�x� y�� ��x��y�� In particular the �rst symmetry will be important in theanalysis of this system� We emphasize that these symmetries do not dependon our particular choice for f�x� y� and g�x� y�� but are a consequence of the��� and ��� resonances and the restriction that we have an autoparametricsystem� i�e� that g�x� �� � � for all x � R�We will use the method of averaging �see Sanders and Verhulst ���� for

appropriate theorems � to investigate the stability of solutions of system������ by introducing the transformation�

x � u� cos � v� sin � � x� � �u� sin � v� cos ������

y � u� cos � v� sin � � y� � �u� sin � v� cos ������

After substituting ����� and ����� into ������ averaging over � � and rescaling� � �

� �� � we have the following averaged system�

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u�� � �k�u� ��� � �

�a�v� v��u

�� v���

�c�u

��v�

�c�v

��v�

�c�u�v�u�

v�� � �k�v� � ��� �

�a�u� � u��u

�� v����

�c�u

��u� �

�c�v

��u� �

�c�u�v�v�

u�� � �k�u� ��v� v��u�� v���

�c�u

��v�

�c�v

��v�

�c�u�v�u�

v�� � �k�v� � ��u� � u��u�� v����

�c�u

��u� �

�c�v

��u� �

�c�u�v�v�

�����

�� The semi�trivial solution

In this section we investigate the semitrivial solutions of system �����and determine their stability� From section �� the semitrivial solutions correspond to u� � v� � �� so that we have�

u�� � �k�u� ��� � �

�a�v� v��u

�� v���

v�� � �k�v� � ��� �

�a�u� � u��u

�� v���

�����

Apart from ��� ��� the �xed points of system ����� correspond with periodicsolutions of system ������ The nontrivial �xed points are

��u���v������ R�k

��

���� ��a R�

��q���� �

�a R�

��� k��

�� R�k�q���� �

�a R�

��� k��

�A

�����

where

R��� ��� �

r�

�a� � k�������

Assuming R� �� �� there are three cases� depending on the value of a and ��

�� If a � �p��� k��� there is one solution for R�

�� If �� � � and �k� � a � �p��� k��� there are two solutions for R

��

�� For a � �k�� there is no solution for R���

These results are summarized in Figure �� The phaseportraits of system����� in the �u�� v��plane for a speci�c value ���� a� in these regions areindicated in Figure �� Note that the �xedpoints come in pairs and aresymmetric with respect to ��� ���

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Region I

Region II

Region III2k1

a

1

Figure �� The parameter diagram of system ����� in the���� a�plane

u

v

1

1

u

v

1

1

u

v

1

1

Figure �� The phaseportraits of system ����� in the�u�� v��plane for speci�c values ���� a� in region I� II� andIII� respectively�

�� Stability of the semi�trivial solution

In this section we will study the stability of the semitrivial solution depending on the values of the forcing amplitude a and the detunings ��� ��in system ������ From section �� we �nd that the semitrivial solution corresponding to R�

�with the plus sign is always stable �as a solution of �������

therefore we will only study this semitrivial solution and ignore the unstablesemitrivial solutions�

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Write the averaged system ����� in the form�

X� � F �X������

where X �

�BB�

u�v�u�v�

�CCA and

�F

�X�

�A�� A��

A�� A��

������

where A��� A��� A��� and A�� are � � � matrices depending on u�� v�� u�and v�� At the solution ��u���v�� �� ��� corresponding to the semitrivialsolution of system ������ we have �F

�X� AX with

A�

�BB�

�k���u�v� ����

�a��v�

��R�

�� �

�����

�a��u�

��R�

��k���u�v� � �

� � �k���

�c�u�v� ���

�c�u

�� �

�c�v

� � �����

�c�v

��

�c�v

��k��

�c�u�v�

�CCA

����

u� and v� satisfy ����� and R��satis�es ������ Let

A �

�A�� �� A��

To get the stability boundary of system ������ we solve detA � detA��detA�� ��� From the equation detA�� � � we �nd

��q

��a

� � k����q

��a

� � k�� � ��� � �

or

a � �k� or a � �q��� k�������

and from detA�� � �� we have�

�� � ���c�R

���r

��c��R

��� k�� where R�

�� �

k�

c������

Because R��is a function of �� and a� equation ����� now gives a relation

between ��� ��� and a� Graphically� this corresponds to a surface in the�dimensional parameter space ���� a� ���� This surface is shown in Figure� for �xed values of k�� k�� c�� c� � � and in Figure � for �xed values of k��k�� c� � � and c� � ��In �gure � we show the stability boundary in the ���� ���plane for a �xed

value of a � �k�� Inside the curve the semitrivial solution is unstable�outside it is stable� In these numeric calculations we �xed k� � �� k� � �and c� � �� We took c� � �� for the case c� � � and c� � �� for the casec� � ��

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0

σ1 6k1

4k1

a 2k1

0

kc

2

2 k2c 2

-4-8 0

4k2c 2

σ2

Figure �� The parameterspace of system ����� in the�a� ��� ���space for c� � ��

σ1 6k1

4k1

a 2k1

0

kc

2

2 k2c 2

-4-8 0

4k2c 2

0

σ2

Figure �� The parameterspace of system ����� in the�a� ��� ���space for c� � ��

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sigma2

-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4sigma1

σ 2

σ 1

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0

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10

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sigma2

-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4sigma1 σ

σ 2

1

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Figure �� The parameter diagram of system ����� in the���� ���plane for �xed a � ������ In �gure �a� for c� � �and in �gure �b� for c� � ��

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0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65a

L2_NormRo

N

O

P

Q

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�a �b

Figure �� The stability diagram of the response of system������ �a� against the detuning �� for �xed a � ���� and�� � ���� and �b� against the forcing a for �xed �� � ��and �� � ����� A solid line means that the semitrivialsolution is stable and the dashed line that it is unstable�

In Figure � �a� we show the response of R�� � u�� v�� for �xed a and ���

note that R� � R�� We �nd that between the branch points L and M thesemitrivial solution is unstable� In Figure � �b� we show the response R� for�xed �� and ��� We have indicated that the semitrivial solution is unstablebetween the branch points N and O � and between the branch points P and

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Q� Figure � does not depend on the sign of c�� We have similar �gures forthe case c� � �� �� � � and for the case c� � �� �� � ��

�� Bifurcations of the semi�trivial solution

On the stability boundary shown in Figure �� the semitrivial solutionundergoes a pitchfork bifurcation� We have used the bifurcation continuation program CONTENT �Kuznetsov ����� to study the nontrivial solutionsbranching from these bifurcation points� We �nd that the results dependon the values of c� and c�� For positive values of c� and c�� the results aresummarized in Figure ��

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sigma2

-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4sigma1

I

II

III

IV

A

B

C

σ2

σ 1

Figure � The parameter diagram of system ����� in the���� ��� plane for c� � ��

We have �xed a � �k� for values ���� ��� in Region I� where the semitrivial solution is stable� Crossing the boundary from Region I into Region IIit becomes unstable and an attracting nontrivial solution is born� Crossingthe boundary from Region II into III the semitrivial solution becomes stableand a small� unstable nontrivial solution appears� Crossing the boundaryfrom Region III into region IV the stable and unstable nontrivial solutionscollide and disappear in a saddlenode bifurcation�

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-2.4

-0.8

0.8

2.4

4

-15 -13.3 -11.6 -9.9 -8.2 -6.5 -4.8 -3.1 -1.4 0.3 2sigma2

u2

σ2

u2AB

C

C

Figure � The bifurcation diagram of the semitrivial solution in the ���� u��plane for c� � ��

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5

sigma2

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14a

σ2

A

B

C

I

II

III

IV

Figure �� The parameter diagram of system ����� in the�a� ���plane� for c� � ��

In Figure � we �x a � ����� and �� � �� �see Figure �� and show theu� component of the nontrivial solution as �� is varied� We have indicatedthe bifurcation points A� B� and C corresponding to Figure �� There is aninterval for �� where two stable solutions coexist and on the boundaries ofthis interval hysteresis jumps occur�

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It is possible to make similar diagrams in the �a� ���plane� keeping ���xed� Again we �nd similar bifurcations� see Figure �� Note that the pointsA� B correspond to the branching points in Figure �� and C corresponds toa saddlenode bifurcation�

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L

M

L’

Ro

R

σ10

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0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65a

L2_NormR

a

Ro

N

O

P

Q

P’

.

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Figure ��� The stability diagram of the nontrivial solution R together with the response R� of the semitrivialsolution for c� � �� �a� against the detuning �� for �xeda � ���� and �� � ���� and �b� against the forcing a for�xed �� � �� and �� � �����

In Figure �� �a� we show the amplitude of the nontrivial solution R �pu�� v�� u�� v��� together with the amplitude of the semitrivial solution

for �xed a and �� �see Figure ��a��� We �nd two nontrivial solutions incertain interval of ��� One is stable and another is unstable� We also showthat between points L� and M the nontrivial solution is stable and thereexists an unstable nontrivial solution between points L and L�� In Figure���b� we show the amplitude R� together with the amplitude of the semitrivial solution R� for �xed �� and �� �see Figure � �b��� The nontrivialsolution is stable between points P� and Q and there exists an unstablenontrivial solution between points P and P��For negative values of c� we �nd dierent phenomena in the behavior

of solutions of system ������ On the stability boundary shown in Figure �� the semitrivial solution undergoes a pitchfork bifurcation but then thenontrivial solutions which branches from this bifurcation point undergoes aHopf bifurcation� Again we have used CONTENT to study the nontrivialsolution branching from these bifurcation points� The results are illustratedin Figure ���

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sigma2

-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4sigma1

A

BC

D

E

I

II

III

IV

VVI

σ2

σ1

VI

Figure ��� The parameter diagram of system ����� in the���� ���plane for c� � � and �xed a � ������

We have �xed a � �k� for values ���� ��� in region I� In this region thesemitrivial solution is stable� Crossing the boundary from Region I intoRegion II it becomes unstable and a stable nontrivial solution appears�Crossing the boundary from Region II into III the nontrivial solution becomes unstable� A supercritical Hopf bifurcation occurs at the boundarybetween Region II and III� Crossing the boundary from Region III into IVthe semitrivial solution becomes stable and another small unstable nontrivial solution appears� Crossing the boundary from Region IV into V theunstable nontrivial solution changes its stability and again it undergoes asupercritical Hopf bifurcation� Finally� crossing the boundary V into VI thestable and unstable nontrivial solution collide and disappear in a saddlenode bifurcation�In Figure �� we �x a � ���� and �� � �� �see Figure ��� and show the

v� component of the nontrivial solution as �� is varied� We have indicatedthe bifurcation points A� B� C� D� and E corresponding to Figure ��� Thepoints A and C indicate the branching points of the semitrivial solution�The points B and D indicate Hopf bifurcation points and E a saddlenodebifurcation point� Again there is an interval for �� where two stable solutionscoexist and on the boundaries of this interval hysteresis jumps occur�

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As we discussed in the case c� � �� for c� � � we �nd similar bifurcationsin the �a� ���plane �see Figure ���� keeping �� �xed� The points A� B� C�D� and E on the curves correspond to the bifurcation points in Figure ���

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v2

A

B

B

C

D

D

E

E

σ2

v2

Figure ��� The stability diagram of system ����� in the���� v��plane for c� � ��

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0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14a

σ 2

A

B

C

D

E

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

Figure ��� The parameter diagram of system ����� in the�a� ���plane for c� � �

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We note that the amplitude of the nontrivial solution of system ����� is

R �pu�� v�� u�� v�� � In Figure � �a� we have depicted the amplitude of

the semitrivial solution R� against �� for �xed a and ��� In Figure �� �a��we show both the amplitude of the nontrivial solution R and the amplitudeof semitrivial solution R�� When �� is varied� we �nd there is an intervalof �� consisting of the unstable semitrivial solution and the stable nontrivial solution� There is also interval of �� where the semitrivial solutionis stable together with the stable nontrivial solution and the unstable nontrivial solution� In Figure �� �b� we show the amplitude R� together withthe amplitude R� against a for �xed �� and ��� Again the same behavior ofsolutions of system ����� occurs� when a is varied�

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.a

Ro

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P

Q

Q*

R

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Figure ��� The stability diagram of the nontrivial solution R together with the semitrivial solution for c� � �� �a�against the detuning �� for �xed a � ���� and �� � ��� and�b� against the forcing a for �xed �� � �� and �� � ����

�� Period Doubling Bifurcations and Chaotic Solutions

We now consider the case that c� � � and c� � �� Not only does thesystem exhibit Hopf bifurcations� but we also observe a sequence of perioddoublings� leading to a strange attractor�In previous sections we have choosen a �xed value of a not too close to the

stability boundary given by a � �k�� This was done because when a is in theneighbourhood of �k�� complications can arise� since then also det A�� � ��and we can have doublezero eigenvalues� This problem can be studiedanalytically by considering a codimension � bifurcation� this will be carriedout in a separate paper� As a �rst result from this bifurcation analysiswe mention the occurence of global bifurcations� involving heteroclinic andhomoclinic loops� We also �nd a homoclinic solution of �Silnikov type� Itis wellknown �see Kuznetsov ���� and Wiggins ����� that the existence ofsuch a homoclinic loop is conected with chaotic solutions� We therefore

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conjecture that the chaotic solutions we �nd numerically are the result ofthe �Silnikov phenomenon�In the numeric calculations� presented in this section interesting behavior

of solutions of system ����� occurs near the stability boundary�

A

B

C

D

E

I

σ2

II

III

IV

V

VI

Figure ��� The parameter diagram of system ����� in the�a� ���plane for c� � � close to the stability boundary�

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v2

σ2

v2A

B

B

C

D

E

ED

Figure ��� The stability diagram of system ����� in the���� v��plane for c� � � close to the stability boundary�

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u1

v1

u2

v2

�a

u1

v1

u2

v2

�b

u1

v1

u2

v2

�c

u1

v1

u2

v2

�d

Figure �� The sequence of period doubling bifurcations�The phaseportraits in the �u�� v��plane and �u�� v��planefor �a� �� � ����� �b� �� � ���� �c� �� � ������ and �d��� � �����

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In Figure �� we �xed �� � �k�c�� a close to �k� and c� � � �a � ����

�� � ��� and c� � ���� The bifurcations of the semitrivial solution aresimilar to the case where a is taken far away from the stability boundary�compare Figure �� and Figure ����In Figure ��� the semitrivial solution branches at point A� and then

at point C� When the semitrivial solution branches at point A� a stablenontrivial solution bifurcates and then this nontrivial solution undergoes aHopf bifurcation at point B� We point out that a �xed point and a periodicsolution in the averaged system correspond to a periodic and quasiperiodicsolution� respectively� in the original� time dependent system� A supercritical Hopf bifurcation occurs at point B for �� � ������ and at point Dfor �� � ������� Again� a saddlenode bifurcation occurs at point E for�� � ��������We �nd a stable periodic orbit for all values of �� in the interval ������ � �� � ������� As �� is decreased� period doubling of the stableperiodic solution is observed� see Figure��� There is an in�nite number ofsuch period doubling bifurcations� until the value ��� � ������ is reached�The values of �� with ��� � �� � ������ produce a strange attractor�

v2

u2

u1

Figure �� The strange attractor of the averaged system������ The phaseportraits in the �u�� v�� u��space for c� � �at the value �� � ����

To know whether the strange attractor is chaotic or not� we have calculated the Lyapunov exponents of system ������ Any system containingat least one positive Lyapunov exponent is de�ned to be chaotic� with the

� Bifurcations in an Autoparametric System in ��� Internal Resonance

magnitude of the exponent re�ecting the time scale on which system becomeunpredictable �Wolf� Swift� Swinney� and Vastano ������We �nd that the Lyapunov spectra of system ����� corresponding to pa

rameter values above are � � ������� � � �������� � � �������� and� � �������� so that the orbits displayed in Figure �� are chaotic� We havefound that for other values of c� � �� c� � �� k� and k� the same type of scenario occurs i�e� periodic solutions which after a series of periodicdoublingslead to a strange attractor with one positive and three negative Lyapunovexponents�The Lyapunov spectrum is closely related to the fractal dimension of the

associated strange attractor� We �nd that the KaplanYorke dimension ofthe strange attractor for �� � ��� is �����

�� Conclusion

An autoparametric system of the form ������ with the conditions stated inequation ������ has at most �ve semitrivial solutions� which come in pairsand are symmetric with respect to ��� ��� We have studied one semitrivialsolution� which is stable as a solution of ������ and considered its stabilityin the full system� The dependence of the stability of this solution on theforcing and the detunings is pictured in Figure � and �� We �nd that therecan exist at most one stable nontrivial periodic solution� By studying thebifurcations from the semitrivial solution� we also �nd in some cases Hopfbifurcations� leading to quasiperiodic solutions� Also� we have observedcascades of perioddoublings� leading to chaotic solutions� The fact thatthese chaotic solutions arise in the averaged system implies that chaoticdynamics is a prominent feature in the original system�

�� Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Prof� A� Tondl for formulating the problem� Thanks also to Prof� F� Verhulst for many suggestions and discussionsduring the execution of the research and for reading the manuscript� Wethank L� van Veen for numerically calculating Lyapunov exponents and J�M�Tuwankotta for assistance in using the program� The research was conductedin the department of Mathematics of the University of Utrecht�

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