Chaotic dynamics of an impact oscillator
- 1 March 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 27 (3) , 1741-1743
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.27.1741
Abstract
An impact oscillator is shown to exhibit complex dynamics. Its resonance response contains regions where, after an infinite cascade of period-doubling bifurcations, chaotic motion typical of a strange attractor is observed. The regions are bounded on both sides by subharmonic resonances. Quantitative agreements are obtained with the Feigenbaum scenario of chaos. This novel feature of a substantial marine technology program may be of general cross-disciplinary interest to mathematicians and physicists.Keywords
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