Subharmonic bifurcations and chaotic motions for a class of inverted pendulum system

Liangqiang Zhou, Shanshan Liu and Fangqi Chen

Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2017, vol. 99, issue C, 270-277

Abstract: Using both analytical and numerical methods, global dynamics including subharmonic bifurcations and chaotic motions for a class of inverted pendulum system are investigated in this paper. The expressions of the heteroclinic orbits and periodic orbits are obtained analytically. Chaos arising from heteroclinic intersections is studied with the Melnikov method. The critical curves separating the chaotic and non-chaotic regions are obtained. The conditions for subharmonic bifurcations are also obtained. It is proved that the system can be chaotically excited through finite subharmonic bifurcations. Some new dynamical phenomena are presented. Numerical simulations are given, which verify the analytical results.

Keywords: Inverted pendulum; Chaos; Subharmonic bifurcation; Melnikov method; Heteroclinic orbit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2017.04.004

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