Chaos of Nonlinear Vibratory System With Single Well Potential
Abstract In this paper we study chaotic dynamics of nonlinear vibratory system under combined parametric and forcing excitations with single well potential. Especially we focus on chaos of a centrifugal pendulum vibration absorber. The centrifugal pendulum vibration absorber is an efficient device that is used to reduce torsional vibration in crank shaft of internal combustion engine. Because reduced dynamical model of the centrifugal pendulum vibration absorber is a nonlinear system, there is very rich dynamical behavior in this system. We use Meknikov’s method and numerical method to study chaotic dynamics of the centrifugal pendulum vibration absorber and discuss the route from bifurcations of T2 torus to chaotic motion.