Bifurcation Analysis of a Four-Dimensional System of Two Symmetric Coupled Nonlinear Oscillators with Clearance

The research gradually highlights vibration and dynamical analysis of symmetric coupled nonlinear oscillators model with clearance. The aim of this paper is the bifurcation analysis of the symmetric coupled nonlinear oscillators modeled by a four-dimensional nonsmooth system. The approximate solution of this system is obtained with aid of averaging method and Krylov-Bogoliubov (KB) transformation presented by new notations of matrices. The bifurcation function is derived to investigate its dynamic behaviour by singularity theory. The results obtained provide guidance for the nonlinear vibration of symmetric coupled nonlinear oscillators model with clearance.

On the Scaling Law of Phase Drift in Coupled Nonlinear Oscillators for Precision Timing

Computational and experimental works reveal that the coupling of similar crystal oscillators leads to a variety of collective patterns, mainly various forms of discrete rotating waves and synchronization patterns, which have the potential for developing precision timing devices through phase drift reduction. Among all observed patterns, the standard traveling wave, in which consecutive crystals oscillate out of phase by [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is the network size, leads to optimal phase drift error that scales down as [Formula: see text] as opposed to [Formula: see text] for an uncoupled ensemble. In this manuscript, we provide an analytical proof of the scaling laws, for uncoupled and coupled symmetric networks, and show that [Formula: see text] is the fundamental limit of phase-error reduction that one can obtain with a symmetric network of nonlinear oscillators of any type, not just crystals.

Nonlinear vibration localisation in a symmetric system of two coupled beams

We report nonlinear vibration localisation in a system of two symmetric weakly coupled nonlinear oscillators. A two degree-of-freedom model with piecewise linear stiffness shows bifurcations to localised solutions. An experimental investigation employing two weakly coupled beams touching against stoppers for large vibration amplitudes confirms the nonlinear localisation.