PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF BIFURCATION AND CHAOS IN A PERIODICALLY DRIVEN HORIZONTAL IMPACT PAIR

Abstract

In this paper, complex motions and chaos in the periodically driven horizontal impact pair are investigated using the theory of switchability for discontinuous dynamical systems. Domains and boundaries are defined due to the discontinuity caused by impacts. Analytical conditions for switching of stick and grazing motions are derived in detail. Generic mappings are introduced to describe different periodic motions and to identify the mapping structures of chaos. The periodic motions in such impact pair are analytically predicted, and the corresponding stability and bifurcation analysis of periodic motions are carried out. Parameter maps with different types of motions are developed. Periodic and chaotic motions with different mapping structures are illustrated numerically for a better understanding of physics of ball motions in the impact pair.