Stability and exact multiplicity of periodic solutions of Duffing equations with cubic nonlinearities

A class of modified Duffing oscillator differential equations, having nonlinear damping forces, are shown to have finite time dynamics, i.e., the solutions oscillate with only a finite number of cycles, and, thereafter, the motion is zero. The relevance of this feature is briefly discussed in relationship to the mathematical modeling, analysis, and estimation of parameters for the vibrations of carbon nano-tubes and graphene sheets, and macroscopic beams and plates.

In this paper we are concerned with the stability of equilibrium solutions of periodic Hamiltonian systems with one degree of freedom in the case of degeneracy, which means that the characteristic exponents of the linearized system have zero real part, and the high order terms must be considered to solve the stability problem. For almost all degenerate cases, sufficient conditions for the stability and instability are obtained.

In this paper, we are concerned with the impulsive Duffing equation $$ x''+x^{2n+1}+\sum_{i=0}^{2n}x^{i}p_{i}(t)=0,\ t\neq t_{j}, $$ with impulsive effects $x(t_{j}+)=x(t_{j}-),\ x'(t_{j}+)=-x'(t_{j}-),\ j=\pm1,\pm2,\cdots$, where the time dependent coefficients $p_i(t)\in C^1(\mathbb{S}^1)\ (n+1\leq i\leq 2n)$ and $p_i(t)\in C^0(\mathbb{S}^1)\ (0\leq i\leq n)$ with $\mathbb{S}^1=\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$. If impulsive times are 1-periodic and $t_{2}-t_{1}\neq\frac{1}{2}$ for $0...

We develop a convergent variational perturbation theory for the frequency of time-periodic solutions of nonlinear dynamical systems. The power of the theory is illustrated by applying it to the Duffing oscillator.

Exact solutions with the initial conditions are presented in the cubic duffing equation. These exact solutions are expressed in terms of the leaf function and the trigonometric function. The leaf functions: $r=sleaf_n(t) $ or $ r=cleaf_n(t)$ satisfy the ordinary differential equation: $ dx^2/dt^2=-nr^{2n-1}$. The second order differential of the leaf function is equal to $-n$ times the function raised to the $(2n-1)$ power of the leaf function. By using the Leaf functions, th...

The cyclicity of the exterior period annulus of the asymmetrically perturbed Duffing oscillator is a well known problem extensively studied in the literature. In the present paper we provide a complete bifurcation diagram for the number of the zeros of the associated Melnikov function in a suitable complex domain.

We consider a multivalued nonlinear Duffing system driven by a nonlinear nonhomogeneous differential operator. We prove existence theorems for both the convex and nonconvex problems (according to whether the multivalued perturbation is convex valued or not). Also, we show that the solutions of the nonconvex problem are dense in those of the convex (relaxation theorem). Our work extends the recent one by Kalita-Kowalski (JMAA, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmaa. 2018.01.067).

This paper presents a simple periodic parameter-switching method which can find any stable limit cycle that can be numerically approximated in a generalized Duffing system. In this method, the initial value problem of the system is numerically integrated and the control parameter is switched periodically within a chosen set of parameter values. The resulted attractor matches with the attractor obtained by using the average of the switched values. The accurate match is verifie...

We investigate the $1: 2$ resonance in the periodically forced asymmetric Duffing oscillator due to the period-doubling of the primary $1: 1$ resonance or forming independently, coexisting with the primary resonance. We compute the steady-state asymptotic solution - the amplitude-frequency implicit function. Working in the differential properties of implicit functions framework, we describe complicated metamorphoses of the $1:2$ resonance and its interaction with the primary ...

In this paper, we prove the boundedness of all the solutions for the equation $\ddot{x}+n^2x+g(x)+\psi'(x)=p(t)$ with the Lazer-Leach condition on $g$ and $p$, where $n\in \mathbb{N^+}$, $p(t)$ and $\psi'(x)$ are periodic and $g(x)$ is bounded. For the critical situation that $\big |\int_0^{2\pi}p(t)e^{int}dt \big|=2\big|g(+\infty)-g(-\infty)\big|$, we also prove a sufficient and necessary condition for the boundedness if $\psi'(x)\equiv0$.