Prediction and diagnostics of crises and critical states in an unusual vibro-impact system with soft impact

Abstract

In nonlinear dynamical systems, whenchanging control parameters, critical states may occur. To predict these undesirable events, it is necessary to study the system dynamic behavior with changing in different control parameters. Two-body 2-DOF vibro-impact system is under consideration. The huge mass of the upper body, which can break away from the lower one and be in “free flight” for a short time, may be attributed to its specific and is a cause to consider it unusual. Some changes in the parameters of both external loading and the system itself can increase the efficiency of the machine, the mathematical model of which is the considered vibro-impact system. But the same changes lead to appearance of unwanted nonlinear phenomena, such as permanent sustained chaos, transient chaos, crisis-induced intermittency, and coexisting regimes with larger oscillatory amplitudes. The article shows their occurrence, traces the precursors, carries out their diagnostics by both traditional and less common methods. The description of many numerical experiments is accompanied by numerous figures and tables that clearly and convincingly demonstrate the results obtained.