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17 September 2023

This work revisits the number of limit cycles (LCs) in a piecewise smooth system of Hamiltonian with a heteroclinic loop generalization, subjected to perturbed functions through polynomials of degree m. By analyzing the asymptotic expansion (AE) of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,158 Views
14 Pages

6 November 2020

This paper described a method to design a limit-cycle suppressor. The dithering technique was used to eliminate self-sustained oscillations or limit cycles. Otherwise, the Dual Input Describing Function (DIDF) method was applied to design dither para...

  • Tutorial
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,516 Views
19 Pages

14 January 2023

The equilibrium state of a dynamical system can be divided into the equilibrium point and limit cycle. In this paper, the stability analysis of the equilibrium point and limit cycle of dynamical systems are presented through different and all possibl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,687 Views
23 Pages

15 April 2024

When aiming to cut down on the emission of nitric oxides by gas turbine engines, it is advantageous to have them operate at low combustion temperatures. This is achieved by lean premixed combustion. Although lean premixed combustion is a proven and p...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,699 Views
16 Pages

13 August 2018

This paper proposes a fast and accurate time domain (TD) methodology for the assessment of the dynamic and periodic steady state operation of microgrids with photovoltaic (PV) energy sources. The proposed methodology uses the trapezoidal rule (TR) te...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,387 Views
19 Pages

13 September 2023

This article establishes a nonlinear flutter system for a long-span suspension bridge, aiming to analyze its supercritical flutter response under the influence of nonlinear aerodynamic self-excited force. By fitting the experimental discrete values o...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
961 Views
10 Pages

30 August 2024

In this paper, two classes of near-Hamiltonian systems with a nilpotent center are considered: the coexistence of algebraic limit cycles and small limit cycles. For the first class of systems, there exist 2n+1 limit cycles, which include an algebraic...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
1,504 Views
11 Pages

19 August 2022

In this paper, a class of quintic systems is investigated. The first 13 focal values are computed with the aid of MATHEMATICA. Then the necessary conditions of integrability and linearizability are obtained and the sufficiency of every condition is p...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,791 Views
16 Pages

Two Nested Limit Cycles in Two-Species Reactions

  • Ilona Nagy,
  • Valery G. Romanovski and
  • János Tóth

25 September 2020

We search for limit cycles in the dynamical model of two-species chemical reactions that contain seven reaction rate coefficients as parameters and at least one third-order reaction step, that is, the induced kinetic differential equation of the reac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,384 Views
11 Pages

17 May 2022

The bifurcation of limit cycles is an important part in the study of switching systems. The investigation of limit cycles includes the number and configuration, which are related to Hilbert’s 16th problem. Most researchers studied the number of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,528 Views
19 Pages

Limit Cycles of Polynomially Integrable Piecewise Differential Systems

  • Belén García,
  • Jaume Llibre,
  • Jesús S. Pérez del Río and
  • Set Pérez-González

31 March 2023

In this paper, we study how many algebraic limit cycles have the discontinuous piecewise linear differential systems separated by a straight line, with polynomial first integrals on both sides. We assume that at least one of the systems is Hamiltonia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
8,760 Views
26 Pages

Limit Cycles in Nonlinear Systems with Fractional Order Plants

  • Derek P. Atherton,
  • Nusret Tan,
  • Celaleddin Yeroglu,
  • Gürkan Kavuran and
  • Ali Yüce

17 July 2014

In recent years, there has been considerable interest in the study of feedback systems containing processes whose dynamics are best described by fractional order derivatives. Various situations have been cited for describing heat flow and aspects of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,627 Views
10 Pages

24 June 2021

We provide the maximum number of limit cycles for continuous and discontinuous planar piecewise differential systems formed by linear Hamiltonian saddles and separated either by one or two parallel straight lines. We show that when these piecewise di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,902 Views
14 Pages

In this paper, we study the existence of limit cycles of planar piecewise linear Hamiltonian systems without equilibrium points. Firstly, we prove that if these systems are separated by a parabola, they can have at most two crossing limit cycles, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,372 Views
22 Pages

3 June 2023

This paper focuses on investigating the bifurcation of limit cycles and centers within a specific class of three-dimensional cubic systems possessing Z3-equivariant symmetry. By calculating the singular point values of the systems, we obtain a necess...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,909 Views
7 Pages

29 February 2024

In this article, we study the maximum number of limit cycles of discontinuous piecewise differential systems, formed by two Hamiltonians systems separated by a straight line. We consider three cases, when both Hamiltonians systems in each side of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
8,096 Views
20 Pages

1 April 2014

In this paper, we propose a novel strategy for the synthesis and the classification of nonsmooth limit cycles and its bifurcations (named Non-Standard Bifurcations or Discontinuity Induced Bifurcations or DIBs) in n-dimensional piecewise-smooth dynam...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,135 Views
15 Pages

12 August 2020

In this paper, we study the number of limit cycles of a new class of polynomial differential systems, which is an extended work of two families of differential systems in systems considered earlier. We obtain the maximum number of limit cycles that b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,417 Views
10 Pages

19 April 2019

This paper reports the finding of unstable limit cycles and singular attractors in a two-dimensional dynamical system consisting of an inductor and a bistable bi-local active memristor. Inspired by the idea of nested intervals theorem, a new programm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
894 Views
21 Pages

Classifying Limited-Move Stability Cycles in 2 × 2 Games

  • Leandro Chaves Rêgo,
  • France Evellyn Gomes de Oliveira,
  • Giannini Italino Alves Vieira and
  • D. Marc Kilgour

11 October 2025

The 2×2 game is the simplest non-trivial model of strategic interaction: there are two players, each has two strategies, and each has a strict preference ranking over the four possible outcomes. For models of play that depend only on the rankin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
8,772 Views
73 Pages

30 August 2024

The detection of limit cycles of differential equations poses a challenge due to the type of the nonlinear system, the regime of interest, and the broader context of applicable models. Consequently, attempts to solve Hilbert’s sixteenth problem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,052 Views
24 Pages

28 February 2024

In this paper, we investigate the maximum number of small-amplitude limit cycles bifurcated from a planar piecewise smooth focus-parabolic type cubic system that has one switching line given by the x-axis. By applying the generalized polar coordinate...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
10,892 Views
28 Pages

8 November 2012

A WHO and UNICEF joint report states that in 2008, 884 million people lacked access to potable drinking water. A life-cycle approach to develop potable water systems may improve the sustainability for such systems, however, a review of the literature...

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  • Open Access

15 December 2025

In this paper, very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) strengths are first evaluated for the TC17 titanium alloy and the welding joint of the 6005A-T6 aluminum alloy using the up-and-down method (UDM) and continuous testing method (CTM). Then, the influence o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,089 Views
17 Pages

In this paper we develop an approach for obtaining the solutions to systems of linear retarded and neutral delay differential equations. Our analytical approach is based on the Laplace transform, inverse Laplace transform and the Cauchy residue theor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,808 Views
19 Pages

Novel Off-Design Operation Maps Showing Functionality Limitations of Organic Rankine Cycle Validated by Experiments

  • Ying Zhang,
  • Li Zhao,
  • Shuai Deng,
  • Ming Li,
  • Yali Liu,
  • Qiongfen Yu and
  • Mengxing Li

4 November 2022

In this study, we developed a new methodology to analyze the off-design performance of the organic Rankine cycle. The methodology enabled us to predict the performance based on four-dimensional decision variables and a set of constraints. A correspon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,451 Views
13 Pages

22 October 2022

The soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC) is a key input for the numerical simulation of geotechnical engineering. It contains the basic information needed to describe the mechanical behavior of unsaturated soil. In order to study the variatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
2,251 Views
14 Pages

6 December 2022

In this article, we explore a new extended Lienard-type planar system with “corrections” of the second kind Chebyshev’s polynomial Un. The number and type of limit cycles are also studied. The discussion on the y(t)—component...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,728 Views
14 Pages

5 November 2023

Systems composed of piecewise smooth differential (PSD) mappings have quantitatively been searched for answers to a substantial issue of limit cycle (LC) bifurcations. In this paper, LC numbers (LCNs) of a PSD system (PSDS) consisting of four regions...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,413 Views
25 Pages

14 January 2021

Time integration is commonly used to obtain accurate system responses, such as the limit cycle oscillations (LCOs) for an aeroelastic system with freeplay. However, the integrations that start with various initial conditions (I.C.s) are usually studi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
7,517 Views
18 Pages

Numerical Continuation of Limit Cycle Oscillations and Bifurcations in High-Aspect-Ratio Wings

  • Andrew J. Eaton,
  • Chris Howcroft,
  • Etienne B. Coetzee,
  • Simon A. Neild,
  • Mark H. Lowenberg and
  • Jonathan E. Cooper

This paper applies numerical continuation techniques to a nonlinear aeroelastic model of a highly flexible, high-aspect-ratio wing. Using continuation, it is shown that subcritical limit cycle oscillations, which are highly undesirable phenomena prev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,730 Views
19 Pages

Robust Nonlinear Regulation of Limit Cycle Oscillations in UAVs Using Synthetic Jet Actuators

  • Natalie Ramos Pedroza,
  • William MacKunis and
  • Vladimir V. Golubev

26 September 2014

In this paper, a synthetic jet actuators (SJA)-based nonlinear robust controller is developed, which is capable of completely suppressing limit cycle oscillations (LCO) in UAV systems with parametric uncertainty in the SJA dynamics and unmodeled exte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,615 Views
15 Pages

5 November 2021

Every driver knows that his car is slowing down or accelerating when driving up or down, respectively. The same happens on uneven roads with plastic wave deformations, e.g., in front of traffic lights or on nonpaved desert roads. This paper investiga...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,879 Views
29 Pages

31 January 2024

The limit cycles have a main role in understanding the dynamics of planar differential systems, but their study is generally challenging. In the last few years, there has been a growing interest in researching the limit cycles of certain classes of p...

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  • Open Access
1,275 Views
23 Pages

7 January 2025

Curve squeal is a highly disturbing tonal noise produced by railway vehicles on tight curves, primarily attributed to lateral sliding at the wheel–rail interface. An essential step to estimate curve squeal noise levels is to determine the nonli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,248 Views
13 Pages

15 June 2021

Cantilever-type rotating bending fatigue tests were conducted under a very high cycle fatigue regime using conventionally manufactured Ti-6Al-4V specimens having drilled artificial defects with different sizes. The relationship between fatigue limit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
981 Views
19 Pages

Analysis of Flutter Characteristics for Composite Laminates in Hypersonic Yawed Flow

  • Shuang Cao,
  • Tongqing Guo,
  • Jiangpeng Wu,
  • Di Zhou and
  • Ennan Shen

21 February 2025

This paper investigates the flutter characteristics of composite laminates in hypersonic yawed flow using numerical simulations. The governing equations are derived based on Hamilton’s principle and were discretized using the assumed mode metho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
11,780 Views
25 Pages

19 August 2013

A laboratory-scale atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor system model is derived for alumina deposition using trimethylaluminum and water as precursors. Model components describing the precursor thermophysical properties, reactor-scale gas-phase dyna...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
9,806 Views
18 Pages

A Simple Predator-Prey Population Model with Rich Dynamics

  • Bing Li,
  • Shengqiang Liu,
  • Jing’an Cui and
  • Jia Li

16 May 2016

A non-smooth switched harvest on predators is introduced into a simple predator-prey model with logistical growth of the prey and a bilinear functional response. If the density of the predator is below a switched value, the harvesting rate is linear;...

  • Proceeding Paper
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1,854 Views
6 Pages

7 November 2018

While the estimation of the critical velocity for fluidelastic instability of tube arrays has received considerable attention for decades, the studies intended to analyze the post-stable behavior have been scarce. However, the behavior of the system...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,129 Views
19 Pages

30 August 2020

This paper is devoted to local bifurcations of three-dimensional (3D) quadratic jerk system. First, we start by analysing the saddle-node bifurcation. Then we introduce the concept of canonical system. Next, we study the transcritial bifurcation of c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,569 Views
18 Pages

20 January 2025

To improve the mechanical and durability properties of low liquid limit soil, an eco-friendly, all-solid, waste-based stabilizer (GSCFC) was proposed using five different industrial solid wastes: ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS), steel sla...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,825 Views
13 Pages

Notch Effect on the Fatigue Behavior of a TC21 Titanium Alloy in Very High Cycle Regime

  • Baohua Nie,
  • Dongchu Chen,
  • Zihua Zhao,
  • Jianglong Zhang,
  • Yu Meng and
  • Guiyan Gao

11 September 2018

The very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) property of TC21 titanium alloy blunt-notched specimens were investigated by using an ultrasonic fatigue test machine with a frequency of 20 kHz. S–N of blunt-notched specimens illustrated a continuous decreas...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,149 Views
24 Pages

1 March 2020

We present a new discontinuous ordinary differential equation (ODE) model of the glacial cycles. Model trajectories flip from a glacial to an interglacial state, and vice versa, via a switching mechanism motivated by ice sheet mass balance principles...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
893 Views
10 Pages

11 September 2024

Planar differential systems whose angular velocity is constant are called rigid or uniform differential systems. The first rigid system goes back to the pendulum clock of Christiaan Huygens in 1656; since then, the interest for the rigid systems has...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,422 Views
24 Pages

Analysis and Design of Self-Oscillating Resonant Converters with Loss-Free Resistor Characteristics

  • Ricardo Bonache-Samaniego,
  • Carlos Olalla,
  • Hugo Valderrama-Blavi and
  • Luis Martínez-Salamero

20 July 2020

A general approach for the analysis and design of self-oscillating resonant converters is presented in this paper, for a particular class of circuits in which the change of input voltage polarity is caused by the zero-crossings of the input inductor...

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