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Chaotic vibration of a quarter-car model excited by the road surface profile

  • G Litak
  • , M Borowiec
  • , MI Friswell
  • , K Szabelski

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    Abstract

    The Melnikov criterion is used to examine a global homoclinic bifurcation and transition to chaos in the case of a quarter car model excited kinematically by the road surface profile. By analyzing the potential an analytic expression is found for the homoclinic orbit. By introducing an harmonic excitation term and damping as perturbations, the critical Melnikov amplitude of the road surface profile is found, above which the system can vibrate chaotically.
    Translated title of the contributionChaotic vibration of a quarter-car model excited by the road surface profile
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1373 - 1383
    Number of pages11
    JournalCommunications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
    Volume13 (7)
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2008

    Bibliographical note

    Publisher: Elsevier

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