title: Transitions and statistical characteristics of vibrations in a bimodular oscillator.
abstract: Regular and stochastic oscillations in a simple periodically forced vibroacoustic system with a piecewise-linear (bimodular) elasticity are considered from the viewpoint of their statistical properties: oscillation spectra, the largest Lyapunov exponents, and fractal dimension. It is shown that a strange attractor exists in a limited range of parameters together with a triple-period dynamic cycle being absorbed by the latter at some finite value of the parameter. The corresponding bifurcation process is followed in detail. (c) 1995 American Institute of Physics.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy Sciences, Nizhniy Novgorod 603600, RussiaCooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado/NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado 80303Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhniy Novgorod 603600, Russia.
authors.forename: L. A.
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Ostrovsky
authors.forename: I. M.
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Starobinets