title: Nonstationary regimes of homogeneous Hamiltonian systems in the state of sonic vacuum.
abstract: In the present paper we study the mechanism that leads to the formation of regular patterns of energy localization and complete recurrent energy transport in the homogeneous systems of anharmonic oscillators and oscillatory chains subjected to a state of sonic vacuum. The basic model under investigation comprises a system of purely anharmonic oscillators as well as oscillatory chains given to a localized excitation where the initial energy is imported to one of the oscillators or oscillatory chains. The results of numerical simulations reveal the existence of a strong classical beating phenomenon, characterized by complete, recurrent, resonant energy exchanges between the oscillators and oscillatory chain and this in the state of sonic vacuum where no regular resonant frequencies can be defined. In this study we show that formation of the recurrent energy exchanges in this highly degenerate model is strictly stipulated by the system parameters. Thus, for instance, choosing the parameter of coupling below a certain threshold leads to significant energy localization on one of the oscillators or oscillatory chains. However, increasing the strength of coupling above the threshold leads to the formation of a strong beating response. The analytical study pursued in this paper predicts the origin of formation of a strong beating phenomenon and provides the necessary conditions on the system parameter for its excitation. Moreover, careful analysis of the beating phenomenon reveals the qualitatively different global bifurcation undergone by this type of highly nonstationary regime. The theoretical study is further extended to the system of coupled purely anharmonic lattices. Thus we show analytically and numerically that excitation of some particular solutions (e.g., spatially periodic standing waves and standing breathers) on one of the lattices results in the formation of similar patterns of energy (wave) localization as well as the regime of complete recurrent interchain energy transport. In particular we demonstrate that the formation of these regimes is solely affected by a particular choice of system parameters. The results of the analytical study are found to be in very good agreement with those of numerical simulations.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa 32000, Israel. staryuli@tx.technion.ac.il
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authors.lastname: Starosvetsky
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authors.lastname: Ben-Meir