@inproceedings{d7ef78d39b33417a8d636b750bb90146,
title = "Universal bifurcations in impact oscillators",
abstract = "We give experimental evidence for a new bifurcation structure that arises when smooth dynamical systems cross a boundary. Our experiment concerns a driven impacting leaf-spring oscillator with a very precise control of the driving amplitude. The results are in surprisingly good agreement with the predictions of a simple nonlinear mapping that is valid near grazing impact (i.e. impact with zero velocity). The agreement is surprising because a multitude of vibration modes of the spring is excited upon impact whereas the mapping is two-dimensional. Additionally, we consider the case where the impact is not instantaneous due to collisions with a nonrigid stop. This case can be captured by a mapping and we find strong support for the universality of impact phenomena, even in systems that have nonidealities.",
author = "{Weger, de}, J.G. and D.J. Binks and J. Molenaar and {Water, van de}, W.",
year = "1996",
language = "English",
isbn = "0-7923-4429-4",
series = "Solid Mechanics and its Applications",
pages = "417--424",
editor = "{Campen, van}, D.H.",
booktitle = "Interaction between dynamics and control in advanced mechanical systems : proceedings of the IUTAM symposium, 21-26 April, 1996, Eindhoven, the Netherlands",
}