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B. Shayak

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Simplified model and analysis of a pair of coupled thermo-optical MEMS oscillators

Motivated by the dynamics of micro-scale oscillators with thermo-optical feedback, a simplified third order model, capturing the key features of these oscillators is developed, where each oscillator consists of a displacement variable coupled to a temperature variable. Further, the dynamics of a pair of such oscillators coupled via a linear spring is analyzed. The analytical procedures used are the variational equation method and the two-variable expansion method. It is shown that the analytical results are in agreement with the results of numerical integration. The bifurcation structure of the system is revealed through a bifurcation diagram.

nlin.CD

Analysis of a remarkable singularity in a nonlinear DDE

In this work we investigate the dynamics of the nonlinear DDE (delay-differential equation) x''(t)+x(t-T)+x(t)^3=0 where T is the delay. For T=0 this system is conservative and exhibits no limit cycles. For T>0, no matter how small, an infinite number of limit cycles exist, their amplitudes going to infinity in the limit as T approaches zero. We investigate this situation in three ways: 1) Harmonic Balance, 2) Melnikov's integral, and 3) Adding damping to regularize the singularity.

math.DS