Chaotic dynamics of a continuous and discrete generalized Ziegler pendulum

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Main Authors: Disca, Stefano, Coscia, Vincenzo
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author Disca, Stefano
Coscia, Vincenzo
author_facet Disca, Stefano
Coscia, Vincenzo
contents We present analytical and numerical results on integrability and transition to chaotic motion for a generalized Ziegler pendulum, a double pendulum subject to an angular elastic potential and a follower force. Several variants of the original dynamical system, including the presence of gravity and friction, are considered, in order to analyze whether the integrable cases are preserved or not in presence of further external forces, both potential and non-potential. Particular attention is devoted to the presence of dissipative forces, that are analyzed in two different formulations. Furthermore, a study of the discrete version is performed. The analysis of periodic points, that is presented up to period 3, suggests that the discrete map associated to the dynamical system has not dense sets of periodic points, so that the map would not be chaotic in the sense of Devaney for a choice of the parameters that corresponds to a general case of chaotic motion for the original system.
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spellingShingle Chaotic dynamics of a continuous and discrete generalized Ziegler pendulum
Disca, Stefano
Coscia, Vincenzo
Chaotic Dynamics
Mathematical Physics
Dynamical Systems
We present analytical and numerical results on integrability and transition to chaotic motion for a generalized Ziegler pendulum, a double pendulum subject to an angular elastic potential and a follower force. Several variants of the original dynamical system, including the presence of gravity and friction, are considered, in order to analyze whether the integrable cases are preserved or not in presence of further external forces, both potential and non-potential. Particular attention is devoted to the presence of dissipative forces, that are analyzed in two different formulations. Furthermore, a study of the discrete version is performed. The analysis of periodic points, that is presented up to period 3, suggests that the discrete map associated to the dynamical system has not dense sets of periodic points, so that the map would not be chaotic in the sense of Devaney for a choice of the parameters that corresponds to a general case of chaotic motion for the original system.
title Chaotic dynamics of a continuous and discrete generalized Ziegler pendulum
topic Chaotic Dynamics
Mathematical Physics
Dynamical Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.10569