Weakly nonlinear analysis on synchronization and oscillation quenching of coupled mechanical oscillators.

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Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8561, Japan.

Published: January 2024

Various oscillatory phenomena occur in the world. Because some are associated with abnormal states (e.g. epilepsy), it is important to establish ways to terminate oscillations by external stimuli. However, despite the prior development of techniques for stabilizing unstable oscillations, relatively few studies address the transition from oscillatory to resting state in nonlinear dynamics. This study mainly analyzes the oscillation-quenching of metronomes on a platform as an example of such transitions. To facilitate the analysis, we describe the impulsive force (escapement mechanism) of a metronome by a fifth-order polynomial. By performing both averaging approximation and numerical simulation, we obtain a phase diagram for synchronization and oscillation quenching. We find that quenching occurs when the feedback to the oscillator increases, which will help explore the general principle regarding the state transition from oscillatory to resting state. We also numerically investigate the bifurcation of out-of-phase synchronization and beat-like solution. Despite the simplicity, our model successfully reproduces essential phenomena in interacting mechanical clocks, such as the bistability of in-phase and anti-phase synchrony and oscillation quenching occurring for a large mass ratio between the oscillator and the platform. We believe that our simple model will contribute to future analyses of other dynamics of mechanical clocks.

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