Abstract
When a metastable, damped oscillator is driven by strong periodic forcing, the catchment basin of constrained motions in the space of the starting conditions {
x
(0),
ẋ
(0)} develops a fractal boundary associated with a homoclinic tangling of the governing invariant manifolds. The four-dimensional basin in the phase-control space spanned by {
x
(0),
ẋ
)(0),
F
,
ω
}, where
F
is the magnitude and
ω
the frequency of the excitation, will likewise acquire a fractal boundary, and we here explore the engineering significance of the control cross section corresponding, for example, to
x
(0) =
ẋ
(0) = 0. The fractal boundary in this section is a failure locus for a mechanical or electrical system subjected, while resting in its ambient equilibrium state, to a sudden pulse of excitation. We assess here the relative magnitude of the uncertainties implied by this fractal structure for the optimal escape from a universal cubic potential well. Absolute and transient basins are examined, giving control-space maps analogous to familiar pictures of the Mandelbrot set. Generalizing from this prototype study, it is argued that in engineering design, against boat capsize or earthquake damage, for example, a study of
safe basins
should augment, and perhaps entirely replace, conventional analysis of the steady-state attracting solutions.
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