Chaotic Motions in Forced Mixed Rayleigh–Liénard Oscillator with External and Parametric Periodic-Excitations

Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of a mixed Rayleigh–Liénard oscillator with external and parametric periodic-excitations. The Melnikov method is utilized to analytically determine the domain boundaries where horseshoe chaos appears. Routes to chaos are investigated through bifurcation structures, Lyapunov exponents, phase portraits and Poincaré sections. The effects of Rayleigh and Liénard parameters are analyzed. Results of analytical investigations are validated and complemented by numerical simulations.