Attractor and Vector Structure Analyses of Bursting Oscillation with Sliding Bifurcation in Filippov Systems

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the mechanism of sliding phenomenon in Filippov (nonsmooth) dynamical systems by attractor analysis and vector analysis. A corresponding simple model based on Chua’s circuit with periodic excitation was introduced as an example. The attractor analysis proposed in our previous work is used to discuss the complicated oscillations of the Filippov system. However, it failed to perfectly explain the sliding phenomena and establish an analytical method of constant voltage control. Therefore, the geometric structure and analytic conditions of sliding bifurcations in the general n-dimensional piecewise smooth system are discussed in detail by vector structure analysis. The prospects of practical application of this method are also discussed in the end.