Nesta tese analisamos o comportamento dinâmico, no espaço elos parâmetros, ele duas versões elo circuito eletrônico Double Scroll, descritas por sistemas, não integráveis, de equações diferenciais lineares por partes. A diferença entre esses circuitos reside na curva característica ela resistência negativa, uma contínua e a outra descontínua. O circuito Double Scroll é conhecido por apresentar comportamento caótico associado à existência ele órbitas homoclínicas. Desenvolvemos métodos numéricos para identificar distintos atratores periódicos e caóticos nesses circuitos. Realizamos um estudo completo elas variedades que esses sistemas apresentam, onde demonstramos que o circuito descontínuo não pode formar órbitas homoclínicas. Desenvolvemos um método geral para obter órbitas homoclínicas e heteroclínicas em sistemas lineares por partes. Esse método foi utilizado no circuito contínuo para identificar famílias ele órbitas homoclínicas no espaço elos parâmetros. Fazemos um estudo teórico sobre as órbitas homoclínicas, baseado no teorema ele Shilnikov, e determinamos a lei ele escala geral que descreve as acumulações elas infinitas órbitas homoclínicas no espaço elos parâmetros. Utilizando o método ele detecção ele órbitas homoclínicas, comprovamos, em distintos tipos ele órbitas homoclínicas, a validade dessa lei para o circuito Double Scroll contínuo. Além do mais, através da geometria apresentada pelas famílias ele órbitas homoclínicas que identificamos e ela teoria que permitiu demonstrar a lei ele escala, mostramos a existência ele estruturas ele órbitas homoclínicas que explicam o cenário homoclínico do espaço elos parâmetros. Essas estruturas estão presentes em todos os sistemas para os quais o teorema ele Shilnikov se aplica. Finalmente, sugerimos três experimentos para verificar a existência dessas órbitas e a relação delas com a dinâmica elo sistema. / In this thesis we study the dynamic behavior, in the parameter space, of two versions of the Double Scroll electronic circuit, whose flows are represented by piecewise non integrable systems. The difference between these circuits is the characteristic curves of the negative resistance, one continuous and the other discontinuous. The Double Scroll circuit is known to present chaotic behavior associated to the existence of homoclinic orbits. We develop numerical methods to identify periodic and chaotic attractors in these circuits. We present a complete study of these systems manifolds and demonstrate that the discontinuous circuit cannot form homoclinic orbits. We develop a general method to obtain homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits in piecewise linear systems. This method was used in the continuous circuit to identify homoclinic orbit families in the parameter space. We develop a theoretical study about the homoclinic orbits based on the Shilnikov theorem, determining a general scaling law that describes the accumulations of the infinity homoclinic orbits in the parameter space. Using the detecting homoclinic orbits method, we show the validity of this law for the continuous Double Scroll circuit. Moreover, combining the geometry of the homoclinic or bit families with the scaling law, we show the existence of homoclinic orbits structures of the homoclinic orbits that explain the homoclinic scenario in the parameter space. These structures are present in all systems for which we can apply the Shilnikov theorem. Finally, we suggest three experiments to verify the existence of these orbits and their relation with the system dynamics.

Nesta tese analisamos o comportamento dinâmico, no espaço elos parâmetros, ele duas versões elo circuito eletrônico Double Scroll, descritas por sistemas, não integráveis, de equações diferenciais lineares por partes. A diferença entre esses circuitos reside na curva característica ela resistência negativa, uma contínua e a outra descontínua. O circuito Double Scroll é conhecido por apresentar comportamento caótico associado à existência ele órbitas homoclínicas. Desenvolvemos métodos numéricos para identificar distintos atratores periódicos e caóticos nesses circuitos. Realizamos um estudo completo elas variedades que esses sistemas apresentam, onde demonstramos que o circuito descontínuo não pode formar órbitas homoclínicas. Desenvolvemos um método geral para obter órbitas homoclínicas e heteroclínicas em sistemas lineares por partes. Esse método foi utilizado no circuito contínuo para identificar famílias ele órbitas homoclínicas no espaço elos parâmetros. Fazemos um estudo teórico sobre as órbitas homoclínicas, baseado no teorema ele Shilnikov, e determinamos a lei ele escala geral que descreve as acumulações elas infinitas órbitas homoclínicas no espaço elos parâmetros. Utilizando o método ele detecção ele órbitas homoclínicas, comprovamos, em distintos tipos ele órbitas homoclínicas, a validade dessa lei para o circuito Double Scroll contínuo. Além do mais, através da geometria apresentada pelas famílias ele órbitas homoclínicas que identificamos e ela teoria que permitiu demonstrar a lei ele escala, mostramos a existência ele estruturas ele órbitas homoclínicas que explicam o cenário homoclínico do espaço elos parâmetros. Essas estruturas estão presentes em todos os sistemas para os quais o teorema ele Shilnikov se aplica. Finalmente, sugerimos três experimentos para verificar a existência dessas órbitas e a relação delas com a dinâmica elo sistema. / In this thesis we study the dynamic behavior, in the parameter space, of two versions of the Double Scroll electronic circuit, whose flows are represented by piecewise non integrable systems. The difference between these circuits is the characteristic curves of the negative resistance, one continuous and the other discontinuous. The Double Scroll circuit is known to present chaotic behavior associated to the existence of homoclinic orbits. We develop numerical methods to identify periodic and chaotic attractors in these circuits. We present a complete study of these systems manifolds and demonstrate that the discontinuous circuit cannot form homoclinic orbits. We develop a general method to obtain homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits in piecewise linear systems. This method was used in the continuous circuit to identify homoclinic orbit families in the parameter space. We develop a theoretical study about the homoclinic orbits based on the Shilnikov theorem, determining a general scaling law that describes the accumulations of the infinity homoclinic orbits in the parameter space. Using the detecting homoclinic orbits method, we show the validity of this law for the continuous Double Scroll circuit. Moreover, combining the geometry of the homoclinic or bit families with the scaling law, we show the existence of homoclinic orbits structures of the homoclinic orbits that explain the homoclinic scenario in the parameter space. These structures are present in all systems for which we can apply the Shilnikov theorem. Finally, we suggest three experiments to verify the existence of these orbits and their relation with the system dynamics.

O presente trabalho dedica-se a uma modelagem da interação entre corpos celestes, em regime Newtoniano, levando-se em consideração as influências que suas deformações e viscosidades internas exercem sobre seus movimentos orbitais e suas velocidades angulares. A abordagem adotada é uma variação do conhecido problema do corpo pseudo-rígido, a qual simplifica drasticamente a determinação dos equilíbrios relativos e torna a questão da dinâmica matematicamente acessível. Com este tratamento, podemos relacionar ou comparar os resultados com aqueles estabelecidos na literatura, dentre eles: formato de equilíbrio de um fluido isolado em rotação, deformação de maré causada pela interação gravitacional e o torque de maré induzido no mesmo. Pela simplicidade do modelo pode-se ainda fazer uma análise qualitativa da dinâmica do sistema e obter estimativas sobre a velocidade com que se aproxima dos equilíbrios. / The present work is devoted to model the interaction among celestial bodies, in a Newtonian regime, but considering the role played by the internal deformation and viscosity on the orbital motion and angular velocities of the components of the system. The work is mainly developed with an alternative approach to the pseudo-rigid body model, which simplifies the determination of the relative equilibria and allows precise conclusions about the dynamics. So, we are able to compare the results of this theory with those established in the literature, namely: the equilibrium shape of an isolated fluid in rotation, the tidal elongation induced by gravitational interaction and the tidal torque. Due to its simplicity, we can further perform a qualitative analysis of the dynamics of the system and estimate the velocity of attraction of the equilibrium states.

O presente trabalho dedica-se a uma modelagem da interação entre corpos celestes, em regime Newtoniano, levando-se em consideração as influências que suas deformações e viscosidades internas exercem sobre seus movimentos orbitais e suas velocidades angulares. A abordagem adotada é uma variação do conhecido problema do corpo pseudo-rígido, a qual simplifica drasticamente a determinação dos equilíbrios relativos e torna a questão da dinâmica matematicamente acessível. Com este tratamento, podemos relacionar ou comparar os resultados com aqueles estabelecidos na literatura, dentre eles: formato de equilíbrio de um fluido isolado em rotação, deformação de maré causada pela interação gravitacional e o torque de maré induzido no mesmo. Pela simplicidade do modelo pode-se ainda fazer uma análise qualitativa da dinâmica do sistema e obter estimativas sobre a velocidade com que se aproxima dos equilíbrios. / The present work is devoted to model the interaction among celestial bodies, in a Newtonian regime, but considering the role played by the internal deformation and viscosity on the orbital motion and angular velocities of the components of the system. The work is mainly developed with an alternative approach to the pseudo-rigid body model, which simplifies the determination of the relative equilibria and allows precise conclusions about the dynamics. So, we are able to compare the results of this theory with those established in the literature, namely: the equilibrium shape of an isolated fluid in rotation, the tidal elongation induced by gravitational interaction and the tidal torque. Due to its simplicity, we can further perform a qualitative analysis of the dynamics of the system and estimate the velocity of attraction of the equilibrium states.

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This dissertation presents innovative unified approaches to understand and predict the motion between potential wells. The theoretical-computational framework, based on the tube dynamics, will reveal how the dissipative and gyroscopic forces change the phase space structure that governs the escape (or transition) from potential wells. In higher degree of freedom systems, the motion between potential wells is complicated due to the existence of multiple escape routes usually through an index-1 saddle. Thus, this dissertation firstly studies the local behavior around the index-1 saddle to establish the criteria of escape taking into account the dissipative and gyroscopic forces. In the analysis, an idealized ball rolling on a surface is selected as an example to show the linearized dynamics due to its special interests that the gyroscopic force can be easily introduced by rotating the surface. Based on the linearized dynamics, we find that the boundary of the initial conditions of a given energy for the trajectories that transit from one side of a saddle to the other is a cylinder and ellipsoid in the conservative and dissipative systems, respectively. Compared to the linear systems, it is much more challenging or sometimes impossible to get analytical solutions in the nonlinear systems. Based on the analysis of linearized dynamics, the second goal of this study is developing a bisection method to compute the transition boundary in the nonlinear system using the dynamic snap-through buckling of a buckled beam as an example. Based on the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory, a two degree of freedom Hamiltonian system can be generated via a two mode-shape truncation. The transition boundary on the Poincar'e section at the well can be obtained by the bisection method. The numerical results prove the efficiency of the bisection method and show that the amount of trajectories that escape from the potential well will be smaller if the damping of the system is increasing. Finally, we present an alternative idea to compute the transition boundary of the nonlinear system from the perspective of the invariant manifold. For the conservative systems, the transition boundary of a given energy is the invariant manifold of a periodic orbit. The process of obtaining such invariant manifold compromises two parts, including the computation of the periodic orbit by solving a proper boundary-value problem (BVP) and the globalization of the manifold. For the dissipative systems, however, the transition boundary of a given energy becomes the invariant manifold of an index-1 saddle. We present a BVP approach using the small initial sphere in the stable subspace of the linearized system at one end and the energy at the other end as the boundary conditions. By using these algorithms, we obtain the nonlinear transition tube and transition ellipsoid for the conservative and dissipative systems, respectively, which are topologically the same as the linearized dynamics. / Doctor of Philosophy / Transition or escape events are very common in daily life, such as the snap-through of plant leaves and the flipping over of umbrellas on a windy day, the capsize of ships and boats on a rough sea. Some other engineering problems related to escape, such as the collapse of arch bridges subjected to seismic load and moving trucks, and the escape and recapture of the spacecraft, are also widely known. At first glance, these problems seem to be irrelated. However, from the perspective of mechanics, they have the same physical principle which essentially can be considered as the escape from the potential wells. A more specific exemplary representative is a rolling ball on a multi-well surface where the potential energy is from gravity. The purpose of this dissertation is to develop a theoretical-computational framework to understand how a transition event can occur if a certain energy is applied to the system. For a multi-well system, the potential wells are usually connected by saddle points so that the motion between the wells generally occurs around the saddle. Thus, knowing the local behavior around the saddle plays a vital role in understanding the global motion of the nonlinear system. The first topic aims to study the linearized dynamics around the saddle. In this study, an idealized ball rolling on both stationary and rotating surfaces will be used to reveal the dynamics. The effect of the gyroscopic force induced by the rotation of the surface and the energy dissipation will be considered. In the second work, the escape dynamics will be extended to the nonlinear system applied to the snap-through of a buckled beam. Due to the nonlinear behavior existing in the system, it is hard to get the analytical solutions so that numerical algorithms are needed. In this study, a bisection method is developed to search the transition boundary. By using such method, the transition boundary on a specific Poincar'e section is obtained for both the conservative and dissipative systems. Finally, we revisit the escape dynamics in the snap-through buckling from the perspective of the invariant manifold. The treatment for the conservative and dissipative systems is different. In the conservative system, we compute the invariant manifold of a periodic orbit, while in the dissipative system we compute the invariant manifold of a saddle point. The computational process for the conservative system consists of the computation of the periodic orbit and the globalization of the corresponding manifold. In the dissipative system, the invariant manifold can be found by solving a proper boundary-value problem. Based on these algorithms, the nonlinear transition tube and transition ellipsoid in the phase space can be obtained for the conservative and dissipative systems, respectively, which are qualitatively the same as the linearized dynamics.

O presente trabalho apresenta a teoria de sistemas dinâmicos dissipativos impulsivos. Apresentamos resultados suficientes e necessários para obtermos dissipatividade para sistemas impulsivos autônomos e não autônomos utilizando funções de Lyapunov. No que segue, desenvolvemos a teoria de estabilidade para a seção nula de um sistema dinâmico não autônomo com impulsos. Utilizando os resultados da teoria abstrata para sistemas não autônomos com impulsos, apresentamos o estudo da estabilidade de um modelo presa-predador com controle e impulsos. / The present work presents the theory of impulsive dissipative dynamical systems. We present necessary and sufficient conditions to obtain dissipativity for autonomous and non-autonomous impulsive dynamical systems via Lyapunov functions. In the sequel, we develop the theory of stability for the null section of non-autonomous dynamical systems with impulses. Using the results from the abstract theory we present the study of stability for a controlled prey-predator model under impulse conditions.

O presente trabalho apresenta a teoria de sistemas dinâmicos dissipativos impulsivos. Apresentamos resultados suficientes e necessários para obtermos dissipatividade para sistemas impulsivos autônomos e não autônomos utilizando funções de Lyapunov. No que segue, desenvolvemos a teoria de estabilidade para a seção nula de um sistema dinâmico não autônomo com impulsos. Utilizando os resultados da teoria abstrata para sistemas não autônomos com impulsos, apresentamos o estudo da estabilidade de um modelo presa-predador com controle e impulsos. / The present work presents the theory of impulsive dissipative dynamical systems. We present necessary and sufficient conditions to obtain dissipativity for autonomous and non-autonomous impulsive dynamical systems via Lyapunov functions. In the sequel, we develop the theory of stability for the null section of non-autonomous dynamical systems with impulses. Using the results from the abstract theory we present the study of stability for a controlled prey-predator model under impulse conditions.

The traffic signal affects the life of virtually everyone every day. The effectiveness of signal systems can reduce the incidence of delays, stops, fuel consumption, emission of pollutants, and accidents. The problems related to rapid growth in traffic congestion call for more effective traffic signalization using robust feedback control methodology. Online traffic-responsive signalization is based on real-time traffic conditions and selects cycle, split, phase, and offset for the intersection according to detector data. A robust traffic feedback control begins with assembling traffic demands, traffic facility supply, and feedback control law for the existing traffic operating environment. This information serves the input to the traffic control process which in turn provides an output in terms of the desired performance under varying conditions. Traffic signalization belongs to a class of hybrid systems since the differential equations model the continuous behavior of the traffic flow dynamics and finite-state machines model the discrete state changes of the controller. A complicating aspect, due to the state-space constraint that queue lengths are necessarily nonnegative, is that the continuous-time system dynamics is actually the projection of a smooth system of ordinary differential equations. This also leads to discontinuities in the boundary dynamics of a sort common in queueing problems. The project is concerned with the design of a feedback controller to minimize accumulated queue lengths in the presence of unknown inflow disturbances at an isolated intersection and a traffic network with some signalized intersections. A dynamical system has finite L₂-gain if it is dissipative in some sense. Therefore, the H<SUB>infinity</SUB>-control problem turns to designing a controller such that the resulting closed loop system is dissipative, and correspondingly there exists a storage function. The major contributions of this thesis include 1) to propose state space models for both isolated multi-phase intersections and a class of queueing networks; 2) to formulate H<SUB>infinity</SUB> problems for the control systems with persistent disturbances; 3) to present the projection dynamics aspects of the problem to account for the constraints on the state variables; 4) formally to study this problem as a hybrid system; 5) to derive traffic-actuated feedback control laws for the multi-phase intersections. Though we have mathematically presented a robust feedback solution for the traffic signalization, there still remains some distance before the physical implementation. A robust adaptive control is an interesting research area for the future traffic signalization. / Ph. D.

When the human mind searches concept space for solutions to a given condition we have a choice between conventional and creative thinking. But what are the probabilities of improving a given situation using creative thinking compared with conventional thinking? To answer this question we are extending the meaning of creativity beyond human creativity. We view creativity as an optimised search strategy applicable to the larger set of all teleonomic systems and term this creativity teleonomic creativity. We argue that an analog process is common to all manifestations of creativity within teleonomic systems and describe this process and its cause. In order to show this process and to make quantitative comparisons, we utilise the metaphor of an adaptive fitness landscape and simple statistical techniques. The term fitness in our case describes the condition of a well-defined property being suitable for a purpose, rather than an overall evaluation of many complex interactions measuring reproductive success. We define creativity as the successful attempt of either individuals or populations to gain higher fitness via exploration of global fitness peaks as opposed to the exploitation of a currently occupied local peak. We then show mathematically how the inclusion of creativity in a search can dramatically increase the chances of finding appropriate solutions. We also recognise that creative behaviour is most successful when the environmentis unstable. We note the existence of a strategic meta-parameter that allows self-adaptation when tuned via a feedback loop from the environment. We show that creativity can be understood as a random process with an optimal setting for the standard deviation that maximises the probability of hitting a target of higher fitness. We support our claims with computer simulations and observe several occurrences of teleonomic creativity in nature. In addition we measure the entropy of a teleonomic system via the phase-space of internal variables and observe a sudden entropy increase during the onset of creative behaviour in a teleonomic system. Our investigations also enable us to rationalise the processes, conditions and phenomena surrounding human creativity such as mistakes, madness, serendipity, humor, analogy making and interpret the function of creativity promoters and inhibitors. Our findings may also allow us to incorporate creativity into artificial computer models. We speculate that creativity is an emerging property of any teleonomic system and as such ubiquitous in nature.