BIFURCATIONS AND CHAOS IN PIECEWISE-SMOOTH DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS TO POWER CONVERTERS, RELAY AND PULSE-WIDTH MODULATED CONTROL SYSTEMS, AND HUMAN DECISION-MAKING BEHAVIOR

Technical problems often lead to differential equations with piecewise-smooth right-hand sides. Problems in mechanical engineering, for instance, violate the requirements of smoothness if they involve collisions, finite clearances, or stick-slip phenomena. Systems of this type can display a large variety of complicated bifurcation scenarios that still lack a detailed description.This book presents some of the fascinating new phenomena that one can observe in piecewise-smooth dynamical syste...