Smale–Williams solenoid

A new autonomous system with chaotic dynamics corresponding to Smale–Williams attractor in Poincare map is introduced. The system is constructed on the basis of the model with «figure-eight» separatrix on the phase plane discussed in former times by Y.I. Neimark. Our system is composed of two Neimark subsystems with generalized coordinates x and y. It is described by the equations with additional terms due to which the system becomes self-oscillating.

A review of studies aimed on revealing or constructing physical systems with hyperbolic strange attractors, like Plykin attractor and Smale–Williams solenoid, is presented. Examples of iterated maps, differential equations, and simple electronic devices with chaotic dynamics associated with such attractors are presented and discussed. A general principle is considered and illustrated basing on manipulation of phases in alternately excited oscillators and time­delay systems. Alternative approaches are reviewed outlined in literature, as well as the prospects of further researches.

We present a way to realize hyperchaotic behavior for a system based on Q­switched van der Pol oscillator with non­linear signal transformation in the delayed feedback loop. The results of numerical studies are discussed: time dependences of variables, attractor portraits, Lyapunov exponents, and power spectrum.

We consider several electronic circuits, which are represented dynamical systems with hyperbolic chaotic attractors, such as Smale–Williams and Plykin attractors, and present results of their simulation using the software package NI Multisim 10. The approach developed is useful as an intermediate step of constructing real electronic devices with structurally stable hyperbolic chaos, which may be applicable in systems of secure communication, noise radar, for cryptographic systems, for random number generators.

We consider an electronic device, which represents an autonomous dynamical system with hyperbolic attractor of the Smale–Williams type in the Poincare map. Simulation ´ of chaotic dynamics in the software environment Multisim has been undertaken. The generator of hyperbolic chaos is implemented as a laboratory model; its experimental investigation is carried out, and good compliance with the observed dynamics in the numerical and circuit simulation has been demonstrated.