Using chaos to reduce oscillations: Experimental results

Chaotic dynamic systems are usually controlled in a way, which allows the replacement of chaotic behavior by the desired periodic motion. We give the example in which all originally regular (periodic) system is controlled in such a way as to make it chaotic. This approach based on the idea of dynamical absorber allows the significant reduction of the amplitude of the oscillations in the neighborhood of the resonance. We present experimental results, which confirm our previous numerical studies [Dabrowski A, Kapitaniak T. Using chaos to reduce oscillations. Nonlinear Phenomen Complex Syst 2001;4(2):206-11]. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.