Analysis of Discontinuous Dynamical Behaviors of a Friction-Induced Oscillator with an Elliptic Control Law

This paper develops the passability conditions of flow to the discontinuous boundary and the sticking or sliding and grazing conditions to the separation boundary in the discontinuous dynamical systemof a friction-induced oscillatorwith an elliptic control law and the friction force acting on themassM through the analysis of the corresponding vector fields andG-functions.Theperiodic motions of such a discontinuous system are predicted analytically through themapping structure. Finally, the numerical simulations are given to illustrate the analytical results of motion for a better understanding of physics of motion in the mass-spring-damper oscillator.


Introduction
Discontinuous dynamical systems extensively exist in mechanics and engineering, such as turbine blades, dry friction, and impact processes.Luo and Rapp [1,2] investigated different periodic motions in a periodic force discontinuous system.The switching boundary in the aforementioned papers was supposed to be an inclined line or a parabolic curve and the friction force acting on the oscillator was not considered.In this paper, the motions in the discontinuous dynamical system of a friction-induced oscillator with an elliptic control law will be investigated.
In mechanical engineering, the friction contact between two surfaces of two bodies is an important connection and friction phenomenon widely exists.In recent years, much research effort in science and engineering has focussed on nonsmooth dynamical systems.This problem can go back to the 30s of last century.In 1930, Hartog [3] investigated the nonstick periodic motion of the forced linear oscillator with Coulomb and viscous damping.In 1960, Levitan [4] proved the existence of periodic motions in a friction oscillator with the periodically driven base.Discontinuous systems are usually described by ordinary differential equations with discontinuous right-hand sides.Filippov presented the basic concepts for such discontinuous differential equations and mainly discussed the existence and uniqueness of solutions for discontinuous dynamical systems in [5] in 1964 and gave the systematical summarization for such discontinuous differential equations in [6] in 1988.Since then, many authors have used and tried to extend the Filippov's theory to investigate the flow passability and motion complexity in discontinuous dynamical systems.For instance, in 1995, Popp et al. [7] investigated dynamical behavior of a friction oscillator with simultaneous self-excitation and external excitation.In 1996, Oestreich et al. [8] studied the bifurcation and stability analysis for a nonsmooth friction oscillator.In 1997, Kunze et al. [9] employed the KAM theory to analyze the periodic motions for a forced oscillator with a jump of restoring force.In 2003, Awrejcewicz and Olejnik [10] studied stickslip dynamics of a two-degree-of-freedom system.In 2003 and 2012, Cid and Sanchez [11] and Jacquemard and Teixeira [12] used an approximation procedure and the method of lower and upper solution to obtain the existence conditions of typical periodic solutions for some nonautonomous secondorder differential equations with a jump discontinuity.In 2001 and 2006, Kupper and Moritz [13] and Zou et al. [14] reported the possibility of Hopf bifurcations in planar discontinuous dynamical systems from the aspects of stability change of an equilibrium point.In 2014, Pascal [15] discussed a system composed of two masses connected by linear springs: one of the masses is in contact with a rough surface and the other is also subjected to a harmonic external force.Several periodic orbits were obtained in closed form, and symmetry in space and time was proved for some of these periodic solutions.For more discussion about discontinuous system, refer to [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32].
On the other hand, the determination of periodic orbits along the switching boundary is very important in the nonsmooth control theory.In 2003, Bernardo et al. [33] showed that sliding bifurcations play an important role in analyzing the dynamics of dry friction oscillator.In 2004, Galvanetto [34] presented several detailed examples to address the fact that the occurrence of sliding bifurcation does not always correspond to the change in the number of periodic orbits at the bifurcation point.In 2005 and 2008, Kowalczyk et al. [35,36] were concerned with the extension to the case of codimension 2 degenerate sliding bifurcations, numerical continuation, and analytical investigations of sliding bifurcations in Filippov systems.In 2010, Guardia et al. [37] analytically studied the sliding bifurcations of periodic orbits in a dry friction oscillator.
Recently, new development in discontinuous dynamical systems, such as the motion switchability for stick and sliding and grazing motions, has been found.In 2005, Luo [38,39] developed a theory for nonsmooth dynamical systems on connectable domains and the mapping dynamics of periodic motions for a piecewise linear system under a periodic excitation.In 2005, 2006 and 2008, Luo [40][41][42] introduced the concepts of imaginary, sink, and source flows in nonsmooth dynamical systems and developed a general theory for the local singularity of a flow to the discontinuous boundary and a theory for flow switchability in discontinuous dynamical systems.In 2006, Luo and Gegg [43] investigated periodic motions in an oscillator moving on a periodically vibrating belt with dry friction.In 2009, Gegg et al. [44] presented the analytical conditions for sliding and passable motions on the periodically time-varying boundary for a friction-induced oscillator through the relative force product.In 2011, Luo [45] systematically presented a new theory for flow barriers in discontinuous dynamical systems, which provides a theoretic base to further develop control theory and stability.As to applications of the aforementioned local singularity theory, Luo and Huang [46] used such theory to determine the flow switchability on the discontinuous boundary for the nonlinear, friction-induced, periodically forced oscillator in 2012.In 2015 and 2017, Zhang and Fu [25,47,48] studied the periodic motions, stick motions, grazing flows in an inclined impact oscillator, and the flow switchability of motions in a horizontal impact pair with dry friction.In 2016, Chen and Fan [49] presented the analytical conditions for the motion switchability in a double belt friction oscillator system with a periodic excitation.In 2018, Fan et al. [50] further investigated dynamics of such double belt friction oscillator system with a periodic excitation.In 2017 and 2018, Fan et al. [51,52] studied a friction-induced oscillator with two degrees of freedom on a speed-varying traveling belt and discontinuous dynamical behaviors in a vibroimpact system with multiple constraints, respectively.
In study of dynamical system, the switching control law also plays an important role.Some researchers have obtained some results by using the theory of discontinuous dynamical systems developed by Luo.In 2009, Luo and Rapp [1] investigated the flow switchability and periodic motions in a periodically forced, discontinuous dynamical system with switching control law of an inclined line.In the next year, Luo and Rapp [2] studied the motions and switchability of an oscillator in a periodically forced, discontinuous system with switching control law of a parabolic boundary.In 2015, Zheng and Fu [53] proposed the switched Van der Pol equation with impulsive effect as switched system and analyzed its features from a discontinuous point of view.In 2017, Fan et al. [54] studied discontinuous dynamics of a friction-induced oscillator with switching control law of a straight line.For the examples of impulsive control and Boolean control as switching control law, see [55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68].It is worth noting that the switching control law of an elliptic boundary has an important application in practical problem, such as satellite rendezvous and formation flight.The elliptical controller is designed as a reference orbit for formation flight.By selecting the appropriate parameters to design the controller, the orbit of the satellite can be controlled so that it can conduct sliding or periodic motion in the reference orbit.This can effectively improve flight efficiency and save fuel.Compared with the circular reference orbit, the flight mode of elliptical reference orbit has the advantages which can reach the earth layer boundary region of space physics research, travel through specific spaces for longer periods of time, collect more information, and realize multipoint synchronous measurement by three-dimensional configuration and so on.Some scholars do a lot of work.For example, Senqupta [69] investigated elliptic rendezvous in the chaser satellite frame in 2012.In the same year, Chang et al. [70] studied the transfer of satellites between elliptic Keplerian orbits using Lyapunov stability theory.In 2013, Yan et al. [71] investigated pseudospectral feedback control for three-axis magnetic attitude stabilization in elliptic orbits.In 2012, Do [72] presented a design of cooperative controllers that force a group of  mobile agents with an elliptical shape and with limited sensing ranges to perform a desired formation.
In this paper, the analytical conditions for motion switchability on the discontinuous boundaries in a periodically forced, discontinuous system with an elliptic control law and the friction force acting on the mass  will be developed through the -functions of the vector fields to the discontinuous boundaries.The rest of the paper is organized in the following manner.In Section 2, the physical model of a periodically forced, linear, friction-induced oscillator is introduced by using mechanical models.In Section 3, different domains and boundaries are defined due to the elliptic switching control law and friction discontinuities.The functions are introduced to discuss the motion switchability, and the analytical conditions for the switching conditions of the passable motions, stick or sliding motions, and grazing motions are derived mathematically in Section 4. In Section 5, the switching sets and two-dimensional mappings are defined to describe the complex motions in the friction-induced oscillator with an elliptic control law and the friction acting on the mass.Further, the periodic motions, such as sliding periodic motions and stick periodic motions, are analytically predicted.Numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate the analytical conditions of motion switchability for a better understanding of the complex dynamical behaviors in Section 6.Finally, Section 7 concludes the paper.

Mechanical Model
Consider a periodically forced, linear, friction-induced oscillator, as shown in Figure 1(a).Denote displacement by  and time by , and assume that the switching boundary in this discontinuous dynamic system is where  > 0,  > 0, and ẋ = /, as sketched in Figure 1(b).This elliptical switching boundary will allow the system to switch from one dynamic system to another when the oscillator meets certain conditions.Assume also that the oscillator consists of a mass , a switching spring of stiffness   ( ∈ {1, 2}), and a switchable damper of coefficient   ( ∈ {1, 2}) in the domain   ( ∈ {1, 2}), where  1 is the unbounded outside domain and  2 is the bounded inside domain.The periodic force acting on the mass  in the different domains is where  0 , Ω, , and   are excitation amplitude, frequency, initial phase, and constant force, respectively.Through prestressing the mass , the constant-force magnitude of   could be adjusted to adapt to different working environments.Furthermore, the mass  slides or rests on the conveyor belt with a constant speed .
Since the mass  contacts the conveyor belt with friction, the mass  can move along or rest on the conveyor belt.Further, a kinetic friction force is given by where   =  is the normal force between the mass  and conveyor belt.The frictional force is sketched in Figure 2.
The equation of motion for such a friction-induced oscillator in the domain   is where The nonfrictional force per unit mass in the domain   is The motions of the mass  in the domain   are divided into three cases.
(i) If | () nf | ≥  ()  and the displacement and velocity of the mass  do not satisfy the elliptic control law (i.e.,  2 / 2 + ẋ 2 / 2 ̸ = 1), the corresponding motion is called the nonstick motion or free-flight motion.For this case, the equation of motion is given as follows: (ii) If the mass  moves together with the conveyor belt (i.e., | ()  nf | <  ()  ) and the displacement and velocity of the mass  do not satisfy the elliptic control law (i.e.,  2 / 2 + ẋ 2 / 2 ̸ = 1), the corresponding motion is called the stick motion.For this case, the equation of motion is given by (iii) If the displacement and velocity of the mass  satisfy the elliptic control law (i.e.,  2 / 2 + ẋ 2 / 2 = 1), the corresponding motion is called the sliding motion.For this case, the equation of motion is described by

Domains and Boundaries
Due to the elliptic control law and the friction between the mass  and the conveyor belt, the motions of the mass  become discontinuous and more complicated.In order to determine the switching complexity for the motions of the mass , different domains and boundaries in the absolute coordinates are defined in this section.The origin of the absolute coordinates is set at the equilibrium position of the mass .Based on the discontinuities caused by the switching control law and the friction between the mass  and the conveyor belt, the phase plane for this discontinuous dynamic system is partitioned into four different domains and four boundaries, as shown in Figure 3.In each domain, the motion of the mass  can be described through a continuous dynamical system. Set The four nonstick domains for the mass  can be expressed as The corresponding boundaries, including two stick or velocity boundaries and two sliding or control boundaries, can be defined as For the nonstick motions in domains, two vectors are introduced as where  = 1, 2, 3, 4. Using (13), the equations of nonstick motions are rewritten in the vector form of where For the stick motions on velocity boundaries, two vectors are introduced as where ( 1 ,  2 ) ∈ {(2, 3), (3,2), (1,4), (4, 1)}.The equations of stick motions are rewritten in the vector form of for ( 1 ,  2 ) ∈ {(2, 3) , (3,2) , (1,4) , (4, 1)} , where , ) = 0 for stick motion, for nonstick motion. ( For the sliding motions on elliptic boundaries, two vectors are introduced as where ( 3 ,  4 ) ∈ {(1, 2), (2, 1), (4, 3), (3,4)}.The equations of sliding motions are rewritten in the vector form of where for sliding motion, for non-sliding motion. (21)

Analytical Conditions
According to the theory of flow switchability to a specific boundary in discontinuous dynamic systems, the switching conditions of the passable motions, stick or sliding motions, and grazing motions of the mass  will be developed in this section.
Assume that there are two adjacent subdomains Ω  and Ω  .A flow in subdomain Ω  ( ∈ {, }) is called a local flow if it is governed by the continuous vector field in Ω  ( ∈ {, }) only.A flow is called a passable flow if it switches from a subdomain Ω  ( ∈ {, }) into another one Ω  ( ∈ {, },  ̸ = ) through the boundary Ω  (,  ∈ {, },  ̸ = ).Obviously, the vector field of a passable flow in subdomain Ω  ( ∈ {, }) will be changed into the one in subdomain Ω  ( ∈ {, },  ̸ = ), accordingly.A flow is called a grazing Mathematical Problems in Engineering flow if it is tangential to the boundaries Ω  .If a flow cannot pass through but moves along the boundaries Ω  , then this flow is called a sliding flow.
Based on the -functions, the decision theorems of semipassable flow, sink flow, tangential flow, sliding bifurcation, and sliding fragmentation bifurcation to the separation boundary are stated in the form of lemma as follows.
Lemma 6 (see [42]).For an arbitrarily small  > 0, there are two time intervals [ − , + ] -continuous for time  and ‖  +1 x () /   +1 ‖ < ∞ (  ≥ 2 and  ∈ {, }).The sliding bifurcation of the passable flows x () () and x () () at point (x  ,   ) switching to the nonpassable flow of the first kind on the boundary   → Ω  occurs if and only if Lemma 7 (see [42]).For an arbitrarily small  > 0, there are two time intervals The tangential bifurcation of the flows x () and x () at point (x  ,   ) on the boundary ∂Ω  is termed the sliding fragmentation bifurcation if and only if More detailed theory on the flow switchability such as high-order -functions, the definitions, or the decision theorems about various flow passability in discontinuous dynamical systems can be found in [42].
Theorem 8.For the friction-induced oscillator with an elliptic control law and the friction force acting on the mass  discussed in Section 2, there are the following results.
(i) The necessary and sufficient conditions for passable motion on the boundary (ii) The necessary and sufficient conditions for passable motion on the boundary x  ≡ (  ,   ) ∈ Ω 23 at time   are either  (2) or  (3)
Theorem 9.For the friction-induced oscillator with an elliptic control law and the friction force acting on the mass  discussed in Section 2, there are the following results.
(i) The necessary and sufficient conditions for sliding motion on the boundary x  ≡ (  ,   ) ∈ Ω 12 at time   are (ii) The necessary and sufficient conditions for stick motion on the boundary x  ≡ (  ,   ) ∈ Ω 23 at time   are  (2) (iii) The necessary and sufficient conditions for sliding motion on the boundary x  ≡ (  ,   ) ∈ Ω 34 at time   are (iv) The necessary and sufficient conditions for stick motion on the boundary x  ≡ (  ,   ) ∈ Ω 14 at time   are  (1) Proof.The displacement and velocity of the mass  satisfy the elliptic control law; such motion is called the sliding motion.From the flow switchability theory on the discontinuous dynamical systems, the sliding motion is that the flow in domain Ω  ( ∈ {, }) reaches the boundary Ω  ( ∈ {12, 21, 34, 43}) and moves along the boundary Ω  ( ∈ {12, 21, 34, 43}).Thus it can be predicted by Lemma 4.
From (27), the 0th-order -functions on the boundary Ω 12 are From ( 13) and ( 35), ( 56) can be computed as By Lemma 4, the sliding motion on the boundary x  ∈ Ω 12 at time   appears if and only if From ( 57) and ( 58), one obtains Thus, (i) holds, and (iii) can be proved similarly.
The mass  moves together with the conveyor belt and the displacement and velocity of the mass  do not satisfy the elliptic control law; such motion is called the stick motion.From the flow switchability theory on the discontinuous dynamical systems, the stick motion is that the flow in domain Ω  ( ∈ {, }) reaches the boundary Ω  ( ∈ {23, 32, 14, 41}) and moves along the boundary Ω  ( ∈ {23, 32, 14, 41}).Thus it can be predicted by Lemma 4.
By (27), the 0th-order -functions on the boundary Ω 23 are From ( 13) and ( 34), ( 60) can be computed as By Lemma 4, the stick motion on the boundary x  ∈ Ω 23 at time   appears if and only if From ( 61) and ( 62), one obtains Thus, (ii) holds, and (iv) can be proved similarly.
Theorem 10.For the friction-induced oscillator with an elliptic control law and the friction force acting on the mass  discussed in Section 2, there are the following results.
Theorem 11.For the friction-induced oscillator with an elliptic control law and the friction force acting on the mass  discussed in Section 2, there are the following results.
(i) The appearance conditions for the sliding motion of the mass  at x  ≡ (  ,   ) ∈ Ω 12 are for Ω 2 → Ω 12 .
Theorem 12.For the friction-induced oscillator with an elliptic control law and the friction force acting on the mass  discussed in Section 2, there are the following results.

Mapping Structures and Periodic Motions
In order to describe the periodic motions with or without stick or sliding in the friction-induced oscillator with an elliptic control law and the friction acting on the mass  discussed in Section 2, the mapping structures are introduced based on the discontinuous boundaries.The switching sets will be defined firstly.From the switching sets, the basic mappings will be defined for this discontinuous dynamical system.Using the discontinuous boundaries Ω  1  2 ( 1  2 ∈ {12, 21, 23, 32, 34, 43, 14, 41}) in (12), the switching sets of mass  are defined as where   and ẋ  ( ∈ N) are switching displacement and velocity on the corresponding discontinuous boundaries for the mass  at time   , and  ± = lim →0 + ( ± ) and 0 ± = lim →0 + (0 ± ).
From the above switching sets, the basic mappings can be defined as From the above definitions, the switching sets and basic mappings are sketched in Figure 4.
Suppose  = 1,  17 =  16 =  15 =  13 =  12 =  11 = 0, and  1(10) =  19 =  18 =  14 = 1, and then there is a mapping structure for a passable periodic motion, as shown in Figure 5(a).By using notation in (121), the mapping structure of such a periodic orbit is The mapping relations are During -period time of excitation, the periodicity of mapping  requires Therefore, based on the governing equations in (117), the nonlinear algebraic equations for such a mapping structure   can be obtained, that is, (124) plus Consider a mapping structure for a sliding periodic orbit with  = 1,  1(10) =  19 =  18 =  14 =  13 =  12 =  11 = 0, and  17 =  16 =  15 = 1 in (121), as shown in Figure 5(b).Such a periodic orbit can be described as  where During -period time of excitation, the periodic motion pertaining to such a mapping  requires Thus, according to the governing equations in (117), the nonlinear algebraic equations for such a mapping structure   can be obtained, that is, (128) plus Consider a mapping structure for a stick periodic orbit with  = 1,  1(10) =  19 =  18 =  17 =  16 =  15 =  14 = 0, and  13 =  12 =  11 = 1 in (121), as shown in Figure 5(c).Such a periodic orbit can be expressed as where

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During -period time of excitation, the periodic motion pertaining to such a mapping  requires Therefore, from the governing equations in (117), one can obtain a set of nonlinear algebraic equations for such a mapping structure   , that is, (132) plus Consider a mapping structure for stick and sliding periodic orbit with  = 1,  1(10) =  19 =  18 =  16 =  14 =  12 =  11 = 1, and  17 =  15 =  13 = 0 in (121), as shown in Figure 5(d).Such a periodic orbit can be shown as where During -period time of excitation, the requirement for the periodic motion of a mapping  is So, based on the governing equations in (117), one can show a class of nonlinear algebraic equations for such a mapping structure   , that is, (136) plus

Simulations
To illustrate the analytical conditions of passable motions, grazing motions, stick motions, sliding motions, and periodic motions, the motions of the friction-induced oscillator with an elliptic control law and the friction force acting on the mass  will be demonstrated in the form of phase trajectories, time-displacement curves, time-velocity curves, and the functions responses, such as the time histories of 0th-order -function and 1st-order -function.The starting points of motions are described by green-solid circular symbols, and the switching points at which the oscillator may change its motion state are depicted by blue-solid circular symbols.Also the displacement curves, velocity curves, -functions, and the corresponding trajectories in phase space are shown by red curves.Further, the elliptic control law curves and the velocity curves of the traveling belt are depicted by blue and green curves, respectively.
Apply a set of system parameters as  = 1 kg,  = 0.5,   = 10 N,  0 = 10 N, Ω = 2 rad/s,  = 0,  1 =  2 = 5 N,  1 = 1.0 N/m,  2 = 0.5 N/m,  1 = 1.0 N⋅s/m,  2 = 0.5 N⋅s/m,  = 2.0 m/s,  = 14, and  = 10 to show a stick motion of the mass  on the velocity boundary Ω 23 in Figure 10.The initial conditions are  0 = 0.12 s,  0 = 8.5 m, and  0 = 2.0 m/s, and the phase trajectory, the time histories of displacement, and velocity are plotted in Figures 10(a)-10(c), respectively.From Figure 10(a), it can be seen that the stick motion appears at the initial point ( 0 ,  0 ), and the mass  reaches the velocity boundary Ω 23 with velocity equaling  and then moves together with the conveyor belt.The sticky portion is shaded by the gray color.At time  1 = 0.7731 s, the blue filled circle is the vanishing point of the stick motion on the boundary Ω 23 , because the motion of the mass  enters domain Ω 3 and is the free-fight motion after such a point.In order to describe the analytical conditions of stick motion on the boundary Ω 23 for the mass , the time histories of -functions are depicted in Figure 10(d).From Figure 10(d), it can be observed that there are  (0,3) Ω 23 =  (3) > 0 and  (0,2) Ω 23 =  (2) < 0 at the initial time  0 = 0.12 s on the velocity boundary Ω 23 .Thus the necessary and sufficient condition (53) of the stick motion on the velocity boundary Ω 23 in Theorem 9(ii) is obtained at initial time  0 = 0.12 s.It is worth noting that, within the gray portion,  (0,3) Ω 23 =  (3) > 0 and  (0,2) Ω 23 =  (2) < 0, so this stick motion continues until  1 = 0.7731 s.But, at time  1 = 0.7731 s, it can be seen that  (0,3) Ω 23 =  (3) = 0,  (0,2) Ω 23 =  (2) < 0, and  (1,3)   Ω 23 =  (3) < 0 from Figures 10(d The initial conditions are  0 = 0.0015 s,  0 = 1.6947 m, and  0 = 1.6503 m/s, and the phase trajectory, the time histories of displacement, and velocity are plotted in Figures 11(a)-11(c), respectively.From Figure 11(a), it can be seen that the sliding motion appears at the initial point ( 0 ,  0 ) on the elliptic boundary Ω 12 , and the sliding portion is shaded by the gray color.At time  1 = 0.1888 s, the blue filled circle is the vanishing point of the sliding motion on the elliptic boundary Ω 12 , because the motion of the mass  enters domain Ω 2 and is the free-fight motion after such a point.To describe the analytical conditions of sliding motion on the elliptic boundary Ω 12 for the mass , the time histories of functions are depicted in Figure 11(d).From Figure 11(d), it can be observed that there are  (0,1) Ω 12 =  2  0  0 +  2  0  (1) < 0 and  (0,2) Ω 12 =  2  0  0 +  2  0  (2) > 0 at the initial time  0 = 0.0015 s on the elliptic boundary Ω 12 .Thus the necessary and sufficient condition (52) of the sliding motion on the elliptic boundary Ω 12 in Theorem 9(ii) is obtained at initial   time  0 = 0.0015 s.It is worth noting that, within the gray portion,  (0,1) (2) > 0, so this sliding motion continues until  1 = 0.1888 s.But, at time  1 = 0.1888 s, it can be seen that  (0,1) 11(d) and 11(e).Therefore, the necessary and sufficient condition (97) of the sliding motion vanishing on the elliptic boundary Ω 12 in Theorem 12(ii) is satisfied.After this time  1 = 0.18888 s, the motion of the mass  enters the domain Ω 2 and is free-flight motion.
Consider a periodic motion with a mapping structure of   =   ∘   for the mass .The system parameters as  = 1 kg,  = 0.5,   = 6 N,  0 = 60 N, Ω = 4.5 rad/s,  = 0,  1 =  2 = 10 N,  1 = 10 N/m,  2 = 24.5 N/m,  1 = 1.0 N⋅s/m,  2 = 1.0 N⋅s/m,  = 2.0 m/s,  = 15, and  = 60 and the initial conditions  0 = 0.1102 s,  0 = 12.5061 m, and  0 = 2.0 m/s are given to demonstrate a periodic motion in Figure 12.The phase trajectory, displacement-time history, and velocity-time history of the mass  are presented in Figures 12(a)-12(c), respectively.And the corresponding motions are labeled by mappings   and   .Meanwhile, the periodicity can also be observed in displacement-time history and velocity-time history in Figures 12(b) and 12(c), and the interval between the two adjacent dashed vertical lines is one period.To understand the analytical conditions, the time histories of the -functions are presented in Figure 12(d).From Figure 12(d), it can be seen that there are  (0,2) Ω 23 =  (2) < 0 and  (0,3) Ω 23 =  (3) < 0 at the initial time  0 = 0.1102 s on the velocity boundary Ω 23 , which satisfies the condition (38) in Theorem 8(ii), so the flow of the periodic =  (2) > 0 and  (0,3) Ω 23 =  (3) > 0 from Figure 12(d); that is, the condition (39) in Theorem 8(ii) is satisfied.Thus the flow of the periodic motion will cross the velocity boundary Ω 23 and turn into domain Ω 2 from domain Ω 3 .Similarly, for the second switching time  2 = 1.5065 s, we have  (0,2) Ω 23 =  (2) < 0 and  (0,3) Ω 23 =  (3) < 0, which satisfies condition (38) in Theorem 8(ii); therefore the flow of the periodic motion is to pass through the velocity boundary Ω 23 and enters into domain Ω 3 from domain Ω 2 , as shown in Figure 12(a).In the meantime, the motion of the mass  in domain Ω 2 goes back to the starting point.Therefore, the periodic motion with a mapping structure   =   ∘  under one periodic is formed.

Conclusions
In this paper, the discontinuous dynamical behaviors of a friction-induced oscillator with elliptic control law and the friction force acting on the mass  were investigated through the theory of flow switchability for discontinuous dynamical systems.Different domains and boundaries for such a system were defined according to the discontinuities caused by the friction and the elliptic control law.Based on the above domains and boundaries, the analytical conditions for the passable motions, sliding or stick motions, grazing motions, and the onset or vanishing of sliding or stick motions were presented through the -functions of the vector fields.
The basic mappings and switching sets were introduced to describe motions in such an oscillator.Analytical conditions of periodic motions were developed by the mapping dynamics, and numerical simulations for illustration of analytical conditions and periodic motions were carried out for a better understanding of complicated dynamics of such mechanical model.There are more simulations about such an oscillator to be discussed in future.