W. Szemplinskastupnicka et J. Rudowski, NEIMARK BIFURCATION, ALMOST-PERIODICITY AND CHAOS IN THE FORCED VANDERPOL-DUFFING SYSTEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE PRINCIPAL RESONANCE, Physics letters. A, 192(2-4), 1994, pp. 201-206
The occurrence of chaotic motion in the forced van der Pol-Duffing osc
illator in close neighbourhood of the principal resonance is considere
d and interpreted in connection with subcritical Neimark bifurcation.
Computer simulations and approximate analytical analysis confirm that
the chaotic motion region forms a transition zone between two regular
motions: the T-periodic and almost-periodic oscillations.