Multi-scroll chaotic attractors with multi-wing via oscillatory potential wells

The oscillatory potential well can cause the mass points in it to move chaotically, which can be considered as a physical mechanism of chaos generation. Based on this physical mechanism, the oscillatory multi-well potential with multi-concave is used to generate controllable multi-scroll chaotic attractors with multi-wing. These attractors have two kinds of topological units: scroll and wing. The topological structure of the attractor depends on the shape of the potential well, that is, the wells and the concaves correspond to the scrolls and wings of the attractor. By constructing potential wells with different shapes, we can obtain attractors with different topological structure. The number of scrolls and wings of the chaotic attractor can be controlled by the oscillation amplitude of the potential well and damping coefficient, that is, stronger oscillation or smaller damping allows the mass points to enter the higher potential wells or concaves, resulting in attractors with more scrolls or wings. As the number of scrolls or wings increases, the attractors become more complex, as expressed by Poincaré maps and quantified by the Kaplan-Yorke dimensions. Kaplan-Yorke dimensions of attractors can be adjusted continuously from 2 to 3 by the two control parameters. Finally, the results are confirmed by Multisim simulation circuit and actual analog circuit.