%0 Journal Article %T Nonlinear analysis of the locomotive traction system with rub %A Jie Zhang %A Junguo Wang %A Ruisong Bai %A Xufeng Yang %A Yongxiang Zhao %J Advances in Mechanical Engineering %@ 1687-8140 %D 2018 %R 10.1177/1687814018814639 %X Considering rub-impact forces, eccentricity of rotor, and nonlinear stiffness of armature shaft, a dynamic differential equation is built to investigate the bifurcation and chaos behavior of the locomotive traction system. The nonlinear analysis methods are inclusive of bifurcation diagrams, phase plane portraits, Poincar¨¦ maps, displacement¨Ctime curves, and spectrograms. The simulation results reveal the complex dynamic comprising period-3 to quasi-periodic bifurcation and intermittent bifurcation. Some research results are references for dynamic design and rub-impact fault diagnosis of the locomotive traction system %K Locomotive traction system %K rub-impact %K bifurcation %K quasi-periodic %K chaos %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1687814018814639