Dynamics of a ball moving in gravitational field and colliding with a moving table is considered. The motion of the limiter is assumed as periodic with piecewise constant velocity. It is assumed that the table moves up with a constant velocity and then goes down with another constant velocity. The Poincaré map describing evolution from an impact to the next impact is derived. Several classes of solutions are computed in analytical form.

Dynamics of a ball moving in gravitational field and colliding with a moving table is studied in this paper. The motion of the limiter is assumed as periodic with piecewise constant velocity-it is assumed that the table moves up with a constant velocity and then moves down with another constant velocity. The Poincaré map, describing evolution from an impact to the next impact, is derived and scenarios of transition to chaotic dynamics are investigated analytically and numerically.

Nonlinear dynamics of a bouncing ball moving vertically in a gravitational field and colliding with a moving limiter is considered and the Poincaré map, describing evolution from an impact to the next impact, is described. Displacement of the limiter is assumed as periodic, cubic function of time. Due to simplicity of this function analytical computations are possible. Several dynamical modes, such as fixed points, 2 -cycles and chaotic bands are studied analytically and numerically. It is shown that chaotic bands are created from fixed points after first period doubling in a corner-type bifurcation. Equation for the time of the next impact is solved exactly for the case of two subsequent impacts occurring in the same period of limiter's motion making analysis of chattering possible.

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Nonlinear dynamics of a bouncing ball moving in gravitational field and colliding with a moving limiter is considered. Displacement of the limiter is a quadratic function of time. Several dynamical modes, such as fixed points, 2-cycles, grazing and chaotic bands are studied analytically and numerically. It is shown that chaotic bands appear due to homoclinic structures created from unstable 2-cycles in a corner-type bifurcation.