The paper presents numerical research of a reconstructed middle ear system using the element made of shape memory alloy. The material is modelled based on a hysteretic nonlinear theory where strain rate is taken into account. Bifurcation analysis of the system reveals different kinds of solutions starting from regular and ending with chaotic vibrations depending on external excitation.

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