Overview
An extended case study - an experiment in mechanical vibration - introduces the subject of nonlinear dynamics. Beginning with a review of basic principles, the text then describes a cart-on-a-track oscillator and shows what happens when it is gradually subjected to greater excitation, thereby encountering the full spectrum of nonlinear behavior, from simple free decay to chaos.
- | By (Author): Lawrence N. (Duke University, North Carolina) Virgin
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- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Mar 28, 2000
- | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
- | Number of Pages: 274 pages
- | Language: Not available
- | Binding: Paperback|Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0007233485
- | ISBN-13: 9780521779319