On solitary waves of a piecewise linear suspended beam model

Nonlinearity

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1763-1782

  Champneys, A R ^a   McKenna, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0001328006     PISSN: 09517715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0951-7715/10/6/018     Document Type: Article

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