Melnikov's method for rigid bodies subject to small perturbation torques

Archive of Applied Mechanics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 215-230

  Tong, X ^a   Tabarrok, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chaotic motion; Deprit's variable; Homoclinic orbit; Melnikov's method; Rigid body dynamics

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TORQUE;

CHAOTIC MOTION; DEPRIT'S VARIABLE; HOMOCLINIC ORBIT; MELNIKOV METHOD; RIGID BODY DYNAMICS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030110011     PISSN: 09391533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004190050062     Document Type: Article

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