Dynamics in a chain of overdamped pendula driven by constant torques

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 294-305

  Qian, Min ^a   Zhu, Shu ^a   Qin, Wen Xin ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coupled oscillators; Frequency locking; Horizontal curve; Phase locking; Running periodic solution

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DYNAMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); PENDULUMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; STABILITY; TORQUE;

COUPLED OSCILLATORS; FREQUENCY LOCKING; HORIZONTAL CURVE; NEUMANN BOUNDARY CONDITION; OVERDAMPED PENDULA; PHASE LOCKING;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0031077746     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139994278755     Document Type: Article

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