Point attractors and dynamic buckling of autonomous systems under step loading

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 36, Issue 35, 1999, Pages 5357-5385

  Sophianopoulos, D S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

AUTONOMOUS MULTI-DEGREES OF FREEDOM SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; POINT ATTRACTORS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032624604     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(98)00249-2     Document Type: Article

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