Taming chaos with disorder in a pendulum array

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 703-708

  Shew, Woodrow L ^a   Coy, Hanna A ^a   Lindner, John F ^a  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

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EID: 0033418777     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19355     Document Type: Article

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