The global structure of periodic solutions to a suspension bridge mechanical model

IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications)

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 459-478

  McKenna, P J ^a   Moore, K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled oscillations; Suspension bridge; Torsional oscillations

Indexed keywords

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; OSCILLATIONS; STIFFNESS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

TORSIONAL OSCILLATIONS;

SUSPENSION BRIDGES;

EID: 0036812150     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/67.5.459     Document Type: Article

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