The 'Indian wire trick' via parametric excitation: A comparison between theory and experiment

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 459, Issue 2031, 2003, Pages 539-546

  Mullin, Tom ^a   Champneys, Alan ^b   Fraser, W Barrie ^c   Galan, Jorge ^d   Acheson, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental dynamics; Parametric excitation; Rod mechanics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0344273599     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2002.1056     Document Type: Article

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