Nonlinear dynamics of filaments II. Nonlinear analysis

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 45-61

  Goriely, Alain ^a   Tabor, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude equations; Elasticity; Kirchhoff equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 22244457390     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(97)83389-1     Document Type: Article

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