Lyapunov's exponents for nonsmooth dynamics with impacts: STABILITY analysis of the rocking block

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2015-2039

  Ageno, Alessio ^a   Sinopoli, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lyapunov's exponents; Nonsmooth systems; Rocking block dynamics; Saltation matrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944485454     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127405013125     Document Type: Article

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