An experimental study of fixed points and chaos in the motion of spheres in a Stokes flow

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

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 666-676

  Mullin, T ^a   Li, Y ^a   del Pino, C ^b   Ashmore, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deployment; Optimal control; Space flight dynamics; Tethered satellite; Transient chaos

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CHAOS THEORY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

FIXED POINTS; HOPF BIFURCATION; STOKES FLOW;

SPHERES;

EID: 26844472091     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: 14643634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/hxh085     Document Type: Article

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