A dynamical systems approach to the overturning of rocking blocks

Chaos, Solitons and Fractals

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 527-542

  Lenci, Stefano ^a   Rega, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING FAILURE; PROBLEM PARAMETERS; ROCKING BLOCKS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 27144523669     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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