Stability analysis and Lyapunov exponents of a multi-body mechanical system with rigid unilateral constraints

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 63, Issue 5-7, 2005, Pages

  Awrejcewicz, J ^a   Kudra, G ^a  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chaos; Lyapunov exponents; Periodicity; Quasi periodicity; Stability; Unilateral constraints

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; PENDULUMS;

LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS; PERIODICITY; QUASI-PERIODICITY; UNILATERAL CONSTRAINTS;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 28044450165     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2004.12.038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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