A damped pendulum forced with a constant torque

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1122-1128

  Coullet, P ^a,b   Gilli, J M ^a   Monticelli, M ^a   Vandenberghe, N ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 30344440104     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2074027     Document Type: Article

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