Falling chains

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 490-496

  Wong, Chun Wa ^a   Yasui, Kosuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33745134387     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2186686     Document Type: Article

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