Oscillators with asymmetric single and double well potentials: Transition to chaos revisited

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 184, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 47-59

  Litak, G ^a,b   Borowiec, M ^a,b  

^a Technical University of Lublin ^*

^b LUBLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL HOMOCLINIC BIFURCATION; MELNIKOV CRITERION; NONLINEAR OSCILLATOR; WELL POTENTIALS;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION;

CHAOS THEORY;

EID: 33745643809     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-006-0340-9     Document Type: Article

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