A novel harmonic balance analysis for the Van Der Pol oscillator

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-12

  Liu, Liping ^a   Dowell, Earl H ^b   Hall, Kenneth C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Dynamical systems; Harmonic balance method; Limit cycle oscillations; Van der Pol's oscillator

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

HARMONIC BALANCE; LIMIT CYCLE OSCILLATIONS; VAN DER POL'S OSCILLATOR;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 34247112827     PISSN: 00207462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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