Stability and Hopf bifurcation in an hexagonal governor system

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 889-898

  Sotomayor, Jorge ^a   Mello, Luis Fernando ^b   de Carvalho Braga, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ITAJUBÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hexagonal governor; Hopf bifurcation; Periodic orbit; Stability; Watt governor

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

HEXAGONAL GOVERNORS; PERIODIC ORBITS; WATT GOVERNORS;

HOPF BIFURCATION;

EID: 38949091401     PISSN: 14681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nonrwa.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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