Oscillatory wave fronts in chains of coupled nonlinear oscillators

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 5 2, 2003, Pages

  Carpio, A ^a   Bonilla, L L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); DAMPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESSES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CHAINS OF COUPLED NONLINEAR OSCILLATORS; NONMONOTONE; OSCILLATORY WAVE FRONTS; SCHMIDTS MONOTONE WAVE; WAVE FRONT PINNING;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 42749104181     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.67.056621     Document Type: Article

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