Chaotic dynamics of a whirling pendulum

DOI10.1016/0167-2789(88)90076-0zbMath0658.70029OpenAlexW2036494422WikidataQ59425585 ScholiaQ59425585MaRDI QIDQ1111791

Stephen Wiggins, Steven W. Shaw

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-2789(88)90076-0

zbMATH Keywords

Hamiltonian formulationdissipative forcesMelnikov's methodhomoclinic motionsexternal excitationsconservative planar systemexistence of chaotic motionsglobal bifurcation parameter conditionsplanar simple pendulum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bifurcations and instability for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K50) Strange attractors, chaotic dynamics of systems with hyperbolic behavior (37D45)

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