The Duffing Equation: Nonlinear Oscillators and their BehaviourISBN: 978-0-470-71549-9
Hardcover
392 pages
April 2011
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The Duffing Equation: Nonlinear Oscillators and their
Behaviour brings together the results of a wealth of
disseminated research literature on the Duffing equation, a key
engineering model with a vast number of applications in science and
engineering, summarizing the findings of this research. Each
chapter is written by an expert contributor in the field of
nonlinear dynamics and addresses a different form of the equation,
relating it to various oscillatory problems and clearly linking the
problem with the mathematics that describe it. The editors and the
contributors explain the mathematical techniques required to study
nonlinear dynamics, helping the reader with little mathematical
background to understand the text.
The Duffing Equation provides a reference text for postgraduate and students and researchers of mechanical engineering and vibration / nonlinear dynamics as well as a useful tool for practising mechanical engineers.
- Includes a chapter devoted to historical background on Georg Duffing and the equation that was named after him.
- Includes a chapter solely devoted to practical examples of systems whose dynamic behaviour is described by the Duffing equation.
- Contains a comprehensive treatment of the various forms of the Duffing equation.
- Uses experimental, analytical and numerical methods as well as concepts of nonlinear dynamics to treat the physical systems in a unified way.