Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780470715499
Year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 392


Description:
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.