A lower bound for the amplitude of traveling waves of suspension bridges

DOI10.1016/j.na.2012.04.037zbMath1266.34078arXiv1203.4058MaRDI QIDQ435106

Paschalis Karageorgis, John G. Stalker

Publication date: 16 July 2012

Published in: Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods \& Applications. Series A: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.4058

zbMATH Keywords

homoclinic solutions; traveling waves; suspension Bridge models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

58E05: Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces

58E50: Applications of variational problems in infinite-dimensional spaces to the sciences

34C37: Homoclinic and heteroclinic solutions to ordinary differential equations

34B40: Boundary value problems on infinite intervals for ordinary differential equations

35C07: Traveling wave solutions

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