A bracing nonlinear walk in applied mechanics: memoirs and reflections

DOI10.1142/S0218127421300354zbMATH Open1504.74036OpenAlexW3203995415MaRDI QIDQ5158769FDOQ5158769

Authors: J. Michael T. Thompson 

Publication date: 26 October 2021

Published in: International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218127421300354

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zbMATH Keywords

chaosbifurcationDNAnonlinear dynamicsimperfection sensitivityshell bucklingclimate tippingtwisted rodjournal editing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) Bifurcations and instability for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K50) Dynamical bifurcation of solutions to dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H60) Chaotic behavior of solutions to dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H65) Bifurcation and buckling (74G60)

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