Nonlinear normal modes for the Toda chain

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(82)90116-4zbMath0557.70028OpenAlexW2009108258MaRDI QIDQ761816

David W. McLaughlin, Hermann Flaschka, Warren E. jun. Ferguson

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(82)90116-4

zbMATH Keywords

solitons amplitudes Fermi-Pasta-Ulam chain Toda chain analogy between action variables and normal mode mass impurity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase plane analysis, limit cycles for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K05) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems (70-04)

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