Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaotic Phenomena: An Introduction

• Main Author: Shivamoggi, Bhimsen K. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Series: Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, 103
• Subjects: Engineering.; Vibration.; Dynamical systems.; Dynamics.; Fluid mechanics.; Mechanical engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

This book starts with a discussion of nonlinear ordinary differential equations, bifurcation theory and Hamiltonian dynamics. It then embarks on a systematic discussion of the traditional topics of modern nonlinear dynamics  -- integrable systems, Poincaré maps, chaos, fractals and strange attractor...