Chaotic and Fractal Dynamics ：Introduction for Applied Scientists and Engineers

Publication subTitle ：Introduction for Applied Scientists and Engineers

Author： Francis C. Moon  

Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc‎

Publication year： 2008

E-ISBN: 9783527617517

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780471545712

Subject： N94 Systems Science

Language： ENG

Access to resources Favorite

Disclaimer: Any content in publications that violate the sovereignty, the constitution or regulations of the PRC is not accepted or approved by CNPIEC.

Description

A revision of a professional text on the phenomena of chaotic vibrations in fluids and solids. Major changes reflect the latest developments in this fast-moving topic, the introduction of problems to every chapter, additional mathematics and applications, more coverage of fractals, numerous computer and physical experiments. Contains eight pages of 4-color pictures.

Chapter

Preface

pp.：  1 – 17

1 Introduction: A New Age of Dynamics

pp.：  17 – 31

2 How to Identify Chaotic Vibrations

pp.：  31 – 77

3 Models for Chaos; Maps and Flows

pp.：  77 – 115

4 Chaos in Physical Systems

pp.：  115 – 177

5 Experimental Methods in Chaotic Vibrations

pp.：  177 – 251

6 Criteria for Chaotic Vibrations

pp.：  251 – 293

7 Fractals and Dynamical Systems

pp.：  293 – 355

8 Spatiotemporal Chaos

pp.：  355 – 431

Appendix A Glossary of Terms in Chaotic and Nonlinear Vibrations

pp.：  431 – 463

Appendix B Numerical Experiments in Chaos

pp.：  463 – 471

Appendix C Chaotic Toys

pp.：  471 – 481

Appendix D Books on Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, and Fractals

pp.：  481 – 497

References

pp.：  497 – 501

Author Index

pp.：  501 – 527

Subject Index

pp.：  527 – 534

LastPages

pp.：  534 – 538

The users who browse this book also browse