Experiments on periodic and chaotic motions of a parametrically forced pendulum. (English) Zbl 0581.70022

Leven, R. W.; Pompe, B.; Wilke, C.; Koch, B. P.

Physica D 16, 371-384 (1985).

MSC:

70K50	Bifurcations and instability for nonlinear problems in mechanics
70F99	Dynamics of a system of particles, including celestial mechanics
70-05	Experimental work for problems pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems

Keywords:

periodic and chaotic type aperiodic motions; parametrically harmonically excited pendulum; period-doubling cascade; increasing driving amplitude; decreasing damping force; coexistence of different periodic solutions; transition from metastable chaos to sustained chaotic behaviour

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