Localization and Solitary Waves in Solid Mechanics (Advanced Series in Nonlinear Dynamics)
Contributors: A. R. Champneys (Editor); G. W. Hunt (Editor); J. M. T. Thompson (Editor)
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company; World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Published: October 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9789810239152
Subjects: Classical mechanics; Mechanics of solids; Mechanics - General; Differential Equations; Soil Mechanics; Science; Technology; Science/Mathematics; Chaotic Behavior in Systems; General; Engineering - Civil
First sentence: A response of a physical system that is localized to some portion of a distinguished co-ordinate (either space or time) is surely the next most fundamental state after homogeneous equilibrium and periodicity.