The Duffing Equation: Nonlinear Oscillators and Their Behaviour

Duffing’s Equation: Non-Linear Ocsillators and Their Behaviour collates together the results of a wealth of disseminated research literature on the Duffing equation, summarizing the findings of this research and applying it to real engineering problems. Each chapter is commissioned from an expert contributor in the field of non-linear dynamics and addresses a different form of the equation, relating it to real oscillatory problems and clearly linking the problem with the mathematics that describe it. It includes a chapter devoted to the mathematical techniques required to study non-linear dynamics, enabling the reader with little mathematical background to understand the text. Another chapter is solely devoted to practical examples of systems whose dynamic behavior is described by Duffing’s equation.