Piecewise-Smooth Dynamical Systems: Theory and Applications

by Piotr Kowalczyk, Alan Richard Champneys, Mario di Bernardo, et al.

Book Overview

This book presents a coherent framework for understanding the dynamics of piecewise-smooth and hybrid systems. An informal introduction motivates the ubiquity of such models via examples from mechanics, electronics, control theory and physiology. The key concept is that of discontinuity-induced bifurcation, which generalizes diverse phenomena such as grazing, border-collision, sliding, chattering and the period-adding route to chaos. The results...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184996548X
• ISBN13: 9781849965484
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"