Imagine standing on top of a mountain. From this vantage point, we can see picturesque valleys and majestic ridges below, and streams wind their way downhill. If a drop of rain falls somewhere on this ...

What is the difference between nonlinear mechanics and the chaos theory? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better ...

Physicists and mathematicians at the University of Konstanz, ETH Zürich (Switzerland) and CNR INO in Trento (Italy) use concepts from topography to topologically classify and investigate ...

A team of researchers at the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has created a new breakthrough in photonics: the design of the first optical device that follows the emerging ...

A method based on the concepts of stochastic averaging and equivalent linearization is presented for determining the response of a lightly damped nonlinear single-degree-of-freedom oscillator to a ...

Non-linear physics is the study of systems where the output is not directly proportional to the input. Unlike linear systems, which follow simple, predictable relationships, non-linear systems exhibit ...

“We report on the analysis and design of atomically thin graphene resonant nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) that can be engineered to exhibit anharmonicity in the quantum regime. Analysis of ...

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 46, No. 5 (2008), pp. 2443-2468 (26 pages) The bidomain model is a system of partial differential equations used to model the propagation of electrical ...