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  2. Duffing equation - Wikipedia

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    The equation is given by ¨ + ˙ + + = ⁡ (), where the (unknown) function = is the displacement at time t, ˙ is the first derivative of with respect to time, i.e. velocity, and ¨ is the second time-derivative of , i.e. acceleration.

  3. Osculating circle - Wikipedia

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    The circle with center at Q and with radius R is called the osculating circle to the curve γ at the point P. If C is a regular space curve then the osculating circle is defined in a similar way, using the principal normal vector N. It lies in the osculating plane, the plane spanned by the tangent and principal normal vectors T and N at the ...

  4. Dynamical system - Wikipedia

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    The function Φ(t,x) is called the evolution function of the dynamical system: it associates to every point x in the set X a unique image, depending on the variable t, called the evolution parameter. X is called phase space or state space , while the variable x represents an initial state of the system.

  5. Root locus analysis - Wikipedia

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    The following MATLAB code will plot the root locus of the closed-loop transfer function as varies using the described manual method as well as the rlocus built-in function: % Manual method K_array = ( 0 : 0.1 : 220 ). ' ; % .' is a transpose.

  6. Phase space - Wikipedia

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    For mechanical systems, the phase space usually consists of all possible values of the position and momentum parameters. It is the direct product of direct space and reciprocal space . [ clarification needed ] The concept of phase space was developed in the late 19th century by Ludwig Boltzmann , Henri Poincaré , and Josiah Willard Gibbs .

  7. Lissajous curve - Wikipedia

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    Top: Output signal as a function of time. Middle: Input signal as a function of time. Bottom: Resulting Lissajous curve when output is plotted as a function of the input. In this particular example, because the output is 90 degrees out of phase from the input, the Lissajous curve is a circle, and is rotating counterclockwise.

  8. Step response - Wikipedia

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    Figure 3 shows the time response to a unit step input for three values of the parameter μ. It can be seen that the frequency of oscillation increases with μ, but the oscillations are contained between the two asymptotes set by the exponentials [ 1 − exp(−ρt) ] and [ 1 + exp(−ρt) ]. These asymptotes are determined by ρ and therefore ...

  9. Oscillating U-tube - Wikipedia

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    This container with oscillation capacity is a hollow, U-shaped glass tube (oscillating U-tube) which is electronically excited into undamped oscillation. The two branches of the U-shaped oscillator function as its spring elements. The direction of oscillation is normal to the level of the two branches.