Chaos theory

Methods of nonlinear time series analysis are discussed from a dynamical systems perspective on the one hand, and from a statistical perspective on the other.

This book starts, by explaining briefly the origins of wind.

Every reader will find something of interest in this book - from superdiffusion of the ocean surface to fetal heartbeats, from solar wind to the wearing-out of tools, from radioactive contamination to texture analysis, from image rendering to neural developments.

The 4th Experimental Chaos Conference was a forum for members of the scientific and engineering communities to discuss recent developments in, and techniques of, experimental nonlinear dynamics.

For centuries, humankind has believed that the world with all its form and structure was created by supernatural forces.

This volume brings together a comprehensive selection of over fifty reprints on the theory and applications of chaotic oscillators.

This is an advanced textbook on the subject of turbulence, and is suitable for engineers, physical scientists and applied mathematicians.

This book details the effort to build a large ship capable of traveling at 100 knots, from historical and technical perspectives.

This book contains a systematic study of ecological communities of two or three interacting populations.

This volume shows modern probabilistic methods in action: Brownian Motion Process as applied to the electrical phenomena investigated by Green et al.

The book reviews the application of discrete fractional operators in diverse fields such as biological and chemical reactions, as well as chaotic systems, demonstrating their applications in physics.

Self-organization of matter is observed in every context and on all scales, from the nanoscale of quantum fields and subatomic particles to the macroscale of galaxy superclusters.

This book gives an exposition of the exciting field of control of oscillatory and chaotic systems, which has numerous potential applications in mechanics, laser and chemical technologies, communications, biology and medicine, economics, ecology, etc.

Drawing on examples from various areas of physics, this textbook introduces the reader to computer-based physics using Fortran(R) and Matlab(R).

In this volume, leading experts present current achievements in the forefront of research in the challenging field of chaos in circuits and systems, with emphasis on engineering perspectives, methodologies, circuitry design techniques, and potential applications of chaos and bifurcation.

This text, written by renowned experts, clearly presents the basic concepts of aerodynamics for engineering students.

This book focuses on the interactions between discrete and geometric dynamical systems, and between dynamical systems and theoretical physics and computer science.

This collective volume is the first to discuss systematically what are the possibilities to model different aspects of brain and mind functioning with the formal means of fractal geometry and deterministic chaos.

Building from principles to cutting-edge research, this introduction to rigid body dynamics includes over 100 problems with solutions.

FLIGHT THEORY AND AERODYNAMICS GET A PILOT'S PERSPECTIVE ON FLIGHT AERODYNAMICS FROM THE MOST UP-TO-DATE EDITION OF A CLASSIC TEXT The newly revised Fourth Edition of Flight Theory and Aerodynamics delivers a pilot-oriented approach to flight aerodynamics without assuming an engineering background.

The world that surrounds us is a complex system of interacting objects.

Literature and Ecotheology: From Chaos to Cosmos challenges us in a time of climate crisis to find more common ground between the dual projects of ecocriticism and ecotheology.

This book outlines the computational fluid dynamics evolution and gives an overview of the methods available to the engineer.

A new edition of this well-established monograph, this volume provides a comprehensive overview over the still fascinating field of chaos research.

This book is devoted to the history of chaos theory, from celestial mechanics (three-body problem) to electronics and meteorology.

For junior/senior and graduate-level courses in Aerodynamics, Mechanical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering Revised to reflect the technological advances and modern application in Aerodynamics, the 6th Edition of Aerodynamics for Engineers merges fundamental fluid mechanics, experimental techniques, and computational fluid dynamics techniques to build a solid foundation for students in aerodynamic applications from low-speed through hypersonic flight.

This book details the effort to build a large ship capable of traveling at 100 knots, from historical and technical perspectives.

This book develops concepts and a methodology for a rational description of the organization of three-dimensional flows considering, in particular, the case where the flow is the place of separations.

Leading experts introduce this classical subject with exciting new applications in theoretical physics.

This volume contains a selection of papers presented at Euromech Colloquium 308 - Chaos and Noise in Dynamical Systems.

Much-needed, fresh approach that brings a greater insight into the physical understanding of aerodynamics Based on the author s decades of industrial experience with Boeing, this book helps students and practicing engineers to gain a greater physical understanding of aerodynamics.

This volume contains papers, contributed by scientists from a wide variety of disciplines, on the application of nonlinear dynamics (chaos theory) in the study of brain function.

This book addresses the concern expressed by Pentagon Leaders that government resources would be better spent if we restricted the support of research to the top universities to the exclusion of all others.

A concise yet comprehensive treatment of the fundamentals of solid mechanics, including solved examples, exercises, and homework problems.

This book aims to provide the readers with a wide panorama of different aspects related to Chaos, Complexity and Transport.

This book outlines the computational fluid dynamics evolution and gives an overview of the methods available to the engineer.

The main goal is to offer to readers a panorama of recent progress in nonlinear physics, complexity and transport with attractive chapters readable by a broad audience.

This book presents some exceptional developments in chaotic attractor theory encompassing several new directions of research such as three-dimensional axiom A-diffeomorphisms, Shilnikov attractors, dendrites and finite graphs.

This is the first conference dedicated to the understanding of the experimental aspects of chaotic behavior in several fields and to addressing the emerging areas of data analysis and applications of nonlinear phenomena.

A new approach to understanding nonlinear dynamics and strange attractors The behavior of a physical system may appear irregular or chaotic even when it is completely deterministic and predictable for short periods of time into the future.

The book surveys how chaotic behaviors can be described with topological tools and how this approach occurred in chaos theory.

At the code level, discrete-time chaotic systems can be used to generate spreading codes for DS-SS systems.

It is now generally recognised that very simple dynamical systems can produce apparently random behaviour.

This book reports recent landmark developments and the state of the art in NDS science in psychological theory and research.

When a leaf falls on a windy day, it drifts and tumbles, tossed every which way on the breeze.

This book reports recent landmark developments and the state of the art in NDS science in psychological theory and research.