A dynamical systems approach to the overturning of rocking blocks

Stefano Lenci and Giuseppe Rega

Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2006, vol. 28, issue 2, 527-542

Abstract: A rocking block resting on a horizontal rigid foundation and excited by a periodic excitation can topple if the excitation amplitude is sufficiently high. This question is addressed in this work by the combined use of dynamical systems arguments and numerical tools.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2005.07.007

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