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Periodic, almost periodic and chaotic motions of forced self-sustained oscillators

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Steady motions of the Van der Pol oscillator and an oscillator with hysteresis are studied numerically in this paper. Some features of periodic, almost periodic and chaotic motions of forced self-sustained oscillators are investigated.

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  1. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

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Fuhua, L. Periodic, almost periodic and chaotic motions of forced self-sustained oscillators. Acta Mech Sinica 2, 66–80 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02487883

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