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The phenomenology of aperiodic or chaotic behaviour is described with reference to simple theoretical models and experiments. A brief description is given of the current understanding of how irregular dynamical motions can arise.
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Ramaswamy, R. Elementary concepts in chaos and turbulence. Bull. Mater. Sci. 6, 807–815 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02744007
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