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Limit cycles of a double pendulum with nonlinear springs

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The limit cycles of a double pendulum with hard, soft, or linear springs subject to a follower force are drawn using computer simulation

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Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 46, No. 7, pp. 110–119, July 2010.

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Lobas, L.G., Ichanskii, V.Y. Limit cycles of a double pendulum with nonlinear springs. Int Appl Mech 46, 827–834 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10778-010-0372-7

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