THE INSTANTANEOUS LYAPUNOV EXPONENT AND
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K. Shin; J.K. Hammond
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Article
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1998
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Any system containing at least one positive Lyapunov exponent is defined to be chaotic and the system dynamics become unpredictable. For a mechanical system, the sum of Lyapunov exponents is negative and related to the damping, and so can be utilised to monitor any changes of the damping mechanism.