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15 - General Engineering
University of Bristol
The geometry of generic sliding bifurcations
Bifurcations are pervasive in engineering applications as well as nature but often poorly understood. Poor understanding is particularly exacerbated by switching behaviour, as seen for example in electronic control systems and gear rattle. Paper introduces fundamental framework for non-smooth bifurcations. New types of bifurcation are characterised, and example found in a superconducting resonator is studied. Paper was springboard for Jeffrey's subsequent Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship Award "RESPICED" (No. 274360, 2010) and EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellowship (EP/J001317/1, £350k, 2011-2). Paper is identified as research group highlight in REF5.