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This paper addresses two problems in the dynamics of machines; the nature of noise in machines and the evolution of noisy dynamics over several generations of machine design. To present a concrete example we examine the dynamics of clock escapements from experimental, historical and analytical points of view. This model is shown to exhibit a strange attractor in the structural vibration of the clock. Finally we introduce a theory and mathematical model for the evolution of noise in machine dynamics over several generations of design.
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Moon, F.C. (2005). Chaotic Clocks: A Paradigm for the Evolution of Noise in Machines. In: Rega, G., Vestroni, F. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Chaotic Dynamics and Control of Systems and Processes in Mechanics. Solid Mechanics and its Applications, vol 122. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3268-4_1
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