Stability models

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Stability: concepts.

The concepts of equilibrium and stability come from Classical Mechanics. A state where a system is in balance with the external forcing so that it does not change in time is called an equilibrium position. However, any equilibrium position may be either stable or unstable. If released near a stable equilibrium position, the system will evolve towards such a position. On the contrary, if released near an unstable equilibrium position, it will go far away from this position. For instance, a pendulum has two equilibrium positions, one up, another down.

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Stability methods: use in coastal sciences.

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Stability methods: use in long term morphological modelling.

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Linear stability models.

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Nonlinear stability models.