DocumentCode
3087996
Title
Equilibrium mechanics of rotating systems
Author
Baillieul, J.
Author_Institution
Boston University, Boston, MA
Volume
26
fYear
1987
fDate
9-11 Dec. 1987
Firstpage
1429
Lastpage
1434
Abstract
Equilibrium rotations of a planar kinematic chain undergoing a single degree of freedom (out of plane) rotation in a gravitational field are studied. Sharp bounds on the number of dynamic equilibria are given, and the dependence of this number on physical parameters is discussed for the special case of two-link chains and chains with identical links. The theory indicates that there will be a richer set of dynamically stable equilibria for carefully designed chains with unequal links. This is born out by laboratory experiments.
Keywords
Aerodynamics; Aerospace control; Aerospace engineering; Angular velocity; Bifurcation; Control systems; Kinematics; Laboratories; Mechanical engineering; Steady-state;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Decision and Control, 1987. 26th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CDC.1987.272647
Filename
4049524
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