The motion of a disk rolling on a vibrating horizontal plane: Feasible control and path controllability

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1-15

  Yavin, Y ^a   Frangos, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Feasible command strategies; Nonholonomic constraints; Path controllability; Rolling disk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000318683     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-7177(96)00001-5     Document Type: Article

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