Stability of a bottom-heavy underwater vehicle

Automatica

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-346

  Leonard, Naomi Ehrich ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic stability; Marine systems; Stability; Stabilization; Underwater vehicle dynamics

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITATION; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUBMERSIBLES;

BOTTOM HEAVY UNDERWATER VEHICLE; DYNAMIC STABILITY; MARINE SYSTEMS;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 0031084463     PISSN: 00051098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0005-1098(96)00176-8     Document Type: Article

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