Cylinder on an incline as a fold catastrophe system

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-123

  Brito, Lucília ^a   Fiolhais, Manuel ^b   Paixão, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FRICTION; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETS; TORQUE;

CATASTROPHE SYSTEMS; CENTRE OF MASS (CM);

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0037360174     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/24/2/352     Document Type: Article

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