Rice spendulap: A laboratory apparatus to illustrate key concepts in kinematics, dynamics, and control

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 2000-N, Issue , 2000, Pages 89-96

  Dabney, James B ^a   Ghorbel, Fathi H ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

DYNAMICS AND CONTROL; KEY TOPICS; KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; KINEMATICS CONTROL; LABORATORY APPARATUS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM ANALYSIS; PENDULUM APPARATUS; SPHERICAL PENDULUM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL KINEMATICS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 0042742881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2000-2289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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