Mass redistribution in variable mass systems

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-49

  De Sousa, Célia A ^a   Rodrigues, Vítor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FORCE CONTROL; FORCE MEASUREMENT; RIGIDITY;

CONSTRAINT FORCES; VARIABLE MASS SYSTEMS;

PHYSICS;

EID: 0942268415     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/25/1/007     Document Type: Article

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