Limit-cycle oscillations of a heavy whirling cable subject to aerodynamic drag

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 461, Issue 2055, 2005, Pages 875-893

  Clark, James David ^a   Fraser, Wynstone Barrie ^a   Rahn, Christopher David ^b   Rajamani, Arun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Air drag; Bifurcation theory; Dynamic stability; Limit cycles; Rotating systems; Whirling cable

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORIOLIS PHENOMENON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 17144411916     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2004.1387     Document Type: Article

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