Motion of the tippe top: Gyroscopic balance condition and stability

SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1159-1194

  Ueda, Takahiro ^a   Sasaki, Ken ^a   Watanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gyroscopic balance condition; Stability; Steady state; Tippe top

Indexed keywords

COULOMB BLOCKADE; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GYROSCOPES; STABILITY;

GYROSCOPIC BALANCE CONDITION; STEADY STATE; TIPPE TOP;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

EID: 33644889955     PISSN: 15360040     EISSN: 15360040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/040615985     Document Type: Article

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