Dynamics of an axisymmetric body spinning on a horizontal surface. III. Geometry of steady state structures for convex bodies

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

Volumn 462, Issue 2066, 2006, Pages 371-390

  Branicki, M ^a   Moffatt, H K ^a   Shimomura, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamical systems; Non isolated fixed points; Rigid body dynamics; Spinning bodies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750541164     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2005.1586     Document Type: Article

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