Steady-state bifurcations and dynamical stability of a heavy whirling cable acted on by aerodynamic drag

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

Volumn 457, Issue 2009, 2001, Pages 1021-1041

  Lemon, G ^a   Fraser, W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air drag; Bifurcation theory; Dynamical stability; Rotating systems; Whirling cable

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249107806     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2000.0704     Document Type: Article

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