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Rotational Dynamics of Orbiting Gyrostats

Department of General Mechanics, Course Held in Dubrovnik, September 1971

Part of the book series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM, volume 102)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages II-4
  2. Introductory Remarks

    • Robert E. Roberson, Pierre Y. Willems, Jens Wittenburg
    Pages 5-8
  3. Notation and Mathematical Conventions

    • Robert E. Roberson, Pierre Y. Willems, Jens Wittenburg
    Pages 9-33
  4. Angular Velocity of Free Rigid Body

    • Robert E. Roberson, Pierre Y. Willems, Jens Wittenburg
    Pages 33-42
  5. The Free Gyrostat

    • Robert E. Roberson, Pierre Y. Willems, Jens Wittenburg
    Pages 43-61
  6. Axial Gyrostats, Canonical Cases

    • Robert E. Roberson, Pierre Y. Willems, Jens Wittenburg
    Pages 62-81
  7. The General Free Gyrostat : Recent Investigations

    • Robert E. Roberson, Pierre Y. Willems, Jens Wittenburg
    Pages 81-98
  8. The General Free Gyrostat (continued)

    • Robert E. Roberson, Pierre Y. Willems, Jens Wittenburg
    Pages 99-126
  9. Gravitationally Stabilized Rigid Bodies and Gyrostats

    • Robert E. Roberson, Pierre Y. Willems, Jens Wittenburg
    Pages 127-145
  10. Stability of the Special Equilibria

    • Robert E. Roberson, Pierre Y. Willems, Jens Wittenburg
    Pages 146-174
  11. General Equilibria of Gravitationally Stabilized Gyrostats

    • Robert E. Roberson, Pierre Y. Willems, Jens Wittenburg
    Pages 175-182
  12. Effects of Flexibility on Stability

    • Robert E. Roberson, Pierre Y. Willems, Jens Wittenburg
    Pages 183-207
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 208-208

Authors and Affiliations

  • Departement of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Sciences, University of California, San Diego, USA

    Robert E. Roberson

  • Institut de Mécanique, Université de Louvain, Belgium

    Pierre Y. Willems

  • Lehrstuhl und Institut für Mechanik, Technische Hochschule Hannover, Germany

    Jens Wittenburg

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rotational Dynamics of Orbiting Gyrostats

  • Book Subtitle: Department of General Mechanics, Course Held in Dubrovnik, September 1971

  • Authors: Robert E. Roberson, Pierre Y. Willems, Jens Wittenburg

  • Series Title: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2930-2

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Wien 1971

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-211-81198-6Published: 31 December 1980

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-2930-2Published: 04 May 2014

  • Series ISSN: 0254-1971

  • Series E-ISSN: 2309-3706

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 207

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Engineering, general, Physics, general

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