Steady motions of a satellite system
This thesis considers two systems: a dumb-bell satellite which is a system of two point masses connected by a massless rigid rod, and a gyrostat consisting of a dumbbell satellite with a gyroscope attached. Stability of relative equilibria of the dumbbell satellite in two dimensions is studied, wher...
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University of Manchester
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.489508 |