Title :
Stability and equilibria of deformable systems
Author_Institution :
University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan
Abstract :
We will consider here the stability of the equilibrium states of a deformable body consisting of a rigid body with attached flexible rod. In particular, by means of the "Energy-Casimir" method we prove formal stability of the nontrivial equilibrium with lowest angular velocity.
Keywords :
Equations; Lagrangian functions; Stability;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 1987. 26th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, California, USA
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.1987.272650
