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Equilibrium and stability of a whirling rod-mass system
(Elsevier, 1977)
A two-degree-of-freedom lumped-mass model is used to gain understanding of the equilibrium and stability of a circularly towed cable. Particular cases considered are those of no drag, viscous drag, and viscous drag with a ...
An appreciation of professor A. Busemann
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1975-12)
Integration of the primer vector in a central force field
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1972-01)
This paper examines the primer vector which governs optimal solutions for orbital transfer when the central force field has a more general form than the usual inverse-square-force law. Along a null-thrust are that connects ...
A simple analysis of the blast initiation of detonations
(Elsevier, 1977)
A detonation can be initiated in a fuel-oxidizer cloud by a blast wave of sufficient strength. The Zel'dovich criterion for initiation is that the blast energy must be such that when the pressure ratio across the shock ...
Stability of large amplitude forced motion of a simply supported beam
(Elsevier, 1970-12)
The large amplitude steady state forced motion of a simply supported beam with ends restrained to remain a fixed distance apart is represented by a series of linear normal modes. The validity of the assumption of single ...
On the statistics of random pulse processes
(Elsevier, 1971-05)
Statistics are obtained for pulse trains in which the pulse shapes as well as the time base are random. The general expression derived for the mean and spectral density of the pulse train require neither independence of ...