Rotational Dynamics of Orbiting Gyrostats: Department of General Mechanics, Course Held in Dubrovnik, September 1971 (CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, 102)

Front Matter....Pages II-4 Introductory Remarks....Pages 5-8 Notation and Mathematical Conventions....Pages 9-33 Angular Velocity of Free Rigid Body....Pages 33-42 The Free Gyrostat....Pages 43-61 Axial Gyrostats, Canonical Cases....Pages 62-81 The General Free Gyrostat : Recent Investigations....Pages 81-98 The General Free Gyrostat (continued)....Pages 99-126 Gravitationally Stabilized Rigid Bodies and Gyrostats....Pages 127-145 Stability of the Special Equilibria....Pages 146-174 General Equilibria of Gravitationally Stabilized Gyrostats....Pages 175-182 Effects of Flexibility on Stability....Pages 183-207 Back Matter....Pages 208-208