Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1868133 Physics Letters A 2006 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

Gyroscopic stabilization of a linear conservative system, which is statically unstable, can be either improved or destroyed by weak damping and circulatory forces. This is governed by Whitney umbrella singularity of the boundary of the asymptotic stability domain of the perturbed system.

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Gyroscopic stabilization of non-conservative systems
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