DYNAMIC STABILITY OF PENDULOUS MISSILE SUSPENSION SYSTEM,

Abstract

The stability of a pendulum with two degrees of freedom at the support point is considered. The differential equations for this system are two coupled second order differential equations with a periodic coefficient. The stability of such equations, which describe the motion of a missile on a shock mount, can be studied by the direct method of Liapunov. The basic technique is used to derive the stability criterion coefficients as converging series. The basic technique, however, does not provide a useful solution since too many terms are required for convergence. To avoid this difficulty, it is shown that the series can be summed for the special case considered. The results are therefore derived which can be used with accuracy and for any combination of missile parameters.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 28, 1960
Accession Number
AD0607553

Entities

People

  • V. Chobotov

Organizations

  • TRW Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Coefficients
  • Convergence
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Mathematics
  • Pendulums

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Approximation Theory.
  • Control Systems Engineering.