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The whirling of a spinning top

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

J. Morris
J. Morris*
Affiliation:
Consultant, Structures and Mechanical Engineering Departments, Royal Aircraft Establishment
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Summary

This paper has been compiled because of the applicability of the treatment of the stability of the motion of the common spinning top to the problem of the whirling of rotating shafts, carrying loads of appreciable moments of inertia. This problem is assuming renewed interest and importance, especially in the drives of contra-propeller systems and the more recent high speed prime movers.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , May 1950 , pp. 9 - 14
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1950

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References

1. Routh, E. J. (1905). Motion of a Top, Small Oscillations. Advanced Rigid Dynamics (6th Edition, Chap. 5, § 214, p. 160). Macmillan, 1905.Google Scholar
2. Morris, J. Unsymmetrical Load of Appreciable Moments of Inertia. The Escalator Method in Engineering Vibration Problems(Chap. 9, § 5, p. 99). Chapman & Hall, 1947.Google Scholar