The elastochrone: the descent time of a sphere on a flexible beam

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2009.0048MaRDI QIDQ3561963zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jeffrey M. Aristoff, Christophe Clanet, John W. M. Bush

Publication date 19 May 2010

Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/vol465/issue2107/

zbMATH Keywords

moving loadbrachistochroneflexible beam

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Motion of a rigid body in contact with a solid surface (70E18) Experimental work for problems pertaining to mechanics of deformable solids (74-05)

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