Stability of a flexible missile and asymptotics of the eigenvalues of fourth order boundary value problems

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Abstract: Fourth order problems, with the differential equation y(4)−(gy′)′=lambda2y, where ginC1[0,a] and a>0, occur in engineering on stability of elastic rods. They occur as well in aeronautics to describe the stability of a flexible missile. Fourth order Birkhoff regular problems with the differential equation y(4)−(gy′)′=lambda2y and eigenvalue dependent boundary conditions are considered. These problems have quadratic operator representations with non self-adjoint operators. The first four terms of the asymptotics of the eigenvalues of the problems as well as those of the eigenvalues of the problem describing the stability of a flexible missile are evaluated explicitly.


The paper studies the eigenvalue problem \[ y^{(4)}(x)-(g(x)y'(x))' = \lambda^2 y(x) \] on the interval \([0,a]\) with certain boundary conditions at the endpoints. These boundary conditions are dependent on the spectral parameter \(\lambda\). The author claims that the problem occurs when investigating elastic rods or the stability of a flexible missile. The asymptotics of the spectral parameter is studied, and the results are in the final section applied to the flexible missile problem. The paper is not very readable, e.g. the definition of Birkhoff regular problem is missing.



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