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Flexural vibration systems with gyroscopic spinners

G Carta1, M J Nieves2,3, I S Jones1

  • 1Mechanical Engineering and Materials Research Centre, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK.

Philosophical Transactions. Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences
|September 3, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
chiralitydispersionflexural wavesgyrobeamgyroscopic spinners

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