On the Stability of la Cierva’s Autogiro

In this paper, we rediscover in detail a series of unknown attempts that some Spanish mathematicians carried out in the 1930s to address a challenge posed by Mr. la Cierva in 1934, which consisted of mathematically justifying the stability of la Cierva’s autogiro, the first practical use of the dire...

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Main Authors: M. Fernández-Martínez, Juan L.G. Guirao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
Series:Mathematics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/8/11/2032