Rm. Bulatovic, THE STABILITY OF LINEAR POTENTIAL GYROSCOPIC SYSTEMS WHEN THE POTENTIAL-ENERGY HAS A MAXIMUM, Journal of applied mathematics and mechanics, 61(3), 1997, pp. 371-375
A brief review of the stability of linear systems acted upon by potent
ial and gyroscopic forces is given. Some assertions on the stability o
f these systems are proved using Lyapunov's direct method. In particul
ar, the necessary and sufficient conditions of stability for the syste
ms investigated previously in [1, 2] are obtained. (C) 1997 Elsevier S
cience Ltd. All rights reserved.