Gyrodynamics: Euromech 38 Colloquium Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, 3–5 September 1973

The Dynamics of Flexible Bodies.- Some Designs and Features of Dynamically Tuned Gyroscopes.- Automatic Construction of Nonlinear Equations of Motion for Systems with Many Degrees of Freedom.- Reibungseffekte in der Kinetic der Kreisel.- The Dynamic Response of a Rate Gyro with Imperfect Rotor Bearings and a Viscoelastic Damping Fluid.- The Effect of Rotation on the Steady State Response of a Spring-Mass System under Harmonic Excitation.- A Contribution to the Dynamics of a Spring Restrained Hooke’s Joint Gyroscope.- A Simulation of a Dynamically Tuned Gyroscope.- Contribution à l’étude des gyromètres vibrants.- The Importance of Shear Deformation in the Calculation of Critical Speeds of Rotating Shafts.- On the Nonlinear Behaviour of Rotating Shafts.- Bewegungsverhalten eines elastisch gelagerten Rotors mit innerer Dämpfung.- Mechanical Resonances in Servo’s.- General Comparison between Ball Bearing Wheels and Magnetic Bearing Wheel.- Nonlinear Estimation. A Survey.- Reduced-Order State-Estimators with Application in Rotational Dynamics.- Limit Cycles of a System Satisfying a Generalized Van der Pol Equation.- First Integrals of Controlled Mechanical Systems.- Root Locus Consequences of Spinning an Axisymmetric Vehicle.- Verbrauchsoptimale Drehungen um eine körperfeste Achse.- Attitude Estimation and Control in Bias Momentum Satellites.- Synthesis of Optimally-Balanced Crankshafts.- Rotational Dynamics Problems with Reference to the Satellites of the European Space Research Organisation.- Fine Pointing System for a LST Spacecraft.- Equations of Motion of Multiple Body Systems with Translational and Rotational Degress of Freedom.- On the Stability of Interconnected Deformable Bodies.- Analysis and Design of an Attitude Control System for Non-RigidSatellites.- Modal Analysis of Rotating Elastic Bodies.- Equilibrium Positions of Orbiting Gyrostats.- Effect of Nutation Dampers on the Attitude Stability of n-Body Symmetrical Spacecraft.- Stabilization of the Equilibrium Attitudes of Gyrostats in a Circular Orbit.- Sur les mouvements stationnaires d’un satellite symétrique.- Theoretical Problems of Spin-Stabilized Fuel-Filled Satellites.- Dynamics of Spinning Bodies Containing Liquid.- Parametric Excitation of a North Seeking Gyroscope.