State estimation for the Newton's cradle: A mechanism that is unobservable in the absence of impacts

DOI10.1016/S0893-9659(03)00022-3zbMath1040.70016MaRDI QIDQ1431894

Laura Menini, Antonio Tornambe

Publication date: 11 June 2004

Published in: Applied Mathematics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

observersnonsmooth impacts

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Control of mechanical systems (70Q05) Nonlinear dynamics in mechanics (70K99) Collision of rigid or pseudo-rigid bodies (70F35)

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