Why can a free-falling cat always manage to land safely on its feet?

DOI10.1007/s11071-014-1741-2zbMath1331.70053OpenAlexW2036657680WikidataQ64114618 ScholiaQ64114618MaRDI QIDQ490461

Ye-Hwa Chen, Kang Huang, Shengchao Zhen, Han Zhao

Publication date: 27 August 2015

Published in: Nonlinear Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-014-1741-2

zbMATH Keywords

equation of motionUdwadia-Kalaba formulationfree-falling cat

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simulation of dynamical systems (37M05) Constrained dynamics, Dirac's theory of constraints (70H45) Dynamical systems in classical and celestial mechanics (37N05) Other variational principles in mechanics (70H30)

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Modern explorations of the Brachistochrone-related problem: using the Udwadia–Kalaba approach

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