M. SASSETTI and C. SILLI
Sulla stabilità delle oscillazioni di un corpo rigido
con massa variabile
Pages 25-34
Received: 3 May 1989
Abstract
Stability for the oscillations of a rocket whose mass is variable
due to fuel consumption and scoriae expulsion is proved. The nonlinear
nonautonomous system describing the physical problem is studied by the method
introduced by Matrosov.