On the Stability of la Cierva’s Autogiro

M. Fernández-Martínez and Juan L.G. Guirao
Additional contact information
M. Fernández-Martínez: MDE-UPCT, University Centre of Defence at the Spanish Air Force Academy, 30720 Santiago de la Ribera, Región de Murcia, Spain
Juan L.G. Guirao: Departamento de Matematica Aplicada y Estadística, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, 30203 Cartagena, Spain

Mathematics, 2020, vol. 8, issue 11, 1-24

Abstract: In this paper, we rediscover in detail a series of unknown attempts that some Spanish mathematicians carried out in the 1930s to address a challenge posed by Mr. la Cierva in 1934, which consisted of mathematically justifying the stability of la Cierva’s autogiro, the first practical use of the direct-lift rotary wing and one of the first helicopter type aircraft.

Keywords: la Cierva’s autogiro; la Cierva’s equation; stability; differential equation with periodic coefficients (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/8/11/2032/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/8/11/2032/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:8:y:2020:i:11:p:2032-:d:445228

Access Statistics for this article

Mathematics is currently edited by Ms. Emma He

More articles in Mathematics from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().