Horseshoes in magnetic rods and spinning tops

 
When?
Friday 30 March 2012, 16:00 to 17:00
Where?
22AA04
Open to:
Staff, Students
Speaker:
Gert van der Heijden (University College London)

Abstract: Motivated by electrodynamic space tethers we consider the statics problem of a conducting rod in a uniform magnetic field. This problem has close analogies with that of a spinning top in rigid-body dynamics. We show that some cases are integrable while others are nonintegrable. For the latter we use a (Hamiltonian) Melnikov approach that highlights problems with similar Melnikov applications in rigid-body dynamics in the literature as well as ways around these problems.

Date:
Friday 30 March 2012
Time:

16:00 to 17:00


Where?
22AA04
Open to:
Staff, Students
Speaker:
Gert van der Heijden (University College London)

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