Abstract: | We propose a method of finding the solutions of the equations of perturbed motion of an object-parachute system in analytic form. We perform an analysis of the roots of the characteristic equation of the linearized system. On the basis of the analysis we determine all the solutions of the equations of perturbed motion of the object-parachute system. We exhibit conditions under which the unperturbed motion (descent with slipping) is asymptotically stable.Translated fromDinamicheskie Sistemy, No. 6, 1987, pp. 41–46. |