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Dynamics of an inverting Tippe Top
Linköping University, Department of Mathematics, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
Linköping University, Department of Mathematics, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
2014 (English)In: SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry, ISSN 1815-0659, E-ISSN 1815-0659, Vol. 10, no 017Article in journal (Refereed) Published
##### Abstract [en]

We study an equivalent integrated form of the Tippe Top (TT) equations that leads to the Main Equation for the Tippe Top (METT), an equation describing time evolution of the inclination angle θ(t) of inverting TT. We study how the effective potential V(cos θ, D, λ) in METT deforms as TT is inverting and show that its minimum moves from a neighborhood of θ = 0 to a neighborhood of θ = π. We analyse behaviour of θ(t) and show that it oscillates and moves toward θ = π when the physical parameters of the TT satisfy 1 − α2 < γ < 1 and the initial conditions are such that Jellett’s integral satisfy

$\lambda > \lambda _t_h_r_e_s = \frac{\sqrt{mgR^3I_3\alpha}(1+\alpha)^2}{\sqrt{1+\alpha-\gamma}}$. Estimates for maximal value of the oscillation period of θ(t) are given.

##### Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2014. Vol. 10, no 017
##### Keyword [en]
Tippe top, rigid body, nonholonomic mechanics, integrals of motion, gliding friction
Mathematics
##### Identifiers
ISI: 000334516500001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-88315DiVA: diva2:602360
Available from: 2013-02-01 Created: 2013-01-31 Last updated: 2017-10-13Bibliographically approved
##### In thesis
1. Analysis of Dynamics of the Tippe Top
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2013 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
##### Abstract [en]

The Tippe Top is a toy that has the form of a truncated sphere with a small peg. When spun on its spherical part on a flat supporting surface it will start to turn upside down to spin on its peg. This counterintuitive phenomenon, called inversion, has been studied for some time, but obtaining a complete description of the dynamics of inversion has proven to be a difficult problem. This is because even the most simplified model for the rolling and gliding Tippe Top is a non-integrable, nonlinear dynamical system with at least 6 degrees of freedom. The existing results are based on numerical simulations of the equations of motion or an asymptotic analysis showing that the inverted position is the only asymptotically attractive and stable position for the Tippe Top under certain conditions. The question of describing dynamics of inverting solutions remained rather intact.

In this thesis we develop methods for analysing equations of motion of the Tippe Top and present conditions for oscillatory behaviour of inverting solutions.

Our approach is based on an integrated form of Tippe Top equations that leads to the Main Equation for the Tippe Top (METT) describing the time evolution of the inclination angle $\theta(t)$ for the symmetry axis of the Tippe Top.

In particular we show that we can take values for physical parameters such that the potential function $V(\cos\theta,D,\lambda)$ in METT becomes a rational function of $\cos\theta$, which is easier to analyse. We estimate quantities characterizing an inverting Tippe Top, such as the period of oscillation for $\theta(t)$ as it moves from a neighborhood of $\theta=0$ to a neighborhood of $\theta=\pi$ during inversion. Results of numerical simulations for realistic values of physical parameters confirm the conclusions of the mathematical analysis performed in this thesis.

##### Series
Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations, ISSN 0345-7524 ; 1500
##### National Category
Mathematical Analysis
##### Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-88316 (URN)978-91-7519-692-3 (ISBN)
##### Public defence
2013-02-26, BL32 Nobel, Hus B, Campus Valla, Linköping University, Linköping, 10:15 (English)
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Available from: 2013-02-01 Created: 2013-01-31 Last updated: 2013-11-14Bibliographically approved

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