Wang, Chang Y.Watson, Layne T.2013-06-192013-06-191990http://hdl.handle.net/10919/19582The large deformations of a whirling elastic cable is studied. The ends of the cable are hinged but otherwise free to translate along the rotational axis. The nonlinear governing equations depend on a rotation-elasticity parameter J. Bifurcation about the straight, axially rotating case occurs when J is greater than or equal to n(pi). Perturbation solutions about the bifurcation points and matched asymptotic solutions for large J are found to second order. Exact numerical solutions are obtained using quasi-Newton and homotopy methods.application/pdfenIn CopyrightTechnical reportTR-90-19http://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000201/01/TR-90-19.pdf