Is it possible to prevent the fall of a rod inside a sliding sleeve due to gravity?
By controlling the transverse oscillations of the constraint and revealing a novel self-tuning dynamic response, we provide a positive answer to this question in our paper:
Koutsogiannakis, P., Misseroni, D., Bigoni, D., Dal Corso, F. (2023).
Stabilization against gravity and self-tuning of an elastic variable-length rod through an oscillating sliding sleeve.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 181: 105452.