Articles | Volume 3, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-3-73-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-3-73-2012
Research article
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04 Dec 2012
Research article |  | 04 Dec 2012

Dynamics of a gravity car race with application to the Pinewood Derby

B. P. Mann, M. M. Gibbs, and S. M. Sah

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