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Closed-form equation for orientation and angular velocity over time
If a rigid body, rotating freely in 3d, experiences no friction or other external forces and has an initially diagonal inertia matrix $\mathbf{I}_0$ (with $I_{11}>I_{22}>I_{33}>0$) and ...
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Instability of a thrown tennis racquet
Someone once mentioned to me that it's impossible to throw a tennis racquet (or similarly shaped object) into the air, perpendicularly to the string plane, in such a way that it won't turn.
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Why Is Linear Inertia Only A Property? [closed]
The Inertia of a body is said to be its property or virtue that is directly proportional to its mass. Now if we consider Inertia of rectilinear motion, it depends on the mass as well as the ...
