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Problem with a rotating frame of reference on the South pole
Consider this problem:
A high-speed train is traveling at a constant 150 m/s (about 300 mph)
on a straight horizontal track across the south pole. Find the angle
between a plumb line suspended ...
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Internal/Rotational angular momentum
I have some difficulties to understand the relation between the internal and the rotational angular momentum of a rigid body which is also known as König's theorem, so what physical intuition lies ...
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motion in the body-fixed frame?
This is really basic, I'm sure: For rigid body motion, Euler's equations refer to $L_i$ and $\omega_i$ as measured in the fixed-body frame. But that frame is just that: fixed in the body. So how ...
