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The Mechanics of Rigid Bodies

Florian Scheck

subject

PhysicsAngular momentumExtension (metaphysics)Homogeneous spaceDynamics (mechanics)Angular velocityMechanicsSpace (mathematics)Rigid bodyPrincipal axis theorem

description

The theory of rigid bodies is a particularly important part of general mechanics. Firstly, next to the spherically symmetric mass distributions that we studied in Sect. 1.30, the top is the simplest example of a body with finite extension. Secondly, its dynamics is a particularly beautiful model case to which one can apply the general principles of canonical mechanics and where one can study the consequences of the various space symmetries in an especially transparent manner.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1990-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05370-2_3