The motion of a rigid body about a fixed axis

Bridgeman, Tony; Chatwin, P. C.; Plumpton, C.

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-06043-6_6

Tony Bridgeman³,
P. C. Chatwin³ &
C. Plumpton⁴

Part of the book series: Core Books in Advanced Mathematics

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The purpose of this final chapter is to investigate the motion of a rigid body turning about a fixed axis. We shall suppose that the axis is smooth, so that its bearings do not exert any frictional couple and therefore do not retard the rotation of the body about the axis. As in Chapters 4 and 5 we shall consider only situations in which the external forces act in a plane perpendicular to the axis.

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University of London School Examinations Department, University of Liverpool, UK
Tony Bridgeman (Chief Examiner in Advanced Level Mathematics, Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics) & P. C. Chatwin (Assessor in Advanced Level Mathematics, Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics)
University of London School Examinations Department, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK
C. Plumpton (Moderator in Mathematics, formerly Reader in Engineering Mathematics)

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Bridgeman, T., Chatwin, P.C., Plumpton, C. (1984). The motion of a rigid body about a fixed axis. In: Mechanics of Groups of Particles. Core Books in Advanced Mathematics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06043-6_6

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