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As mentioned in Chapter 1 rigid bodies and systems of rigid bodies are the most important objects of analytical mechanics. For this reason it is a worthwhile exercise to briefly review the basic formulae for rigid body kinematics and discuss some special problems in greater detail.
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Lurie, A.I. (2002). Rigid body kinematics — basic knowledge. In: Analytical Mechanics. Foundations of Engineering Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45677-3_2
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