Document Type
Report
Source Publication Title
Technical Report 316
Abstract
Tetrahedral tops are simulated as discrete, rigid bodies in rotation by introducing a molecular mechanics formulation. The contact point of the top with the XY plane is allowed to move in the plane. The conservative, dynamical differential equations are solved numerically in such a fashion that all the system invariants are preserved. Examples which include precession, nutation, cusp formation, and looping are described and discussed.
Disciplines
Mathematics | Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Publication Date
1-1-1996
Language
English
License
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Recommended Citation
Greenspan, Donald, "Conservative Motion of Discrete, Tetrahedral Top on a Smooth Horizontal Plane" (1996). Mathematics Technical Papers. 280.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/math_technicalpapers/280