The rigid body dynamics of unidirectional spin
- 9 June 1986
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Vol. 405 (1829) , 265-274
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1986.0052
Abstract
A toy consists of a boat-shaped body showing great preference for spin in one direction only. Its sophisticated rigid body dynamics is examined in some detail, and fully accounts for this curious behaviour.Keywords
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