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Classical Mechanics, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Classical Mechanics, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Tai L. Chow
May 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
639 pages
23h 12m
English
CRC Press
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Motion of Rigid Bodies
So far, we have considered the motion of bodies that can be considered as particles. In this chapter,
we consider motions in which the nite size of bodies is important. Such bodies will be assumed
to be rigid. By a rigid body, we mean that the relative position of the parts of the body remains
unchanged during motion. The body thus moves as a whole. In other words, a rigid body can be
considered to be a system of particles subject to the set of constraints
r
ij
= c
ij
(12.1)
where r
ij
is the distance between the ith and jth particles, and c
ij
are constants at all times. This deni-
tion ...
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