particle of the rigid solid, its motion is reduced to the motion of translation of its mass
centre C acted upon by the resultant
R, the number of degrees of freedom being
reduced from six to three. If one cannot neglect the rotation of the solid about the centre
C, then we introduce also the action of the resultant moment
M
C
, which specifies the
motion. Obviously, to can obtain such a decomposition, we must assume that
()
′′
=RR v,;
C
tρ , non-depending on and on Euler’s angles ψ, θ, ϕ; we can use thus
the equation (14.1.47) as a Newton equation of motion for a particle.
In general, we have
()
′′′′′′
=
123
123123
,,,,,,,,,,,;
ii
OOOOOO
RRxxxvvv tψθϕω ω ω ,
()
′′′′′′
=
123
123123
,,,,,,,,,,,;
Oi Oi O O O O O O
MMxxxvvv tψθϕω ω ω , = 1, 2, 3i ,
the rigid solid being non-autonomous; if the time does not intervene explicitly, then the
solid is autonomous (or dynamic). The 12 unknown scalar functions (the co-ordinates
′′
= ()
Oi Oi
xxt of the pole O, the components
′′
= ()
Oi Oi
vvt of the velocity of the pole
O with respect to the inertial frame of reference
′
R , Euler’s angles = ()tψψ ,
= ()tθθ , = ()tϕϕ and the components = ()
ii
tωω, = 1, 2, 3i , of the instantaneous
angular velocity vector of the rigid solid with respect to the non-inertial frame of
reference
R ) are determined by the system of first order differential equations
(14.1.45''), (14.1.46'') and (14.1.15), written in the normal form (the coefficients of the
equations (14.1.53), (14.1.53') are constant and we can solve this linear system with
respect to the derivatives of first order)
[
]
′
+∈ = = −
d
d
2
dd
j
Oi
i
iji
ijk k
v
MM RRM
tt
ω
ρωωρ
, = 1,2, 3i ,
(14.1.53)
′
∈+==−∈
d
d
dd
j
Ok
Oi
jij j
ijk Oi ijk kl l
v
MIMMI
tt
ω
ρωω
, = 1,2, 3i ,
(14.1.53')
()( )
==+
1121 2
d
, , , sin cos cosec
d
f
t
ψ
θϕω ω ω ϕ ω ϕ θ
,
()
==−
212 1 2
d
,, cos sin
d
f
t
θ
ϕω ω ω ϕ ω ϕ
,
()( )
312331 2
d
,, , , sin cos cot
d
f
t
ϕ
θϕω ω ω ω ω ϕ ω ϕ θ==−+
,
(14.1.53'')
to which we associate the equations
()
′
′′′′′
==
123
d
,,;
d
Oi
Oi Oi O O O
x
vvxxxt
t
, = 1,2, 3i ,
(14.1.53''')
the derivatives being taken in the inertial frame of reference
′
R , as well as the initial
conditions (at the moment
=
0
tt) of Cauchy type
()
′′
=
0
0
Oi Oi
xt x,
()
′′
=
0
0
Oi Oi
vt v,
()
=
0
0
tψψ,
()
=
0
0
tθθ,
()
=
0
0
tϕϕ,
()
=
0
0
ii
tωω, = 1, 2, 3i .
(14.1.54)
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