Annotation
This paper is a preamble to the detailed presentation of the classical mechanics unit “Rotational motion of a rigid body” for minor students in higher school. It clarifies the meaning of notions and definitions used in this unit, such as the rotational motion about an axis, moment of inertia, angular momentum, instantaneous axis of rotation, ellipsoid of inertia, and inertia tensor.
Received: 2016 January 22
Approved: 2016 April 18
PACS:
45.40.-f Dynamics and kinematics of rigid bodies
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Authors
D.V. Belov, A.S. Nifanov, I.M. Sraeva
Faculty of Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia.
Faculty of Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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