Analytical solution of the Euler-Poinsot problem

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Authors Cássio Murakami

Publication date 8 September 2021

Published in Journal of Geometry and Symmetry in Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.16056

zbMATH Keywords

analytical mechanicsclosed herpolhodeelliptic functionsEuler top

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems (70-08) Kinematics of a rigid body (70B10) Free motion of a rigid body (70E15)

Abstract: In the present paper, an analysis was performed on the torque-free motion of a rigid body, developing Euler's analytical solution and Poinsot's geometric solution. From mathematical formulations, the analytical solution for the time evolution of the angular velocity and Euler's angles was obtained and described given some initial conditions. Besides, an animation of Poinsot's geometric solution was elaborated and a study was carried out on the conditions in which the herpolhode forms a closed curve. Finally, an algorithm was developed in the software Scilab that displays the analytical and numerical solutions obtained, it also generates an animation of the geometric solution, moreover to having an algorithm that generates closed herpolhodes.

Review text

In this article the Euler-Poinsot problem has been solved. This is one of the classical problems of mechanics that studies a free motion of an arbitrary rigid body. The author computed the angular velocity and Euler's angles analytically using case distinctions on expressions using the kinetic energy and the angular momentum. A second part of the article deals with the herpolhode and asks for conditions that it is a closed curve. Using the same case distinction it is possible to find conditions on the Euler angles to repeat their states simultaneously after a certain interval of time. The theoretical part of the article is finished with a numerical example. Furthermore, the author programmed an Euler-Poinsot solver with a graphical user interface and the code is freely accessible via GitLab and is also incorporated in the software Scilab. Additionally, in a second software with a GUI the user can specify parts of the parameters (two principal moments of inertia) of the motion and the output consist of the missing parameter to achieve a closed herpolhode. The paper ends with a comparison of the analytical with a numerical solution and it turns out, that the numerical errors are negligible.

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Uses Software

• Euler Poinsot Solver
• Scilab

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