The ringing of Euler's disk (Q1860540)
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The ringing of Euler's disk (English)
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24 February 2003
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The motion of disks on tables has the well-known feature that the associated acoustic signal increases in frequency as the motion tends toward its abrupt halt. Recently, a commercial toy, known as Euler's disk, was designed to maximize the time before this abrupt ending. In this paper, the authors present and simulate a rigid body model for Euler's disk. Based on the nature of the contact force between the disk and the table revealed by the simulations, they conjecture a new mechanism for the abrupt halt of the disk and increased acoustic frequency associated with the decline of the disk.
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nonholonomic constraint
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Euler's disk
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rigid body model
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contact force
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acoustic frequency
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