Three-body inertia tensor

DOI10.1088/1361-6404/ABF8C6MaRDI QIDQ6108079zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors June-Haak Ee, Dong-Won Jung, U-Rae Kim, Dohyun Kim, Jungil Lee

Publication date 29 June 2023

Published in European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.03455

zbMATH Keywords

gauge fixingLagrange multiplierperpendicular-axis theoremprincipal axiswater-molecule system

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems (70-01) Free motion of a rigid body (70E15)

Abstract: We derive a general formula for the inertia tensor of a three-body system. By employing three independent Lagrange undetermined multipliers to express the vectors corresponding to the sides in terms of the position vectors of the vertices, we present the general covariant expression for the inertia tensor of the three particles of different masses. If $m_a/a=m_b/b=m_c/c=ho$, then the center of mass coincides with the incenter of the triangle and the moment of inertia about the normal axis passing the center of mass is $I=hoabc$, where $m_a$, $m_b$, and $m_c$ are the masses of the particles at $A$, $B$, and $C$, respectively, and $a$, $b$, and $c$ are the lengths of the line segments $overlineBC$, $overlineCA$, and $overlineAB$, respectively. The derivation and the corresponding results are closely related to the famous Heron's formula for the area of a triangle.

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• Combinatorics in tensor-integral reduction
• On virtual displacement and virtual work in Lagrangian dynamics
• Undetermined Multiplier Treatments of the Lagrange Problem

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