Re: Rigid body equations
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- Subject: [mg74084] Re: Rigid body equations
- From: David Bailey <dave at Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 02:01:38 -0500 (EST)
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Jean-Marc Gulliet wrote: > Robert Pigeon wrote: >> Greetings, >> Does any one worked out the rigid body equations (in 3D) in a notebook? I >> have to "simulate" the dynamics of an helicopter at work and most people are >> using other systems. I prefer to work with Mathematica for reasons >> that should be obvious to people in this list! But it is not for my >> colleagues at work. >> It will be an interesting challange to implement those equations in >> Mathematica. At the end I will want to input some initial conditions (like >> speed, trun speed,...) and get the dynamics (new speed, attitude,...). >> Good references will be appreciated also... ! > > Hi Robert, > > You should have a look at the IMTEK Mathematica Supplement (IMS). See > > http://www.imtek.uni-freiburg.de/simulation/mathematica/IMSweb/index.html > > Also, whenever one is looking for some code, one should try Google's > CodeSearch. > > In your case, go to > > http://www.google.com/codesearch > > and enter the keywords > > lang:mathematica rigid body equation > > Regards, > Jean-Marc > Thanks for this - GOOGLE code looks very, very useful! David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk