Homework 3 RBD
Student
September 2021
Introduction
To make it clear for the reader of this homework the notations that will be used
are shown in the following table
scalar lowercase letter a
vector uppercase letter with arrow on top F~
unit vectors lowercase letter with arrow on top ~i
Point Uppercase letter C
Table 1: Notations
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, a) show the body fixed and inertial triad
In the drawing which is added below 2 triads can be found, triad N which is
the inertial triad and triad K which is the body fixed triad. On the drawing the
intermediate triads of K are shown(written down with K’), the real triad K was
not drawn to make sure the drawing does not become cluttered.
Figure 1: different views of the CMG
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Student
September 2021
Introduction
To make it clear for the reader of this homework the notations that will be used
are shown in the following table
scalar lowercase letter a
vector uppercase letter with arrow on top F~
unit vectors lowercase letter with arrow on top ~i
Point Uppercase letter C
Table 1: Notations
1
, a) show the body fixed and inertial triad
In the drawing which is added below 2 triads can be found, triad N which is
the inertial triad and triad K which is the body fixed triad. On the drawing the
intermediate triads of K are shown(written down with K’), the real triad K was
not drawn to make sure the drawing does not become cluttered.
Figure 1: different views of the CMG
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