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I'm doing a little educational project (not homework) to model with differential equations some of the physics of the swing carousel. E.g.,
the angle of the seat cable with respect to time under the influences of centrifugal force and gravity. I was wondering if somebody knew of a
book or report dealing specifically with this subject, or a little more generally the modeling of objects attached to a spinning object.
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Christopher Howard
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From Newsgroup: sci.physics

Christopher Howard wrote:

I'm doing a little educational project (not homework) to model with differential equations some of the physics of the swing carousel. E.g.,
the angle of the seat cable with respect to time under the influences of centrifugal force and gravity. I was wondering if somebody knew of a
book or report dealing specifically with this subject, or a little more generally the modeling of objects attached to a spinning object.

When I was a physics undergrad *the* book on the dynamics of rotating
objects was Sommerfeld's "Theorie des Kreisels".

It seems that Springer has an English translation.


William Hyde
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