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rkelley192
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I am trying to find the best way to determine whether a spherical shell would stabilize in a certain orientation when falling.
Assumptions I need to take into account:
The sphere is spinning with some random angualr velocity for each axis
The density of the shell is higher at the +x extreme and decreases until the density becomes uniform for the -x half of the shell. This density gradient can vary.
It seems like it should be simple, but I must be missing something. That's what happens when a mathematician pretends to be an engineer.
Assumptions I need to take into account:
The sphere is spinning with some random angualr velocity for each axis
The density of the shell is higher at the +x extreme and decreases until the density becomes uniform for the -x half of the shell. This density gradient can vary.
It seems like it should be simple, but I must be missing something. That's what happens when a mathematician pretends to be an engineer.