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    Undergrad Newton's Second Law - variable mass case

    Dear Experts. In a problem where we need to calculate the acceleration of a satellite in a force free space which sweeps and collects interplanetary dust and a certain rate (dm/dt), I believe that the equation F = m(dv/dt) + v(dm/dt) can be used, by putting F=0 and substituting the function...
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    Undergrad Moment of Inertia about an axis and Torque about a point

    Orodruin , is there a textbook or resource that I could refer to to understand about Moment of Inertia Tensor. And in the case where the body is free to rotate in any axis and a force is acting at some point on it, which causes a Torque, which axis do we consider, since there are no limitations.
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    Undergrad Moment of Inertia about an axis and Torque about a point

    Thank you malawi_glenn for the response. My question comes from the fact that the basic expression to calculate angular momentum involves finding the cross product of the position vector of the particle and it's linear momentum. So there has to be a point about which the position vector is...
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    Undergrad Moment of Inertia about an axis and Torque about a point

    Angular Momentum and Torque are defined about a point. But Moment of Inertia of a body is defined about an axis. There are equations which connect Angular momentum and Torque with Moment of Inertia. How will this be consistent? When I say that the torque of a force acting on a body about a point...
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