Describing translation and rotation

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The discussion focuses on the dynamics of a rod with mass and moment of inertia when a rocket is attached at one end at an angle. It establishes that rocket thrust generates both angular and linear acceleration. The process involves writing the angular acceleration function, integrating it twice to derive the rocket's orientation function, and subsequently formulating the linear acceleration function that incorporates the rocket's orientation. Finally, integrating the linear acceleration function twice yields the rocket's position function, with initial conditions as integration constants.

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What will be the path of a rod (of some mass and moment of inertia) in space if a rocket is attached at one end (at some angle)?
 
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kneeslider said:
What will be the path of a rod (of some mass and moment of inertia) in space if a rocket is attached at one end (at some angle)?

The rocket thrust creates both: angular & linear acceleration

- Write down the angular acceleration function
- Integrate it twice in respect to time to get rocket orientation function (intitial angular velocity & orientation are the intergration constants)

- Write down linear acceleration function (which contains the rocket orientation function from above)
- Integrate it twice in respect to time to get the rocket position function (intitial velocity & position are the intergration constants)
 

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