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Femme_physics
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I recently fall upon this principle while trying to do this 3D mechanics exercise.
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1416/legitwheel.jpg [Broken]
Looking from a side view (only z and y axes), this should be about right:
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5758/momentsq.jpg [Broken]
Ignore the question marks. I know it's right. Now does this mean that the sum of all moments on the center of perfect wheels is always 0?
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1416/legitwheel.jpg [Broken]
Looking from a side view (only z and y axes), this should be about right:
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5758/momentsq.jpg [Broken]
Ignore the question marks. I know it's right. Now does this mean that the sum of all moments on the center of perfect wheels is always 0?
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