Butters Messages 75 Reaction score 1 Thread starter Oct 21, 2013 #1 What is axial rigid body motion? Is it along Z-axis?
AlephZero Science Advisor Homework Helper Messages 6,999 Reaction score 299 Oct 21, 2013 #2 That's a reasonable guess, if you don't have any more information.
alzabroo Messages 5 Reaction score 0 Oct 26, 2013 #3 Never heard that term before, but assuming the body in the figure is rotating around the z-axis then the torque that creates that rotation would be along the z-axis. However the force would be in the XY-plane.
Never heard that term before, but assuming the body in the figure is rotating around the z-axis then the torque that creates that rotation would be along the z-axis. However the force would be in the XY-plane.