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rigid kinematics

Module: solid

Category: ic

Type string: "rigid kinematics"

Parameters

Name Description Default Units
velocity velocity {0,0,0} [L/t]
angular_velocity angular_velocity {0,0,0} [r/t]
center_of_rotation center_of_rotation {0,0,0} [L]

Description

The rigid kinematics initial condition sets the initial velocity of a rigid body from the following equation.

\[ \mathbf{v}_{0}=\mathbf{V}+\mathbf{\omega}\times\left(\mathbf{r}_{0}-\mathbf{c}\right) \]

Here, \(\mathbf{V}\) is the linear velocity, \(\omega\) is the angular velocity, \(\boldsymbol{r}_{0}\) is the initial position of the rigid body, and \(\mathbf{c}\) is a position vector indicating the center of rotation.