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单词 rigid body
释义
rigid body

Physics
  • A body in which the distances between the particles that make up the body are always constant. This means that a rigid body cannot be compressed or deformed. The concept of a rigid body is a mathematical idealization but is a very useful approximation that gives a good description of many systems in both Newtonian mechanics and quantum mechanics. The concept is not valid in the special theory of relativity because it does not satisfy the invariance requirements of the Lorentz group; however, for bodies that are moving much slower than the speed of light this is not a serious problem.


Mathematics
  • An object with the property that it does not change shape whatever forces are applied to it. It is used in a mathematical model to represent an object in the real world. It may be a system of particles held in a rigid formation, or it may be a distribution of mass in the form of a rod, a lamina, or some 3-dimensional shape. In general, a rigid body has six degrees of freedom—three to determine the body’s centre of mass and three more to specify the body’s orientation about its centre of mass. The equations of motion for a rigid body are

    md2rGdt2=Fk,dLGdt=rk×Fk,

    where m denotes the mass of the body, rG is the position vector of the centre of mass, LG is the angular momentum about the centre of mass, Fk are the external forces acting on the body, and rk × Fk is the moment of the force Fk (so that rk is the position vector of a point on the line of action of the force Fk). See also inertia tensor.


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