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Rigid Body Kinematic Differential Equation for Euler Angles and Rotation Matrix

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This lecture derives translational and rotational kinematic differential equations for rigid bodies, including yaw-pitch-roll Euler angles, rotation matrices, and alternatives such as quaternions. It then introduces Euler’s equations for torque-free and symmetric free rigid-body motion.

Syllabus

Translational kinematic differential equations.
Rotational kinematic differential equations.
Euler angles give us the rotation matrix (direction cosine matrix).
Deriving the rotational kinematic differential equations for yaw-pitch-roll.
The singularity in the Euler angle kinematic differential equations .
Alternatives to the Euler angles.
The fundamental differential equation for the rotation matrix.
Euler principal axis and angle formulation for rotation.
- Euler's rotational dynamics for a torque-free rigid body.
Euler's equations for a free rigid body.
Animations of free rigid body motion.
Analyzing the dynamics of a symmetric free rigid body.

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