Asymmetric Heavy Top
Asymmetric Heavy Top
A top is a rigid body moving with one fixed point. It is classified as symmetric when the moments of inertia with respect to the and axes are equal, which produces periodic motion. In the case of an asymmetric top, the motion becomes chaotic. This Demonstration plots the solutions of the six first-order nonlinear differential equations describing the dynamics of an asymmetric top.
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