WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Möbius Strip Made from a Rotating Bar

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number of bars
frequency
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
spheres
bars
torus
The center of a bar moves around a circle while it rotates in the moving vertical plane perpendicular to the circle. The position of the bar is shown at regular intervals. When the bar completes half a vertical turn in one rotation around a circle, its images form a Möbius strip.