Physlib.ClassicalMechanics.RigidBody.KineticEnergy
Kinetic energy of a rigid body
For a rigid body rotating with angular velocity `ω` about its reference point the point at position `r` has velocity `ω × r`, so its kinetic energy is `T = ½ ∫ |ω × r|² dm`. Since `|ω × r|² = ω · (r × (ω × r))` and the angular momentum is `L = ∫ r × (ω × r) dm = I ω`, the kinetic energy is the quadratic form `T = ½ ω · L = ½ ω · I ω` in the inertia tensor.
For a rigid body in motion the total kinetic energy is the mass integral of half the squared speed of its points, `T = ½ ∫ ⟪v, v⟫ dm`. König's theorem splits it into the kinetic energy of the centre of mass plus the rotational energy about the centre of mass, `T = ½ M ⟪V, V⟫ + ½ ∫ |Ṙ (y − c)|² dm`: the cross term vanishes because the first moment of the mass distribution about its centre of mass is zero. In three dimensions the rotational term is `½ ∫ |ω × r|² dm`, with `ω` the angular velocity vector and `r` the position of the body point relative to the centre of mass.
The total kinetic energy is defined with the point velocity taken in the closed form `Ṙ(t) (y − c) + V(t)` (`velocityClosedForm`), which is polynomial in the body point and hence smooth for any motion; for differentiable motions it agrees with the honest point velocity `∂ₜ (displacement · y)`, recovering `T = ½ ∫ ⟪v, v⟫ dm` (`kineticEnergy_eq_integral_velocity`).
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Rotational kinetic energy of a rigid body
For a rigid body in a three-dimensional Euclidean space rotating with an angular velocity , the rotational kinetic energy is defined as: where is the inertia tensor of the rigid body , and the expression represents the contraction of the angular velocity vector with the inertia tensor.
Rotational kinetic energy
For a three-dimensional rigid body rotating with angular velocity , the rotational kinetic energy is equal to half the dot product (or contraction) of the angular velocity and the angular momentum : where is the angular momentum of the rigid body corresponding to the angular velocity .
Rotational kinetic energy
For a three-dimensional rigid body rotating with an angular velocity , the rotational kinetic energy is equal to half the integral over the body's mass of the squared magnitude of the local velocity : where is the position vector of a point in the body relative to the reference point, denotes the vector cross product, and is the mass distribution of the rigid body.
Total kinetic energy of a rigid body motion at time
For a rigid body motion in -dimensional space, the total kinetic energy at time is defined as half the integral of the squared speed of its points with respect to its mass distribution: where is the velocity of the point at time (using the `velocityClosedForm`) and is the mass distribution of the rigid body.
for Differentiable Rigid Body Motion
For a rigid body motion in -dimensional space, if the body's orientation and its center of mass trajectory are differentiable at time , then the total kinetic energy is given by half the integral of the squared speed of its material points with respect to its mass distribution : where is the velocity of the material point at time .
Decomposition of the squared speed into rotational, linear, and translational components
For a rigid body motion in -dimensional space at a given time , the squared speed of a point in the body frame, , is decomposed into three terms: where: - is the velocity of point at time . - is the time derivative of the body's orientation matrix (rotation matrix). - is the center of mass of the rigid body, with being its -th component. - is the velocity of the center of mass. - is the -th component of the body-frame coordinate . - denotes the Euclidean norm and denotes the transpose. The three terms correspond respectively to the squared rotational speed, a term linear in the displacement from the center of mass, and the squared translational speed of the center of mass.
König's Theorem: Kinetic Energy equals Translational plus Rotational Energy
For a rigid body motion in -dimensional space with non-zero total mass , the total kinetic energy at time is the sum of the translational kinetic energy of the center of mass and the rotational kinetic energy about the center of mass: where: - is the velocity of the center of mass at time . - is the time derivative of the orientation (rotation) matrix at time . - is the center of mass of the rigid body in the body-fixed reference frame. - The integral is taken over the body's mass distribution with respect to the body-frame coordinates .
König's Theorem:
**König's theorem** in three dimensions: For a rigid body motion in three-dimensional space at time , assuming the total mass is non-zero and the body's orientation is differentiable at , the total kinetic energy is the sum of the translational kinetic energy of the center of mass and the rotational kinetic energy about the center of mass: where: - is the velocity of the center of mass. - is the angular velocity vector. - is the position of point relative to the center of mass in the inertial frame. - is the mass distribution of the rigid body.
König's Theorem:
**König's theorem** in the body frame: For a rigid body motion in three-dimensional space at time , assume that the total mass is non-zero, the orientation of the body is differentiable at , and the center of mass is located at the origin in the body-fixed reference frame. Then the total kinetic energy is the sum of the translational kinetic energy of the center of mass and the rotational kinetic energy about the center of mass, evaluated using the body-frame angular velocity : where: - is the velocity of the center of mass in the lab frame. - is the angular velocity vector in the body-fixed frame. - is the inertia tensor of the rigid body.
