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  2. Wittgenstein's rod - Wikipedia

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    If B remains on the same side of S with respect to the center of the circle, instead of a ray one can consider just a segment or the rod AB. Wittgenstein sketched a mechanism and wrote: While the point A describes a circle, B describes a figure eight. Now we write this down as a proposition of kinematics.

  3. Slider-crank linkage - Wikipedia

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    For example, for rod length 6" and crank radius 2", numerically solving the above equation finds the velocity minima (maximum downward speed) to be at crank angle of 73.17615° after TDC. Then, using the triangle sine law , it is found that the crank to connecting rod angle is 88.21738° and the connecting rod angle is 18.60647° from vertical ...

  4. Instant centre of rotation - Wikipedia

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    Sketch 2: Pole of a planar displacement. The instant center can be considered the limiting case of the pole of a planar displacement. The planar displacement of a body from position 1 to position 2 is defined by the combination of a planar rotation and planar translation. For any planar displacement there is a point in the moving body that is ...

  5. Absement - Wikipedia

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    Absement changes as an object remains displaced and stays constant as the object resides at the initial position. It is the first time-integral of the displacement [3] [4] (i.e. absement is the area under a displacement vs. time graph), so the displacement is the rate of change (first time-derivative) of the absement.

  6. Linkage (mechanical) - Wikipedia

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    The connections between links are modeled as providing ideal movement, pure rotation or sliding for example, and are called joints. A linkage modeled as a network of rigid links and ideal joints is called a kinematic chain. Linkages may be constructed from open chains, closed chains, or a combination of open and closed chains.

  7. Euler's rotation theorem - Wikipedia

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    A rotation represented by an Euler axis and angle. In geometry, Euler's rotation theorem states that, in three-dimensional space, any displacement of a rigid body such that a point on the rigid body remains fixed, is equivalent to a single rotation about some axis that runs through the fixed point.

  8. Deformation (physics) - Wikipedia

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    In physics and continuum mechanics, deformation is the change in the shape or size of an object. It has dimension of length with SI unit of metre (m). It is quantified as the residual displacement of particles in a non-rigid body, from an initial configuration to a final configuration, excluding the body's average translation and rotation (its rigid transformation). [1]

  9. Orientation (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Changing orientation of a rigid body is the same as rotating the axes of a reference frame attached to it.. In geometry, the orientation, attitude, bearing, direction, or angular position of an object – such as a line, plane or rigid body – is part of the description of how it is placed in the space it occupies. [1]