M | material point |
t | time |
mH | mass of the sun – 2.1030 kg |
mT | mass of the Earth – 6.1024 kg |
GH | center of inertia of the Sun |
GT | center of inertia of the Earth |
GT GH | distance between the Sun and the Earth ~ 150.109 m |
Universal gravitational constant 6,67.10−11 m3kg−1S−2 | |
m(S) | mass of a solid (S) |
δij | Kronecker symbol |
εijk | three-index permutation symbol |
vector | |
basis | |
frame | |
ψ, θ, φ | Euler angles, specifically the precession, nutation and spin angles in order |
plane of the two vectors and | |
plane of the two vectors and passing through point O | |
bipoint vector | |
situation bipoint or situation vector of point OS in relation to the point Oλ of selected frame of reference λ | |
angle of two vectors oriented from towards | |
norm of vector | |
scalar product of vectors and | |
vector product of vectors and | |
polar unit vector in cylindrical-polar coordinates | |
polar unit vector in spherical coordinates | |
vector rotation of angle α around the axis defined by vector | |
trajectory, in the frame λ, of material point M, during the time interval [ti, tf] | |
velocity at time t of the material point M during its motion in the frame λ | |
acceleration at time t of the material point M throughout its motion in the frame λ | |
rotation vector or rotation rate of the solid (S) in its motion in relation to frame λ | |
drive velocity of the material point M in the relative motion of the frame μ in relation to the frame λ | |
drive acceleration of the material point M in the relative motion of the frame μ in relation to the frame λ | |
Coriolis acceleration applied to the material point M during its relative motion of the frame μ in relation to the frame λ | |
derivative in relation to time of the vector in the frame λ | |
torsor characterized by its two reduction elements at point P | |
resultant of the torsor {} : 1st reduction element | |
moment at P of the torsor {} : 2nd reduction element | |
scalar invariant of the torsor {}, independent of point P | |
product of two torsors | |
velocity distributing torsor or kinematic torsor associated with the motion of the material point Ps of the solid (S) | |
kinetic torsor associated with the motion of the solid (S) in the frame λ | |
dynamic torsor associated with the motion of solid (S) in the frame λ | |
IOs (S|m) | inertia operator of the solid (S) provided the measure of mass m |
inertia drive torsor of the solid (S) in the relative motion of λ in relation to g | |
inertia Coriolis torsor of solid (S) in the motion relative of λ in relation to g | |
{Δ} | torsor of known efforts acceleration of Earth’s gravity ~ 9.80665 ms−2 (9.81 on average) |
g | depending on the location and latitude of the body which is subject to |
torsor of unknown efforts | |
link acting upon a solid | |
torsor of link efforts applied to the solid (S) | |
power developed by the set of forces F acting upon the solid (S) throughout its motion |
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partial power relative to the variable Qα, developed by the set of forces F acting upon the solid (S) throughout its motion |
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T(λ)(S) | kinetic energy of the solid (S) throughout its motion in relation to the frame λ |
(Lα) | Lagrange equation relative to the variable Qα |
When the situation of the solid (S) in the frame λ is represented by the parameters Qα, we write : where
partial distributing torsor relative to the variable Qα | |
partial rotation rate relative to the variable Qα, component of the variable of the rotation rate, such that | |
component of the variable of the velocity vector of the point OS, such that |