The Key to Dynamics


The motion of an object is changed by the application of Forces. How the object's translation changes can be determined by summing up all of the Forces applied to the object. The object's rotation is changed according to where the forces are applied relative to the center of mass.

We only need to know a few more things. We'll need a method for solving first-order differential equations. Here we'll use the simplest solution technique, Euler Integration.
Lecture 22   Slide 11   6.837 Fall '00