Rotating and rolling rigid bodies and the "hairy ball" theorem

Edward Bormashenko, Alexander Kazachkov

نتاج البحث: نشر في مجلةمقالةمراجعة النظراء

8 اقتباسات (Scopus)

ملخص

Rotating and rolling rigid bodies exemplify a fascinating theorem of topology, jokingly called the "hairy ball" theorem, which demands that any continuous tangent vector field on the sphere has at least one point where the field is zero. We demonstrate via a gedanken experiment how drilling through a rotating ball, thereby converting it into a torus, leads to the elimination of zero-velocity points on the ball surface. Using the same reasoning, zero-velocity points can be removed from the surface of a drilled spinning top. We discuss the location of zero-velocity points on the surfaces of rigid bodies rolling with no slip and with slip. Observations made from different reference frames identify various zero-velocity points. Illustrative experiments visualizing zero-velocity points are presented.

اللغة الأصليةالإنجليزيّة
الصفحات (من إلى)447-453
عدد الصفحات7
دوريةAmerican Journal of Physics
مستوى الصوت85
رقم الإصدار6
المعرِّفات الرقمية للأشياء
حالة النشرنُشِر - 1 يونيو 2017

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