Tuesday, December 29, 2015

lagrangian formalism - The Euler-Lagrange equations for rigid body rotation



The equations of motion for rigid body rotation are:



$I\,\dot{\vec{\omega}}+\vec{\omega}\times I\,\vec{\omega}=\vec{\tau}$


How i can calculate this equations using Lagrangian method ?


If i use $L=\frac{1}{2}\vec{\omega}^T\,I\,\vec{\omega}$


i don't get the right equations.




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