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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Egg Shaped Egg

From the previous post "Lay Another Egg..." dated 12 Jul 2016,

|Fc|=|Fdrag|sin(θ)=δm.r.ω2

where δm is an elemental mass on the surface of the egg. r is the radial distance from the axis along the direction of travel and θ the angle at the C.G between Fdrag and the rotational axis.

r=|Fdrag|δm.ω2sin(θ)

This is not a polar plot, r is the distance from the horizontal rotational axis.

yg=r

The distance along the rotational axis of δm from the C.G is given by,

xg=rcos(θ1)=|Fdrag|δm.ω2sin(θ)cos(θ1)

This may be wrong Pls refer to "Nothing To Do...With An Egg" dated 13 Jul 2016

We plot the parametric pair,

x=1sin(π2s)cos(s) and

y=sin(π2s)

0sπ/2

Implemented in the plotting software, s is measured with reference to the y=0 axis.  In the intended graph, θ starts at s=π/2 at the front tip and ends with s=0 at the half circle defined by an axis that divides the particle into front and back.  θ1 is always measured with reference to the x=0 axis and start from 0 to π and varies linearly with s. So, θ(π/2s) and θ1s.  Up to this point, the  front tip will be at the origin where s=0, to invert the plot x1x.


As spin, ω, increases, the front tip sharpens.  As drag force, |Fdrag|, increases, the front tip flattens.  The ratio,

RD=|Fdrag|ω2

a drag-spin ratio determines the shape of the particle.


The front tip is always flat as δm moves tangentially away under the action of Fc a centripetal force.  The front top does not sharpen with a discontinuity in gradient.

What happen to the back of the particle?