In this work we present the original ideas and the construction of the rigid bodies theory realised by Leonhard Euler between 1738 and 1775. The number of treatises written by Euler on this subject is enormous, including the most notorious Scientia Navalis (1749), Decouverte d’un noveau principe de mecanique (1752), Du mouvement de rotation des corps solides autour d’un axe variable (1765), Theoria motus corporum solidorum seu rigidorum (1765) and Nova methodus motu corporum rigidorum determinandi (1776), in which he developed the ideas of the instantaneous rotation axis, the so-called Euler equations and angles, the components of what is now known as the inertia tensor, the principal axes of inertia, and, finally, the generalisation of the translation and rotation movement equations for any system.
En este trabajo se presentan las principales aportaciones de Leonhard Euler a la mecánica, que van desde la invaluable transcripción de la mecánica newtoniana al lenguaje del cálculo diferencial e integral, hasta su peculiar interpretación, en términos de la impenetrabilidad, de la Tercera Ley de Newton, pasando por su profunda valoración del concepto de inercia y su aportación relativa a plantear la Segunda Ley de Newton en coordenadas cartesianas. In this work it is presented the Leonhard Euler more important contributions to mechanics, from the invaluable transcriptions of the newtonian mechanics to integral and diferential calculus, up to his peculiar interpretation of the Newton’s Third Law in terms of the impenetrability, going through his profound evaluation about the inertia concept and his great idea to pose the Newton’s Second Law in cartesians coordinates.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.