Conservative Motion of Discrete, Hexahedral Gyroscope
Abstract
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Gyroscopic motion is simulated by applying a molecular dynamics formulation to a rigid hexahedron. The conservative dynamical differential equations are solved numerically in such a fashion that all the system invariants are preserved. Examples which included precession, nutation, and a combination of looping and cusp formation are described and discussed.