Mechanics > Math and Measurement
DCS# 1A30.21
EULER'S ANGLES MODEL
APPARATUS
Euler's angles model
atop 202-11
DESCRIPTION
The model is two intersecting metal disks with which one can show how to describe an arbitrarily oriented set of axes with respect to another set of axes. The six axes are labeled, as ar
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θ, φ, and ψ.
NOTES
Here's a 3-D graphics version:
http://www.vis.uni-stuttgart.de/~kraus/LiveGraphics3D/examples/Euler.html
REFERENCE
Meiners 13-8.1.
