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Kirchhoff's equations


In fluid dynamics, the Kirchhoff equations, named after Gustav Kirchhoff, describe the motion of a rigid body in an ideal fluid.

where and are the angular and linear velocity vectors at the point , respectively; is the moment of inertia tensor, is the body's mass; is a unit normal to the surface of the body at the point ; is a pressure at this point; and are the hydrodynamic torque and force acting on the body, respectively; and likewise denote all other torques and forces acting on the body. The integration is performed over the fluid-exposed portion of the body's surface.


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