Showing papers by "Hermann Bondi published in 1986"
TL;DR: In this paper, a boat-shaped body showing great preference for spin in one direction only is examined in detail, and its sophisticated rigid body dynamics is examined and fully accounts for this curious behaviour.
Abstract: A toy consists of a boat-shaped body showing great preference for spin in one direction only. Its sophisticated rigid body dynamics is examined in some detail, and fully accounts for this curious behaviour.
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