Gimbal Model

APS Excellence in Physics Education Award
November 2019

Science SPORE Prize
November 2011

The Open Source Physics Project is supported by NSF DUE-0442581.

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Gimbal Model

written by Fu-Kwun Hwang and Loo Kang Wee

The Gimbal Model illustrates the pitch, roll and yaw of a 3D object. Independent axis mode allows each axes to be rotated without affecting the others axes. If this mode is not selected, the model can be used to explore the phenomena of gimbal lock. This model tests the Java 3D implementation of the EJS 3D library. If the Java 3D option is selected, a airplane VMRL file (wrl) is rendered inside the gimbals. A warning message will appear if the Java 3D library is not available.

The Gimbal Model was developed using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_ntnu_Gimbal.jar file will run the program if Java is installed. You can modify this simulation if you have EJS installed by right-clicking within the map and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item.

Please note that this resource requires Java3D.

.jar

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Published: November 22, 2011
previous versions

1 source code document is available

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Rotational Dynamics Other Sciences - Engineering	- Lower Undergraduate - Upper Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation = Simulation

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Access Rights:: Free access
License:: This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license.
Rights Holder:: Loo Kang Wee
Keyword:: Flight dynamics
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created November 4, 2011 by wee lookang
Record Updated:: June 6, 2014 by Andreu Glasmann
Last Update when Cataloged:: July 17, 2011

Thanks for publishing this model!

Author: lookang
Posted: December 30, 2011 at 9:03PM

I will definitely submit another 4 models that I been working on with Singapore schools!

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