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radius of gyration

noun

Definitions

  1. Given a body B, the distance from a given axis of rotation at which a point mass of the…

    Given a body B, the distance from a given axis of rotation at which a point mass of the same mass as B would have the same moment of inertia about said axis.

    • Since the radius of gyration depends on the manner in which the mass is arranged round the axis, it follows that for different axes in the same body there will be different radii of gyration.
    • The radii of gyration parallel and perpendicular to the director are obtained from macroscopically aligned samples by using a two-dimensional detection method.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for radius of gyration. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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