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MamboCross — Finding the cross product between two MAMBO vectors [mathematica]

Reference for maple version: Appendix B in Multibody Mechanics and Visualization by Harry Dankowicz, published by Springer Verlag UK, 2004.

Calling Sequence

v~MamboCross~w

MamboCross[v,w]

Parameters

v,w: MAMBO vectors

Description

The function MamboCross returns the vector cross product of the two vectors v and w.

Examples

Restart;
DeclareTriads[a,b];
DefineTriads[a,b,theta,3];
v=MakeTranslations[a,1];
w=MakeTranslations[{a,1},{b,2}];
v~MamboCross~w

${Type \to Vector, Size \to 1, 1 \to {Coordinates \to {0, 0, Cos [theta]}, Triad \to a}}$

See Also

MakeTranslations, MamboMinus, MamboTimes, MamboDot, MamboPlus, MamboNorm

Toolbox functions

AngularMomentum AngularVelocity Boolean Expressions CoeffExtract DeclareObservers DeclarePoints DeclareStates DeclareTriads DefineNeighbors DefineObjects DefineObservers DefinePoints DefineTriads DiffTime FindCoordinates FindOrientation FindPosition FindRotation FindTranslation ForceDescription GeometryOutput LinearMomentum LinearVelocity MakeDescription MakeRotations MakeTranslations MamboCross MamboDot MamboExpress MamboMinus MamboNorm MamboPlus MamboSimplify MamboTimes MomentumDescription MotionOutput NullVector Restart SetTime Undo VelocityDescription

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