Home▸Physics & Mechanics▸Intermediate-Axis Flip Lab: Euler's Equations, Polhodes and the Tennis-Racket Effect — 2D Polhode Map, Flip Delay and Stability

🎾 Intermediate-Axis Flip Lab: Euler's Equations, Polhodes and the Tennis-Racket Effect — 2D Polhode Map, Flip Delay and Stability

2D companion of the intermediate-axis flip lab: a body view with fixed angular momentum, the polhode portrait, angular-velocity traces, the logarithmic flip-delay law and conserved quantities, using the same Euler-equation integrator as the 3D scene.

Physics & Mechanics2DAdvanced60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
Intermediate-Axis Flip Lab: Euler's Equations, Polhodes and the Tennis-Racket Effect — 2D Polhode Map, Flip Delay and Stability ↗ Open standalone
⚙ Under the hood

2D companion of the intermediate-axis flip lab: a body view with fixed angular momentum, the polhode portrait, angular-velocity traces, the logarithmic flip-delay law and conserved quantities, using the same Euler-equation integrator as the 3D scene.

Rigid BodyEuler EquationsAngular MomentumInertiaStability

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

What did you find?

Add reproduction steps (optional)