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Appendix C List of Symbols

Symbol Description Location
\(P, Q, R,\ldots \) points of referential or rigid body Section 1.1
\({\bf e}, \buu, \bvv, \ldots \) vectors Section 1.1
\(\be, \bu, \bv, \ldots \) unit vectors Section 1.1
\((\bha_1, \bha_2, \bha_3) \) right-handed basis of orthonormal vectors Section 1.1
\(\br_{OP} \) position vector pointing from \(O\) to \(P\) Section 1.1
\(\cE, \cA, \cB,\ldots \) referentials or rigid bodies Section 1.1
\(\cR_{\te,\bu}\) rotation of angle \(\te\) and axis \(\bu\) Section 1.5
\(\bom _{\cB/ \cA}\) angular velocity of \(\cB\) relative to \(\cA\) Theorem 3.1.2
\(\vel_{P\in \cB /\cA}\) transport velocity of \(P\) by referential \(\cB\) relative to referential \(\cA\) Paragraph
\(\{ \cH _{\Si / \cE } \}\) kinetic screw of material system \(\Sigma\) Definition 9.2.1
\(\bH _{A, \Si/\cE }, \bH_A \) angular momentum of material system \(\Sigma\) about point \(A\) Definition 9.2.1
\(\{ \cD_{\Si / \cE } \}\) kinetic screw of material system \(\Sigma\) Definition 9.3.1
\(\bD_{A, \Si/\cE }, \bD_A \) dynamic moment of material system \(\Sigma\) about point \(A\) Definition 9.3.1