Tennis Racket theorem (Dzhanibekov effect) 2020-01-14

A cool quirk of angular momentum conservation

  1. Yuval Tassa
    In order to see the Dzhanibekov effect, load this model in simulate and reset the state to the first keyframe. This model produces the behaviour seen in this video. See the relevant Wikipedia page for the physics behind this behaviour.

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    1. tennis_racket.png