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Challenges Constructing Ellipsoidal-Like Configurations (Pt. 4)

This chapter extends the accompanying chapters titled, Construction Challenges (Pt. 1), (Pt. 2), and (Pt. 3). The focus here is on firming up our understanding of the relationships between various "tilted" Cartesian coordinate frames.

Various Coordinate Frames

Summary

In a separate discussion, we have shown that, as viewed from a frame that "tumbles" with the (purple) body of a Type 1 Riemann ellipsoid, each Lagrangian fluid element moves along an elliptical path in a plane that is tipped by an angle <math>~\theta</math> about the x-axis of the body. As viewed from the (primed) coordinates associated with this tipped plane, by definition, z' = constant and dz'/dt = 0, and the planar orbit is defined by the expression for an,

Off-Center Ellipse
<math>~1</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~\biggl[\frac{x'}{x_\mathrm{max}} \biggr]^2 + \biggl[\frac{y' - y_c(z')}{y_\mathrm{max}} \biggr]^2 \, .</math>

Tipped Orbit Frame (yellow, primed) Given that b/a = 1.25 and c/a = 0.4703 for our chosen Example Type I Ellipsoid, we find that, <math>~\theta = - 1.18122 ~\mathrm{rad} = -67.68^\circ</math>.

Notice that the offset, <math>~y_c</math>, is a function of the tipped plane's vertical coordinate, <math>~z'</math>. As a function of time, the x'-y' coordinates and associated velocity components of each Lagrangian fluid element are given by the expressions,

<math>~x'</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~x_\mathrm{max}\cos(\dot\varphi t)</math>	and,	<math>~y' - y_c</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~y_\mathrm{max}\sin(\dot\varphi t) \, ,</math>
<math>~\dot{x}'</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~- x_\mathrm{max}~ \dot\varphi \cdot \sin(\dot\varphi t) = (y_c - y') \biggl[ \frac{x_\mathrm{max}}{y_\mathrm{max}} \biggr] \dot\varphi </math>	and,	<math>~\dot{y}' </math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~y_\mathrm{max}~\dot\varphi \cdot \cos(\dot\varphi t) = x' \biggl[ \frac{y_\mathrm{max}}{x_\mathrm{max}}\biggr] \dot\varphi \, .</math>

We have determined that (numerical value given for our chosen example Type I ellipsoid),

<math>~\tan\theta</math>

<math>~=</math>

<math>~ - \frac{b^2 \beta \Omega_2}{c^2 \gamma \Omega_3} = -2.43573\, , </math>

where, <math>~\beta</math> and <math>~\gamma</math> are as defined in an accompanying discussion. Also,

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<math>~\biggl[\frac{x_\mathrm{max}}{y_\mathrm{max}} \biggr]^2</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~ \frac{a^2}{b^2 c^2} (c^2\cos^2\theta + b^2\sin^2\theta) = 1.05238 \, , </math>
<math>~{\dot\varphi}^2 </math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~ \zeta_3^2\biggl[ \frac{b^2}{a^2 + b^2} \biggr]^2 \biggl[ \frac{x_\mathrm{max}}{y_\mathrm{max}} \biggr]^2 \biggl[1 + \tan^2\theta \biggr] = 1.68818\, , </math>
<math>~y_c</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~+ \frac{z' b^2 \tan\theta}{c^2 \cos^2\theta + b^2\sin^2\theta} = +z' \tan\theta \biggl[\frac{y_\mathrm{max}}{x_\mathrm{max}} \biggr]^2 \frac{a^2}{c^2} = \biggl( \frac{z'}{ \cos\theta }\biggr)(-1.40038) \, .</math>

Note that this last expression has been obtained by making the substitutions, <math>~y_0 \rightarrow y_c</math> and <math>~z_0 \rightarrow -z'/\cos\theta</math>, in the accompanying derivation's expression for <math>~y_0</math>.

See Also

• Riemann Type 1 Ellipsoids
• Construction Challenges (Pt. 1)
• Construction Challenges (Pt. 2)
• Construction Challenges (Pt. 3)
• Construction Challenges (Pt. 4)
• Related discussions of models viewed from a rotating reference frame:
  • PGE
  • NOTE to Eric Hirschmann & David Neilsen... I have moved the earlier contents of this page to a new Wiki location called Compressible Riemann Ellipsoids.

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