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Rotational Motion

Rotational Motion is a type of mechanical motion in which a rigid body moves about a fixed axis, distinguished from translational motion by the circular trajectory of its constituent particles around the axis.

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Slender-body theory for particles of arbitrary cross-section in Stokes flow

G. K. Batchelor · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1970 · 1K citations

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A topological obstruction to continuous global stabilization of rotational motion and the unwinding phenomenon

Sanjay P. Bhat, Dennis S. Bernstein · Systems & Control Letters · 2000 · 870 citations

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Studies of Stellar Rotation. V. The Dependence of Rotation on Age among Solar-Type Stars

Robert P. Kraft · The Astrophysical Journal · 1967 · 789 citations

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Rigid-Body Attitude Control

Nalin A. Chaturvedi, Amit K. Sanyal, N. Harris McClamroch · IEEE Control Systems · 2011 · 708 citations

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Molecular dynamics and rheological properties of concentrated solutions of rodlike polymers in isotropic and liquid crystalline phases

Masao Doi · Journal of Polymer Science Polymer Physics Edition · 1981 · 680 citations

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    David D. Thomas

    University of Minnesota, United States

    14 publications · 726 citations

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    Walter G. Rothschild

    Ford Motor Company (United States), United States

    8 publications · 394 citations

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    Miguel A. Garcı́a-Garibay

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    8 publications · 679 citations

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    T. S. Amer

    Tanta University, Egypt

    6 publications · 190 citations

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    S Clough

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 171 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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    264 publications

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  2. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

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    144 publications

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  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    30 h-index

    136 publications

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  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

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    48 publications

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  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    22 h-index

    59 publications

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  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    22 h-index

    72 publications

    12.7K citations

  7. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    21 h-index

    87 publications

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  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

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    57 publications

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  1. The Journal of Chemical Physics

    288 publications · 14.9K citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 70 publications · 5.3K citations

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  3. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 53 publications · 4.4K citations

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    JACS · 25 publications · 3K citations

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