inertia matrix

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inertia matrix [i′nər·shə ‚mā·triks]

(mechanics)

A matrixMused to express the kinetic energyTof a mechanical system during small displacements from an equilibrium position, by means of the equationT= ½q̇^TMq̇, where q̇ is the vector whose components are the derivatives of the generalized coordinates of the system with respect to time, and q̇^Tis the transpose of q̇.

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