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How is Centripetal Force related to rotation about one of the Principal Axes of Inertia of a rigid body? [closed]

Here I have understood the solution but just have a doubt regarding the last question about the vector force at B. The solution says that as the y axis is a principal axis of inertia,so rotation ...
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Understanding a rotational system with centripetal snap, angular jerk, and a third-dimensional tension vector

In a recent experiment in my physics class, we were given the task of finding the experimental rotational moment of inertia in a T-stand with two masses attached to the ends of a certain length. I ...
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Is Conservation of Energy maintained when the orbit of a rotating mass increases in diameter?

I read an example where someone was explaining how the law of conservation of energy does not have to be maintained within a rotating mass even though angular momentum is maintained. The given ...
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