How my subconsciousness sees the physics of the gyroscope.
Axonometric projection of the three cones that are part of "Poinsot's construction" - one of the many views to understand / view the motion of a gyroscope.
The yellow cone is touching the blue cone and rolling along its surface. The symmetry axis of the yellow cone is also the symmetry axis of the gyroscope and its path lies on the surface of the green cone.
Axonometric projection constructed from the views from the top and from the side.
Graphite pencil construction, watercolor pencil on A5 watercolor paper
Elke Stangl (elkement) (she/her) is an Austrian physics PhD working as an engineer. Her mathematical art is borne out of her life-long passion for the theoretical underpinnings of her craft. She is creating virtual three-dimensional structures from mathematical functions – digitally with code or with ruler and compass, using.. Read more…