The motion of the metering element of the common “nutating” or wobbling disk water meter is described and expressions are derived for the case where there are no externally applied torques. This motion is defined by a single equation of motion and two holonomic constraints.

Issue Section:
Technical Briefs
Topics:
Disks, Dynamics (Mechanics), Equations of motion, Water meters
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