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Chapter 3: Rotational Dynamics

Chapter 3: Rotational Dynamics

pp. 54-71

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, Emory University, Atlanta, , Emory University, Atlanta
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In this chapter, we extend perhaps the most famous law in mechanics, Newton’s Second Law, to study objects and systems of objects executing rotational motion. Emphasis is placed on developing an intuition for the effects of torques on the rotational dynamics of systems by comparing and contrasting them to the effects that forces have on the linear motion of such systems.

Keywords

  • rotational dynamics
  • angular acceleration
  • angular velocity
  • Newton’s Second Law
  • horizontal disk
  • combining translational and rotational motion
  • mass-pulley system

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