UNDERSTANDING THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ROTATIONAL KINEMATICS Lecture Outline From Physics, 4th Edition James S. Walker Topic: UNDERSTANDING THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ROTATIONAL KINEMATICS Essential Question: (You create on your own) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.

Rotational Kinematics and Energy

Sections to Cover: (I.) Angular Position, Velocity, and Acceleration (II.) Rotational Kinematics (III.) Connections Between Linear and Rotational Quantities (IV.) Rolling Motion (V.) Rotational Kinetic Energy and the Moment of Inertia (VI.) Conservation of Energy

I.) Angular Position, Velocity, and Acceleration

Angular Position, Velocity, and Acceleration

I.) Angular Position, Velocity, and Acceleration

II.) Rotational Kinematics If the angular acceleration is constant:

II.) Rotational Kinematics Analogies between linear and rotational kinematics: