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AP Physics C/Mechanics Rotation of a Rigid Body About a Fixed Axis
Rotation around a fixed axis is a special case of rotational motion. It does not involve rotation around more than one axis, and cannot describe such phenomena as wobbling or precession. The kinematics and dynamics of rotation around a fixed axis of a rigid object are mathematically much simpler than those for rotation of a rigid body; they are entirely analogous to those of linear motion along a single fixed direction, which is not true for rotation of a rigid body. The expressions for the kinetic energy of the object, and for the forces on the parts of the object, are also simpler for rotation around a fixed axis, than for general rotational motion. For these reasons, rotation around a fixed axis is typically taught in introductory physics courses after students have mastered linear motion; the full generality of rotational motion is not usually taught in introductory physics classes.
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Post by liqun zhu on May 4, 2013
Is there anyway I can increase the play speed of this video?
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Post by Abdelrahman Megahed on November 28, 2012
In extra example II weren't you asked only to calculate rotational kinetic energy of the system (which I am guess it shoud be Krot of rod only). How come the translational KE was added?
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Post by Ali barkhurdar on November 4, 2012
Great.
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Post by Riley Argue on November 3, 2012
Great lecture.