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What is angular displacement (hetahetaheta)?

How much an object has rotated, measured in radians.

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What is angular displacement (hetahetaheta)?

How much an object has rotated, measured in radians.

What is angular velocity (omegaomegaomega)?

The rate of change of angular displacement, measured in rad/s.

What is angular acceleration (alphaalphaalpha)?

The rate of change of angular velocity, measured in rad/s².

What is torque (auauau)?

A twisting force that causes rotation; the rotational equivalent of force, measured in N·m or J.

What is moment of inertia (I)?

Resistance to rotational motion, measured in kg·m².

What is rotational kinetic energy (Krot)?

Energy of rotation, measured in Joules (J).

What is angular momentum (L)?

Measure of rotational motion, measured in kg·m²/s.

What is the relationship between torque and force?

Torque is the rotational equivalent of force. Force causes linear acceleration; torque causes angular acceleration.

What is the relationship between linear and angular momentum?

Angular momentum is the rotational equivalent of linear momentum. Both are conserved in closed systems.

Compare linear and rotational kinematics.

Both describe motion; linear uses displacement, velocity, and acceleration, while rotational uses angular displacement, angular velocity, and angular acceleration.

How do you calculate angular displacement (DeltahetaDelta hetaDeltaheta)?

Deltaheta=s/rDelta heta = s/rDeltaheta=s/r, where s is the arc length and r is the radius.

How do you calculate angular velocity (omegaomegaomega)?

omega=v/romega = v/romega=v/r, where v is the linear velocity and r is the radius.

How do you calculate angular acceleration (alphaalphaalpha)?

alpha=a/ralpha = a/ralpha=a/r, where a is the linear acceleration and r is the radius.

How do you calculate torque (auauau)?

au=rFsinhetaau = rFsin hetaau=rFsinheta, where r is the lever arm, F is the force, and hetahetaheta is the angle between them.

How do you calculate moment of Inertia (I)?

I=cMR2I = cMR^2I=cMR2, where M is mass, R is radius, and c is a shape-dependent constant.