CALCULUS Understanding
Its Concepts and Methods
kinetic energy
The kinetic energy of an object of mass
m
moving in a straight line with speed
v
is given by
The kinetic energy of a rotating body is given
bywhere
w
is the angular velocity,
d
is the density, and
r
is the distance of the axis of rotation.
The moment of inertia of a rotating body is
given
by
The radius of gyration of a rotating body is
the number
R
that
satisfies
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