Rotational Motion
Introduction
Building on some of the uniform circular motion concepts from Level 2 we begin to look at the motion of rotating objects where the displacement is measured in radians. Rotational inertia, rotational kinetic energy and angular momentum are also introduced.
Keywords, Symbols and UnitsThere is a Rotational Motion terms and symbols quiz on Quizlet which is downloadable
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Interesting LinksHyperphysics has a good number of pages with good explanations of Rotational Motion concepts
Hyperphysics Rotational Motion There are some good clear explanations and examples Sparknotes Please use the email or Facebook links at the top right of the page to send me any links that you discover so that I can add them to our site. YouTube VideosTwo good introductions to Rotational Motion
These two videos have a good explanation and fascinating illustrationof the weird things that spinning objects do (gyroscopic progression)
This video is a great illustration of the use of gyroscopic progression (rotational momentum)
This video is an interesting application of rotational motion (and some other Physics) to Yo-Yo's
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