Rotational kinetic energy (9/5)

• The rotational kinetic energy KER of an object rotating with an angular speed w about a fixed axis and having a moment of inertia I (about that axis) is

KER = ½ Iw2 [KER] = 1 J

• Example: C/J example 14, page 263

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