Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: Torque
  2: Torque, angle and lever arm
  3: Cross product of vectors
  4: Cross product: unit vectors
  5: Torque, moment of inertia and angular acceleration
  6: Calculating the moment of inertia
  7: Derivation: moment of inertia
  8: A table of moments of inertia
  9: Sample problem: a seesaw
10: Interactive checkpoint: moment of inertia
11: Sample problem: an Atwood machine
12: Derivation: moment of inertia of a cylinder
13: Interactive problem: close the bridge
14: Parallel axis theorem
15: Derivation: parallel axis theorem
16: Rotational work
17: Work and varying torque
18: Rotational kinetic energy
19: Physics at work: flywheels
20: Rolling objects and kinetic energy
21: Sample problem: rolling down a ramp
22: Sample problem: rolling cylinders
23: Interactive checkpoint: rolling to a stop
24: Physics at play: a yo-yo
25: Sample problem: acceleration of a yo-yo
26: Angular momentum of a particle in circular motion
27: Angular momentum of a rigid body
28: Angular momentum: general motion
29: Sample problem: object moving in a straight line
30: Comparison of rotational and linear motion
31: Torque and angular momentum
32: Derivation: torque and angular momentum
33: Conservation of angular momentum
34: Interactive checkpoint: a rotating disk
35: Interactive summary problem: dynamics of skating
36: Gotchas
37: Summary

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