Objectives:

After completing this module, students will be able to determine the angular velocity and angular acceleration and kinetic energy of rotating objects. They will able to use the relationship between torque and angular acceleration to solve problems involving rotational motion.  Students will be able to determine if an object is in static equilibrium.  Students will know when angular momentum is conserved and use conservation of angular momentum to solve physics problems.  Students will analyze orbital motion using Kepler's laws.

Rotational kinematics

Study the on-line material:

• Rotations

• Rotational kinematics

• Rotational energy

Start:

• Class participation module 8 discussion

Complete:

• Assignment 17

Additional material:
Textbook, Chapters 10.1 - 10.3,  Workbook, Modules 7.1 - 7.3

Rotational dynamics

Study the on-line material:

• The vector or cross product

• Rotational dynamics

• Equilibrium

Complete:

• Assignment 18

• Lab 8

Additional material:
Textbook, Chapters 10.4 - 10.8,  Workbook, Modules 7.4 - 7.5

Angular momentum, Kepler's laws

Study the on-line material:

• Angular momentum

• Kepler's laws

Complete:

• Assignment 19 and Extra Credit 8

• Class participation module 8 discussion

Additional material:
Textbook, Chapters 11.1 - 11.3,  Workbook, Modules 7.6 - 7.10

If you miss having regular lectures, consider these video lectures.

• 19: Rotating Rigid Bodies, Inertia, and Axis Theorems
• 20: Angular Momentum
• 21: Torque
• 22: Kepler's Laws, Elliptical Orbits, and Change of Orbits