Rotational energy

Rotational energy or angular kinetic energy is kinetic energy due to the rotation of an object and is part of its total kinetic energy. Looking at rotational energy separately around an object's axis of rotation, the following dependence on the object's moment of inertia is observed: where is the angular velocity is the moment of inertia around the axis of rotation is the kinetic energy Note the close relationship between the result for rotational energy and the energy held by linear (or translational) motion:

Rotational energy

Rotational energy or angular kinetic energy is kinetic energy due to the rotation of an object and is part of its total kinetic energy. Looking at rotational energy separately around an object's axis of rotation, the following dependence on the object's moment of inertia is observed: where is the angular velocity is the moment of inertia around the axis of rotation is the kinetic energy Note the close relationship between the result for rotational energy and the energy held by linear (or translational) motion: