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Sample problem: Work, Rotational KE, Torque * * * * Chapter 10 Rotation 10.2 The Rotational Variables A rigid body is a body that can rotate with all its parts locked together and without any change in its shape. A fixed axis means that the rotation occurs about an axis that does not move. Figure skater Sasha Cohen in motion of pure rotation about a vertical axis. (Elsa/Getty Images, Inc.) 10.2 The Rotational Variables 10.2 The Rotational Variables: Angular Position Here s is the length of a circular arc that extends from the x axis (the zero angular position) to the reference line, and r is the radius of the circle. An angle defined in this way is measured in radians (rad). 10.2 The Rotational Variables: Angular Displacement If a body rotates about the rotation axis as in, changing the angular position of the reference line from q1 to q2, the body undergoes an angular displacement Dq given by An angular displacement in the counterclockwise direction is positive, and one in the clockwise direction is negative. 10.2 The Rotational Variables: Angular Velocity Suppose that our rotating body is at angular position q1 at time t1 and at angular position q2 at time t2. Then the average angular velocity of the body in the time interval t from t1 to t2 to be. The instantaneous angular velocity w is the limit of the ratio as Dt approaches zero. 10.2 The Rotational Variables: Angular Acceleration If the angular velocity of a rotating body is not constant, then the body has an angular acceleration. If w2 and w1 be its angular velocities at times t2 and t1, respectively, then the average angular acceleration of the rotating body in the interval from t1 to t2 is defined as The instantaneous angular acceleration a, is the limit of this quantity as Dt approaches zero. These relations hold for every particle of that body. The unit of angular acceleration is (rad/s2). Sample problem Sample problem Sample problem Sample problem, Angular Velocity and Acceleration 10.3: