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Chris Dackow
Period 1
1 Quantities
In 2-D kinematics, we used the following quantities.
Position: x (m)
Velocity: v (m/s)
Acceleration: a (m/s2 )
Position: θ (radians)
Velocity: ω (radians/s)
Acceleration: α (radians/s2 )
2 Relationships
Using the formula for arc length, we know already that:
x = rθ
dx
ω=
dt
dω d2 x
α= = 2
dt dt
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Dackow May 17, 2011
3 Kinematics
Just as with linear motion, if the acceleration is zero, the mathematics are very simple, as
θ = ωt
As with linear motion as well, kinematics equations apply. We simply substitute the angular
quantities for the linear ones:
ω = ωo + αt
1
∆θ = ωo t + αt2
2
ω 2 = ωo2 + 2α∆θ
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