After studying this chapter, you should
- be able to describe the rotational motion of a rigid body in terms of its angular velocity and angular acceleration vectors.
- be able to calculate the rotational inertia of discreet and continuous distributions of matter.
- be able to calculate the rotational kinetic energy of bodies in pure rotation and rolling objects.
- be able to determine the torque about a particular axis due to the action of a force.
- be able to apply Newton’s second law for rotation for the analysis of rotational motion.
- be able to understand the concept of angular momentum.
