Part of JME-04 — Rotational Motion & Moment of Inertia

Dimensional Analysis of Rotational Quantities

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QuantityExpressionDimensions
Angular velocityomega = dthetadt\frac{theta}{dt}[T1T^{-1}]
Angular accelerationalpha = domegadt\frac{omega}{dt}[T2T^{-2}]
Torquetau = r x F[ML^{2T}^{-2}]
MOII = mr2mr^2[ML2ML^2]
Angular momentumL = I*omega[ML^{2T}^{-1}]
Rotational KE12\frac{1}{2}I*omega2omega^2[ML^{2T}^{-2}]

Note: Torque and work/energy have the same dimensions [ML^{2T}^{-2}] but are physically different quantities. Torque is a vector (cross product); energy is a scalar.

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