Physics 1135

Lecture 21: Torque

Objectives: In this lecture, students will learn to

• identify torque as the cause for angular acceleration
• construct the cross product of two vectors
• calculate torque created by a force
• analyze rolling without slipping using rotational dynamics
• apply rotational and linear dynamics to problems involving coupled rotation and translation

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