Angular acceleration

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Angular acceleration

The last analogy with linear motion is the concept of angular acceleration. As with angular velocity, one first introduces the average angular acceleration between two points A and B as

$\fbox{\parbox{4.5in}{\vspace*{7pt} Average angular acceleration = change in angular velocity over time \vspace*{7pt}}}$

and then the instantaneous angular acceleration at A is defined to be the average angular acceleration between A and a point B as the point B approaches A:

$\fbox{\parbox{4.5in}{\vspace*{7pt} The instantaneous angular acceleration at {\b... ...ation between {\bf A} and {\bf B} as {\bf B} approaches {\bf A}. \vspace*{7pt}}}$

Angular acceleration is measured in radians / second².

modtech@theory.uwinnipeg.ca
1999-09-29