Ask any engineer what the velocity of a point on a rigidbody is, and he will correctly say that it is the timerate of change of a linear position vector. Ask anyengineer what angular velocity is, and ...

In this video, we determine the maximum angular speed a coin can have on a rotating turntable without slipping. By analyzing static friction and centripetal force, you’ll learn how rotational dynamics ...

If the angular velocity of a link in a mechanism is zero, does this imply that the angular acceleration of that link is also zero? The short answer to that question is NO. If ω(t) represents the ...

Quite a few Olympic events involve flipping and twisting, including gymnastics, diving, and trampoline. You might ask, "What is the difference between a flip and a twist?" I am going to give my ...

CAMBRIDGE, UK — The HSCD series 3-axis geomagnetic sensor developed by Alps Electric Europe integrates angular velocity detection for compact motion applications. Thanks to its ability to detect ...

Introduction You might have seen figure skaters spinning around quickly and then tucking their arms to spin faster—or opening them to spin more slowly. This happens, thanks to a physics concept known ...

Diving has gotten a lot of strange attention this year, thanks to a lack of filtration chemicals that caused the water to turn from a pristine blue to a worrisome green, which Olympic officials are ...