Figure 4: Kinetic traces of translational- and rotational-energy relaxation. The spectral lineshape is observed to continue to evolve on a slower timescale, and reaches its final equilibrated ...

For this problem, OC rotates about O and the disk translates without rotation. Therefore, the initial potential energy of the system goes into rotational KE for the bar and translational only KE for ...

For a rolling object, kinetic energy is split into two types: translational (motion in a straight line) and rotational (spinning). So when you roll a ball down a ramp, it has the most potential ...

There is a difference between a stick moving in a translational motion and a rotating stick. This means that we need another type of kinetic energy, rotational kinetic energy. Ok, now we can get ...