Lec 19: Rotating Rigid Bodies, Inertia, and Axis Theorems | 8.01 Classical Mechanics (Walter Lewin)

Rotating Rigid Bodies, Moments of Inertia, Parallel Axis and Perpendicular Axis Theorem. The moment of inertia for a rigid body around an axis of rotation is introduced, and related to its rotational kinetic energy. Flywheels can be used to store energy. Planets and stars have spin rotational kinetic energy, and the Crab Nebula pulsar is presented as a spectacular example. This lecture is part of 8.01 Physics I: Classical Mechanics, as taught in Fall 1999 by Dr. Walter Lewin at MIT. This video was formerly hosted on the YouTube channel MIT OpenCourseWare. This version was downloaded from the Internet Archive, at https://archive.org/details/MIT8.01F99/. Attribution: MIT OpenCourseWare License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 US To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/. More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/. This YouTube channel is independently operated. It is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by MIT, MIT OpenCourseWare, the Internet Archive, or Dr. Lewin.