Translational and Rotational Kinetic Energies of a Motorcycle

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This Demonstration shows how the total kinetic energy is divided between translational and rotational contributions according to the equation
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Contributed by: D. Meliga, S. Z. Lavagnino and A. Ratti (March 2013)
Additional contributions by: G. Follo and G. Valorio
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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Snapshot 1: the total kinetic energy is nearly all translational
Snapshot 2: the total kinetic energy is nearly all rotational
Snapshot 3: the total kinetic energy is divided equally between the translational and rotational
Reference
[1] E. Hecht and F. J. Bueche, Schaum's Outline of College Physics, 11th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, 2011.
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