Question: Consider a rigid body rotating about an axis passing through a fixed point in the body with an angular velocity . Determine the kinetic energy

 Consider a rigid body rotating about an axis passing through a fixed point in the body with an angular velocity. Determine the kinetic energy of such a rotating body in a coordinate system of principal axis. If the earth suddenly stops rotating, what will happen to the rotational kinetic energy? Comment in detail.

 
 
 


 

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