Angular Acceleration:
Measures how fast an object's rate of rotation is speeding up or slowing down.

Definition:

* The angular acceleration of all parts of a rotating body is the same, independent of how close or how far each part is from the axis of rotation.


Units:
SI: rad/s2

Others Units: rev/s2, deg/sec/sec


Uniform angular acceleration

Angular Velocity and Acceleration
A constant force is applied to a frictionless disk giving the disk a constant angular acceleration. The tangential velocity of several points on are displayed.


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