Angular forms of acceleration, velocity and displacement

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The discussion focuses on the equations for angular acceleration, velocity, and displacement, highlighting their relationship to linear motion equations. Users confirmed that the linear equations can be adapted by substituting linear variables with their angular counterparts. Key equations for circular motion include: angular velocity (\(\omega_f = \omega_i + \alpha t\)), angular displacement (\(\theta = \omega_i t + \frac{1}{2} \alpha t^2\)), and the relationship between angular velocity and acceleration (\(\omega_f^2 = \omega_i^2 + 2\alpha\theta\)). These equations are essential for understanding motion in a circular path.

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I have been going through my equations and writing them up on the computer so I can refer to that when needed and have go to angular acceleration, velocity and displacement equations yet I don't have very many equations for those topics and I wondered if anyone had some equations for finding those values. I seemed to have more for acceleration, velocity and displacement in their linear forms, could I just changed the variables in those equations to their angular counterparts?
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hi scotty_le_b! :smile:
scotty_le_b said:
… I seemed to have more for acceleration, velocity and displacement in their linear forms, could I just changed the variables in those equations to their angular counterparts?

the popular ones, yes :smile:

for example, from the pf library on https://www.physicsforums.com/library.php?do=view_item&itemid=204" …​

In the direction of constant acceleration:

[tex]v\ =\ u\ +\ at[/tex]
[tex]v^2\ =\ u^2\ +\ 2as[/tex]
[tex]s\ =\ ut\ +\ \frac{1}{2}at^2[/tex]

Perpendicular to the direction of constant acceleration:

[tex]v\ =\ u[/tex]
[tex]s\ =\ ut[/tex]

For circular motion, with angular displacement [itex]\theta[/itex], angular velocity [itex]\omega[/itex], and angular acceleration [itex]\alpha[/itex]:

[tex]\omega_f\ =\ \omega_i\ +\ \alpha t[/tex]
[tex]\omega_f ^2\ =\ \omega_i^2\ +\ 2\alpha\theta[/tex]
[tex]\theta\ =\ \omega_it\ +\ \frac{1}{2}\alpha t^2[/tex]
 
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