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1Q20.1 Wendell's Wheel

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A wheel which is wound up with string around its axle is dropped; it spins rapidly, but descends slowly as almost all of the potential energy gained goes into rotational energy.

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Wendell's Wheel Apparatus in B. Fluids and Mech, 1B

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Kinetic Energy of a Rolling Disk

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