Concept · from MIT 8.01SC Classical Mechanics

Rolling Kinematics

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  • 1 problem file
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About these materials

MIT's own material for this topic, in MIT's order: Lesson 35: Rolling Kinematics [35.1-35.5].

Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 8.01SC Classical Mechanics, Fall 2016, Prof. Deepto Chakrabarty, Dr. Peter Dourmashkin, Dr. Michelle Tomasik, Prof. Anna Frebel, Prof. Vladan Vuletic — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Order: the items appear in the order MIT's own session page lists them; the sessions follow MIT's sequence. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 22, 2026. How RedLectern is built.

35.1 Translation and Rotation of a Wheel

MIT 8.01SC · Week 12: Rotations and Translation - Rolling · This session on MIT OpenCourseWare ↗

35.2 Rolling Wheel in the Center of Mass Frame

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35.3 Rolling Wheel in the Ground Frame

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35.4 Rolling Without Slipping, Slipping, and Skidding

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35.5 Contact Point of a Wheel Rolling Without Slipping

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MIT's problem set

Problem Set 12

MIT places Problem Set 12 at the end of Week 12: Rotations and Translation - Rolling; it covers the whole part, not only this topic. Problem Set 12 on MIT OpenCourseWare ↗

MIT publishes no solutions for this problem set.

Where this sits in MIT 8.01SC

MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Deepto Chakrabarty, Dr. Peter Dourmashkin, Dr. Michelle Tomasik, Prof. Anna Frebel, Prof. Vladan Vuletic, 8.01SC Classical Mechanics, Fall 2016.

License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Edition: Fall 2016 · Open the original course on OCW ↗

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