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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Berea_College/Introductory_Physics%3A_Berea_College/12%3A_Rotational_Energy_and_Momentum/12.01%3A_Rotational_Kinetic_Energy_of_an_Object
      The total kinetic energy of the object is found by summing the kinetic energies of all of the particles: \[\begin{aligned} K_{tot} &= \sum \frac{1}{2}m_i(\vec v_i\cdot \vec v_i) \\ &=\frac{1}{2} \sum_...The total kinetic energy of the object is found by summing the kinetic energies of all of the particles: \[\begin{aligned} K_{tot} &= \sum \frac{1}{2}m_i(\vec v_i\cdot \vec v_i) \\ &=\frac{1}{2} \sum_i m_i (\vec\omega \times \vec r_i + \vec v_{CM}) \cdot (\vec\omega \times \vec r_i + \vec v_{CM})\\ &=\frac{1}{2} \sum_i m_i (\vec\omega \times \vec r_i)\cdot(\vec\omega \times \vec r_i ) + \frac{1}{2} \sum_i m_i (\vec v_{CM}) \cdot (\vec v_{CM}) + \sum_i m_i (\vec\omega \times \vec r_i) \cdot (\ve…

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