A uniform disk of radius and area mass density has a circular hole of radius , whose centre H is displaced by from the original centre C. Set , and . The parallel axis theorem gives . Removing the material shifts the remaining centre of mass G away from H by , so and . Thus the rotational component of free rigid-body kinetic energy is smaller than fixed-axis kinetic energy about H at the same angular speed, although total rolling kinetic energy also includes translation.
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