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In article <1gp2pdINN680@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, bj368@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
(Mike E. Romano) writes:

=This flywheel discussion is interesting.
=I am not an engineer but note it was mentioned that a proper
=size flywheel can store the energy/power of a v8 engine.
=
=What is the simple equation here for energy (horsepower) stored
=in say a flywheel weighing 200 pounds, spinning at  1000 rpm?
=My last physics course was in high school.

First:  Horsepower is a unit of power (energy delivered per unit time), not of
energy.  Second, the amount of energy stored in a flywheel is dependent on the
geometry of the flywheel as well as its mass and its speed.  The energy stored
goes as the product of the moment of inertia and the square of the frequency at
which it's spinning.
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