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Angular Momentum of Particle

This document discusses angular momentum. It defines the angular momentum of a particle as the cross product of the position vector and momentum vector. For circular motion, the angular momentum equals the product of the mass, radius, and velocity. Angular momentum is conserved for a system with no external torques, with the angular momentum at any two times being equal to the moment of inertia times the angular velocity at each time.

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Angular Momentum of Particle

This document discusses angular momentum. It defines the angular momentum of a particle as the cross product of the position vector and momentum vector. For circular motion, the angular momentum equals the product of the mass, radius, and velocity. Angular momentum is conserved for a system with no external torques, with the angular momentum at any two times being equal to the moment of inertia times the angular velocity at each time.

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ANGULAR MOMENTUM

ANGULAR MOMENTUM OF PARTICLE

For a particle (mass of m) moving with velocity v and momentum p,


the general form of the angular momentum about the point A is:

𝑳̅𝑨 = 𝒓̅ × 𝒑
̅ (vector product)

(In this case on the picture, direction of angular momentum is perpendicular to plane pointing out of it)

The magnitude of angular momentum is

𝑳 = 𝒓 ⋅ 𝒑 ⋅ 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝝋 = 𝒓𝒑 ⋅ 𝒎 ⋅ 𝒗

CIRCULAR MOTION OF PARTICLE AND ROTATION OF OBJECT

If the motion is circular, 𝑟̅ ⊥ 𝑝̅ and so sin 𝜑 = 1

𝑳 = 𝒎 ⋅ 𝒓 ⋅ 𝒗 = 𝒎 ⋅ 𝒓 ⋅ 𝒓𝝎 = 𝒎𝒓𝟐 ∙ 𝝎
Notice that term mr2 is the moment of inertia (IA) of point mass m at
radius r about axis A.

For any rigid body: 𝑳𝑨 = 𝑰𝑨 𝝎

THE CONSERVATION OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM

If there is no net external torque on a system, the angular momentum


of the system is constant

𝑳𝟏 = 𝑳𝟐 ⟺ 𝑰𝟏 𝝎𝟏 = 𝑰𝟐 𝝎𝟐 = 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕

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