Angular Definition and 999 Threads

  1. N

    What's the angular acceleration?

    ##\tau## = 0.5*mg ##\alpha##= (0.5mg)/##mr^2## This is what I'm finding difficult to understand, if a particle is in linear translation, how can it have angular acceleration. If by calculation, angular acceleration is non-zero, then shouldn't the body must move in a circular path with...
  2. Andrea Vironda

    I Position of a point as a function of angular position

    Hi, I have this scheme, in which there are 3 segments: - I is coaxial to c axis and free to rotate in the origin. Length d1 - II is coaxial with a axis and free to rotate around c axis. There a fixed angle θ between a and c axis. Length d2 - III is welded to II, it's the PM segment. α is fixed...
  3. M

    Conservation of Angular Momentum -- Child jumping onto a Merry-Go-Round

    So we know that the initial intertia of the merry go round is 250 kg m^2 and its angular speed is 10 rpm. MGRs angular momentum would be L=Iw=250(10)=2500kg m^2 rpm. We know the mass if the child is 25kg, and the child's linear velocity is 6m/s. We convert linear to angular w= v/r = 6/2 =...
  4. WonderKitten

    Conservation of angular momentum

    Hi, I have the following problem: A homogeneous disc with M = 1.78 kg and R = 0.547 m is lying down at rest on a perfectly polished surface. The disc is kept in place by an axis O although it can turn freely around it. A particle with m = 0.311 kg and v = 103 m/s, normal to the disc's surface at...
  5. Saptarshi Sarkar

    Conservation of angular momentum under central forces

    I know that the force must be a central force and that under central forces, angular momentum is conserved. But I am unable to mathematically show if the angular and linear momentum are constants. Radial Momentum ##p=m\dot r = ma\dot \theta=ma\omega## Angular Momentum ##L=mr^2\dot\theta =...
  6. J

    Find ω, the angular frequency of oscillation of the object

    The hint says to use the moment of inertia of the rod, however i have not covered this on my course and I don't know what it is. After googling moment of inertia of a rod I found that it is a quantity expressing a body's tendency to resist angular acceleration, and for a rod I=1/3ML^2. So...
  7. JD_PM

    Dirac-Hamiltonian, Angular Momentum commutator

    We want to show that ##[\hat{ \vec H}, \hat{ \vec L}_T]=0##. I made a guess: we know that ##[\hat{ \vec H}, \hat{ \vec L}_T]=[\hat{ \vec H}, \hat{ \vec L}] + \frac 1 2 [\hat{ \vec H}, \vec \sigma]=0## must hold. I have already shown that $$[\hat{ \vec H}, -i \vec r \times \vec \nabla]= -...
  8. B

    B Does Jupiter have an angular momentum problem?

    I'm sure I've read somewhere that Jupiter has 99% of the solar system's angular momentum, which shouldn't be the case. However, I can't find a source for this, and any search online for the topic doesn't bring up any science sites. Did I mis-remember?
  9. Andrea Vironda

    Question about angular contact bearing mounting

    Hi, In my memories there's the information that in a O shaped mounting, the bearings will work in diagonal (the forces will be transmitted following that path). But in many drawings I can see the presence of a spacer between internal rings. Is it necessary since no force should be transmitted to it?
  10. M

    Help with Angular Velocity True-False Question

    1)Starting at rest, he brings the weights into his chest. His angular velocity increases. 2)A friend throws a third weight so that the student catches it in one of his outstretched hands. No matter what the direction of the throw, the student's angular velocity decreases. 3) Starting with...
  11. S

    Find the angular acceleration of two reflectors attached to a rod

    Okay so I actually have the answer because my teacher basically just gave it to me, but I would really like to know why I was even wrong in the first place. Here's my steps: 1. Knowing the momentum transfer per unit area is described by: 1/A dp/dt = S/c. I can begin by relating some known...
  12. greedygnome

    Using Physics to explain the motion of Olympic Divers

    I have a feeling that they will reach the water surface in the same time. How do I explain this in physics?
  13. T

    Clarification on angular momentum

    I am confused with the following two questions: 1. A particle moves under the influence of a central force directed toward a fixed origin ##O##. Explain why the particle's angular momentum about ##O## is constant. 2. Consider a planet orbiting the fixed sun. Take the plane of the planet's...
  14. E

    What are angular momentum and torque?

    Wikipedia says that they are the equivalents of momentum and force in rotational motion but I don't understand why this comparison is possible. The torque's dimension is N*m it seems like energy. What is this energy? Why angular momentum is not mass times angular velocity?
  15. A

    Angular momentum conserved with multiple gears?

    Say we have a motor attached to the Earth with gear A, that drives identically sized gear B. Gear B spins on its own axis and but is also attached to ground. Torque between gears is equal. Technically each gear has equal but opposite AM right, but If I take Earth into account, how is Ang...
  16. aatari

    Angular Distance driven by a car going around a roundabout

    Can someone look at my solution to see if it is correct.
  17. A

    Angular velocity and angular acceleration of a turbine

    Okay so what I've done; I've put the diammter d = 1m as r = 1m The time interval of 4s is t = 4s and the angular velocitys as; ω1 = 20 rad/s ω2 = 40 rad/s Now to get the accelaration. Angular acceleration can be split into two parts tangetial acceleration and radial acceleration What I...
  18. A

    Angular velocity in terms of Euler angles

    In Chapter 4, derivation 15 of Goldstein reads: "Show that the components of the angular velocity along the space set of axes are given in terms of the Euler angles by $$\omega_x = \dot{\theta} \cos \phi + \dot{\psi} \sin \theta \sin \phi, \omega_y = \dot{\theta} \sin \phi - \dot{\psi} \sin...
  19. E

    How Is Angular Momentum Calculated Without Considering Gravity and Viscosity?

    we neglect gravity and viscosity efects i really can't understand how does the author managed to get the equation in the image
  20. Arman777

    A Confusion in Angular diameter distance

    I am writing an article about the Hubble Tension and when I was looking through the angular diameter distance I get confused over something. In many articles the angular diamater distance to the LSS defined as the $$D_A^* = \frac{r_s^*}{\theta_s^*}$$ where ##r_s^*## is the comoving sound...
  21. A

    Conservation of Angular Mometum for a Car/Earth System

    See attached. You can see how the car as a whole conserves angular momentum with earth. Car pushes back, Earth moves back and rotates, car accelerates forward. https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/momentum.html However, the ground puts a friction force on the front non-driving wheel...
  22. jjson775

    Understanding Energy Conservation in Quantized Angular Momentum Transitions

    I don’t understand how energy is conserved here. The energy of the atom when n=5 is -.544eV. The energy of the photon is 1.14eV. After release, the energy of the atom is -.544 - 1.14 = 1.68eV. Using this value, I get n = 2.67, not an integer, so n = 3 and the atom has energy = -1.51 eV. I...
  23. mjmnr3

    Why does a symmetric wavefunction imply the angular momentum is even?

    I looked in the instructor solutions, which are given by: But I don't quite understand the solution, so I hope you can help me understand it. First. Why do we even know we are working with wavefunctions with the quantum numbers n,l,m? Don't we only get these quantum numbers if the particles...
  24. A

    Ball hits a pivoting rod, what torque changes the angular momentum of the ball?

    Okay, i know that as a ball collides with a pivoting rod on an axis, the ball has angular momentum. Therefore after the collision, the ball is stopped or slowed, and the rod swings. The ball provides a force and torque to the rod. But if I isolate the ball, isn't the only thing acting on the...
  25. plomeiko

    Question about gravitational potential energy and angular motion

    hello I would like some help with the first part of this homework. for the moment i have done this: E initial=m*g*h Efinal= 1/2 m*v ^ 2+1/2I*ω ^ 2 Ei=m*g*h+1/2I*ω ^ 2 Ef=1/2*m*v ^ 2 my doubt is with the potential energy since it confuses me when there is or not...
  26. F

    Finding angular Momentum from a force

    Is it correct to say that that τ=0 since r has the same directacion as F?? and for \vec{L} que need to find \vec{p} So I thought solving this dif equation ## \int dp/dt =−kq/r^2 +β^4/r^5## Do you agree in the path I am going?
  27. John321

    A Relationship between the angular and 3D power spectra

    I have the following equation, $$ C_\ell(z,z') = \int_0^\infty dkk^2 j_\ell(kz)j_\ell(kz')P(k),$$ where $$j_\ell$$ are the spherical Bessel functions. I would like to invert this relation and write P(k) as a function of C_l. I don't know if this is a well known result, but I couldn't find...
  28. D

    Why Doesn't My Method Work for Calculating Angular Speed of a Falling Rod?

    I have seen the solution and understand it. The solution defines θ to be the angle between the falling rod and the table. It then equates initial PE to the final (PE+KE) where the final PE=0 and the final KE to be (1/2) Iω2+ (1/2) ma2ω2 to finally obtain ω = √(3g/2a) But i would like to know...
  29. F

    Torque and angular momentum with a central force

    HI τ= r ˆr x - ##k / r ^ 2## ˆr= 0 right? since ˆr x ˆr is zero What about L?
  30. P

    To find the angular momentum of a disc

    I was first wondering wether we can solve this question by applying conservation or energy or not but after googling it I found that we can't apply conservation of energy since there will be some energy lost in this case. I don't know how this energy is getting lost. My second doubt was if we...
  31. B

    Spring-mass system in circular motion has a maximum angular speed?

    and this is my solution for question (d), it may seems that $$R=(k)/(k-m\omega^2)R_0$$ so that $$\omega ≠ \omega_i =√(k/m)$$ but $$\omega_c <\sqrt{k/m}$$ is always true, ##\omega_i## corresponds to the limit case when ##F_max## is infinitely large Besides, I don't know other Physics prevents...
  32. E

    Work & energy VS conservation of angular momentum

    Summary:: Would energy method give us a different answer from conservation of angular momentum? Hello, I do not know how to type equations here. So, I typed my question in Word and attached it here. Please see photos. Note: This question is not a homework. I did not find it in textbooks or...
  33. E

    Orbital and spin angular velocity?

    The Wikipedia page for angular velocity makes a big fuss over "spin" and "orbital" angular velocities, but I have checked through Gregory and Morin's textbooks on classical mechanics and haven't found any reference to them at all. They just work with a single quantity, the angular velocity...
  34. E

    Should angular velocities always be referred to frames?

    This is a semantic question, without any implications really, but I wondered if someone could check if I understand this correctly? The angular velocity ##\vec{\Omega}## of a frame ##\mathcal{F}## with respect to another frame ##\mathcal{F}'## is defined such that, for any vector...
  35. H

    I The reference frame for angular momentum components

    In which coordinate system the components of angular momentum are quantized? Better to say, if we can select the coordinate system arbitrarily, how the components of angular momentum, say z-component, are always ##L_z=m\hbar##?
  36. R

    Angular acceleration calculation

    Torque=225 Ncm Torque=α*0.35 kg.cm² α=225Ncm/0.35kg.cm² =225 kg.m/s²*cm/0.35kg.cm² =225*100/.35s² =64285.7/s² but the answer is wrong
  37. Simon Bridge

    A Conservation of angular momentum in positron-electron annihilation

    Pretty much in a nutshell... fielded a question about how spin affects electron positron annihilation... ie do the spins have to be opposite in order to conserve angular momentum for two-photon annihilation to happen? Intuitively I figured that looks reasonable ... but decided to check, and...
  38. J

    Why is there angular acceleration in a non-spinning gyroscope?

    I was watching the above video which is part of a series explaining the mechanics behind a gyroscope. In the video the author explains the mechanics of the gyroscope when stationary (the disc is not rotating). Here he derives a result that the angular acceleration is g/r which is non zero...
  39. Saptarshi Sarkar

    Conservation of angular momentum and rotational kinetic energy

    I first tried to get the solution by conserving the rotational kinetic energy and got ##\omega'=\frac2{\sqrt5} \omega##. But, it was not the correct answer. Next I tried by conserving the angular momentum and got ##\omega'=\frac 45 \omega##, which is the correct answer. Why is the rotational...
  40. RemotePhysics

    Require help with angular velocity and people flying off the planet

    My solutions (attempts) : a> w=v/r | r=6.35x10^6m | therefore V=7.04x10^-5 m/s b> speed of rotation is faster at the equator than the pole as w=v/r. As w remains constant, as r increases towards the pole V has to decrease. c> F = W - R d> Stuck here. I presume that I have to use the equation...
  41. aspodkfpo

    How Does Resolving Angular Velocity into Components Affect Its Magnitude?

    Angular velocity is the degrees by which something rotates over a time period. If I have an angular velocity in one direction and I resolve it into its components, its components would obviously be of lesser value. Here's what I don't get. When I imagine this scenario, I see that the thing...
  42. G

    Mechanics: Angular Velocity Vector Questions

    Answers are the following : (i) v=(2cost)i - (2sint)j -(1/2)k (ii)2.06m/s (iii)2m/s^2 horizontally towards the vertical axis, making an angle of pi/4 with both the I and j axes.
  43. bob012345

    I Meaning of the Orbital Angular Momentum of Super Chiral Light

    In this article it discusses the generation of something called super chiral light and claims with metamaterials they can make it have very high angular momentum like l=100. What does that really mean? How does that relate in magnitude to the normally computed linear momentum of a photon p=h/λ...
  44. K

    Calculating Angular Diameter of an Orbit Using Kepler's Law

    I am confused because the question implies that I need to do some sort of calculation with Kepler's law. I got ##r+d = \sqrt[3]{\frac{T^2 GM}{4 \pi^2} } ## But don't understand why I need this, since I already have the distance and the angular diameter should be ##\arctan (2R/d)## I think I...
  45. B

    Engineering Gyroscopic Precession - Mass of wheel & Angular Momentum

    Hello, I have this i am learning. I have been trying to find information online but have struggled to find anything which helps me. YouTube usually has good videos, but doesn't seem to on this. This is one topic i have never learned before. But keen to. I was hoping someone could help me...
  46. jeffrey

    Pulley angular velocity problem

    Further given: - every beam is infinite stiff - pulleys are massless - cables don't stretch, no slip, and frictionless. -Every pulley has a diameter D except pulley Q. Pulley Q has diameter 0.5*D So what I don't understand is how to calculate/determine the velocity at R and S. Can someone help...
  47. LCSphysicist

    Collision, angular momentum and energy

    IS my solution right? Comparing with the other solutions, the answer just exchange the signals, i don't know why, THats what ifound. And here is the three equations: {i use the point which occurs the collision} Lo = Lf >> 0 = Iw + M*Vcm(block) Eg = ct> mvo² = mvf² + MVcm² + Iw² I = ml²/3...
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