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State and prove principle of conservation of angular momentum. Explain it with examples.
 

Important Questions on Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Bodies

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A particle of mass m is moving along the side of a square of side 'a', with a uniform speed υ in the x-y plane as shown in the figure:

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Which of the following statements is false for the angular momentum L about the origin?
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A disc of the moment of inertia I1 is rotating in a horizontal plane about an axis passing through a centre and perpendicular to its plane with constant angular speed ω1 Another disc of the moment of inertia I2 having zero angular speed is placed coaxially on a rotating disc. Now both the disc are rotating with the constant angular speed ω2. The energy lost by the initial rotating disc is
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A ring of mass M and radius R is rotating with angular speed ω about a fixed vertical axis passing through its centre O with two point masses each of mass M8 at rest at O. These masses can move radially outwards along two massless rods fixed on the ring as shown in the figure. At some instant the angular speed of the system is 89ω and one of the masses is at a distance of 35R from O. At this instant the distance of the other mass from O is


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Two coaxial discs, having moments of inertia I1 and I12 , are rotating with respective angular velocities ω1 and  ω12 (in the same direction), about their common axis. They are brought in contact with each other and thereafter they rotate with a common angular velocity. If Ef and Ei are the final and initial total energies, then Ef-Ei is:
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A hoop of radius r and mass m rotating with an angular velocity ω0 is placed on a rough horizontal surface. The initial velocity of the centre of the hoop is zero. What will be the velocity of the centre of the hoop when it ceases to slip?
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The time dependence of the position of a particle of mass m=2 is given by  r t=2t i^-3t2j^ . Its angular momentum, with respect to the origin, at time t=2  is:
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A ball of mass 160 g is thrown up at an angle of 60° to the horizontal at a speed of 10 m s-1. The angular momentum of the ball at the highest point of the trajectory with respect to the point from which the ball is thrown is nearly g=10 m s-2
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A thin rod of mass 0.9 kg and length 1 m is suspended, at rest, from one end so that it can freely oscillate in the vertical plane. A particle of mass 0.1 kg moving in a straight line with velocity 80 m s-1 hits the rod at its bottom most point and sticks to it (see figure). The angular speed (in rad s-1) of the rod immediately after the collision will be …………

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A particle of mass 2 kg is on a smooth horizontal table and moves in a circular path of radius 0.6 m. The height of the table from the ground is 0.8 m. If the angular speed of the particle is 12 rad s-1 , the magnitude of its angular momentum about a point on the ground right under the center of the circle is:

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A bob of mass m attached to an inextensible string of length l  is suspended from a vertical support. The bob rotates in a horizontal circle with an angular speed ω  rad/s about the vertical. About the point of suspension :
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A thin smooth rod of length L and mass M is rotating freely with angular speed ω0 about an axis perpendicular to the rod and passing through center. Two beads of mass m and negligible size are at the center of the rod initially. The beads of mass m and negligible size are at the center of the rod initially. The beads are free to slide along the rod. The angular speed of the system, when the beads reach the opposite ends of the rod, will be:
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A particle of mass 20 g is released with an initial velocity 5 m s-1 along the curve from the point A, as shown in the figure. The point A is at height h from point B. The particle slides along the frictionless surface. When the particle reaches point B, its angular momentum about O will be: (Take g=10 m s-2)

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Two uniform circular discs are rotating independently in the same direction around their common axis passing through their centres. The moment of inertia and angular velocity of the first disc are 0.1 kg-m2 and 10 rad s-1 respectively while those for the second one are  0.2 kg-m2 and 5 rad s-1 respectively. At some instant they get stuck together and start rotating as a single system about their common axis with some angular speed. The kinetic energy of the combined system is :
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A cubical block of side 30 cm is moving with velocity 2 m s-1 on a smooth horizontal surface. The surface has a bump at a point O as shown in the figure. The angular velocity (in rad/s) of the block immediately after it hits the bump, is :

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A person of 80 kg mass is standing on the rim of a circular platform(disc like) of mass 200 kg rotating about its axis at 5 revolutions per minute (rpm). The person now starts moving towards the centre of the platform. What will be the rotational speed (in rpm ) of the platform when the person reaches its centre ?
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A rod of mass m and length L, pivoted at one of its ends, is hanging vertically. A bullet of the same mass moving at speed v strikes the rod horizontally at a distance x from its pivoted end and gets embedded in it. The combined system now rotates with an angular speed ω about the pivot. The maximum angular speed ωM is achieved for x=xM. Then

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Four point masses, each of mass m, are fixed at the corners of a square of side I. The square is rotating with angular frequency ω, about an axis passing through one of the corners of the square and parallel to the diagonal, as shown in the figure. The angular momentum of the square about the axis is

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Two rotating bodies,  A and B of masses,  m and 2m with moments of inertia IA and IB IB>IA have equal kinetic energy of rotation. If, LA and LB be their angular momenta, respectively, then,
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A force F=αi^+3j^+6k^ is acting at a point r=2i^-6j^-12k^ . The value of α for which angular momentum about origin is conserved is:
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Two thin circular discs of mass m and 4m, having radii of a and 2a, respectively, are rigidly fixed by a massless, right rod of length l=24a through their center. This assembly is laid on a firm and flat surface, and set rolling without slipping on the surface so that the angular speed about the axis of the rod is ω . The angular momentum of the entire assembly about the point O is L (see the figure). Which of the following statement(s) is(are) true?

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