Angular Momentum and Its Conservation

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Angular Momentum and Its Conservation: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Angular Impulse, Angular Impulse with Constant Torque, Angular Momentum, Angular Momentum and Angular Velocity, Angular Momentum of Particle about a Fixed Point, etc.

Important Questions on Angular Momentum and Its Conservation

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A planet of mass m is in an elliptical orbit about the sun m<<Msun with an orbital period T. If A be the area of orbit, then its angular momentum would be

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An object of mass 2 kg is projected from ground, with initial velocity 40 m s-1, making angle 60° with the horizontal. Find its angular momentum about the point of projection when the object is at its maximum height. (Take g=10 m s-2)

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A uniform rod AB of length L and mass M is lying on a smooth table. A small particle of mass m strikes the rod with velocity v0 at point C at a distance x from the centre O. The particle comes to rest after collision. If the value of x, so that the point A of the rod remains stationary just after the collision, is L/n, then find n.

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As shown in the figure, two balls of same mass m are situated at the centre of a tube of mass M and are rotating with a uniform angular velocity ω0. If the balls suddenly come to end of the tube the resultant angular velocity will be :

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Under the influence of the Coulomb field of charge +Q, a charge -q is moving around it in an elliptical orbit. Find out the correct statement.

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A particle of mass 10 g starts from rest at t=0 s from a point (0m, 4m) and gets accelerated at 0.5 m/s2 along x-3y+43=0 in XY plane. The angular momentum of the particle about the origin (in SI units ) at t=2 s is

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Assertion : The net momentum of a system of two moving particles is zero. Then at a particular instant of time, the net angular momentum of system of given two particle is same about any point.

Reason : If net momentum of a system of two moving particle is zero, then angular momentum of system of given two particles is zero about any point.

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A thin circular ring of mass M and radius R is rotating about its axis with a constant angular velocity ω. Two objects each of mass m, are attached gently to the opposite ends of a diameter of the ring. The ring now rotates with an angular velocity

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An object of mass 2 kg is projected from ground, with initial velocity 40 m s-1, making angle 60° with the horizontal. Find its angular momentum about the point of projection when the object is at its maximum height. (Take g=10 m s-2)

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A rigid metallic sphere is spinning around its own axis in the absence of external torque. If the temperature is raised, its volume increases by 9 %. The change in its angular speed is

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A ball of mass 200 g is thrown directly upward from X-axis from x=2 m position. The initial speed of the ball is 40 m s-1. The magnitude (absolute value) of the angular momentum of the ball about the origin x=0, when the ball is halfway back to the ground is:

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An object of mass 2 kg is moving with a uniform velocity of 2 m s-1 parallel to the Y-direction. At the time of t=0 s the particle is located on the X-axis 3 meters away from the origin 0, then the angular momentum (in kgm2 s-1) about 0 at t=4 s is

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If net torque acting on a system is zero, then

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A larger ring of mass M and two small rings of mass m start rotating with angular velocity ω0 from the position as shown in figure. Initially small rings are close to axis. There is no friction at any contact surface. Then as time passes. (Consider the motion of small rings till they move up to the bottom most point)

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A thin and circular disc of mass M and radius R is rotating in a horizontal plane about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane with an angular velocity ω. If the another disc of same dimensions but of mass M/4 is placed gently on the first disc co-axially, then the new angular velocity of the system is:-

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A small particle of mass m is projected at an angle θ with the axis with an initial velocity v0 in the x-y plane as shown in the figure. At a time t<v0sinθg, the angular momentum of the particle is 
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Which physical quantity is represented by the product of linear momentum and distance?

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The moment of momentum is called

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A uniform rod AB of mass m and length l is at rest on a smooth horizontal surface. An impulse P is applied to the end B. The time taken by the rod to turn through a right angle is

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If frictional force is neglected and girl bends her hand, then (initially girl is rotating on chair)
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