Torque
Torque: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Torque, Torque of a Force about a Fixed Point, Torque of a Force about an Axis, Torque and Angular Momentum, Angular Momentum, Angular Momentum of Particle about a Fixed Point and Conservation of Angular Momentum.
Important Questions on Torque
A planet of mass is in an elliptical orbit about the sun with an orbital period . If be the area of orbit, then its angular momentum would be

If force acts on a particle having position vector then, the torque about the origin will be:

Two like parallel force and act the end of the rod long. Find the magnitude of the resultant force and the point where it acts?

Which relation is not correct of the following?

What are the rotational equivalents for the physical quantity force?

Relation between Torque and angular momentum is similar to the relation between

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

Relation between Torque and angular momentum is similar to the relation between

What is Angular momentum of a particle?

A horizontal disc is freely rotating about a vertical axis passing through its centre at the rate of . A bob of wax of mass falls on the disc and sticks to it a distance of from the axis. If the moment of inertia of the disc about the given axis . Find the new frequency of the disc.

What is Torque of force? Discuss the conditions when it is maximum and minimum.

State the law of conservation of Angular momentum.

The Boeing plane is landing at a speed of . Before touching the ground, the wheels are not rotating. How long a skid mark do the wing wheels leave?

When a tree is cut, the cut is made on the side facing the direction in which the tree is required to fall. Why?

A time varying torque is applied on an object about a pivot. Change in angular momentum of body till time is:

A ladder is placed against a smooth vertical wall with its lower end at a distance from the wall. The minimum coefficient of friction between the ladder and the floor so that the ladder remains in equilibrium is nearly

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 . The change in its angular speed is

A ball of mass is thrown directly upward from axis from position. The initial speed of the ball is The magnitude (absolute value) of the angular momentum of the ball about the origin when the ball is halfway back to the ground is:

An object of mass is moving with a uniform velocity of parallel to the direction. At the time of s the particle is located on the axis meters away from the origin then the angular momentum (in ) about at is

A force of acts on a particle whose position vector is . Find the torque experienced by the particle about the origin in .
