LECTURE 29

MORE ANGULAR MOMENTUM &

ROTATIONAL WORK AND POWER

Instructor: Kazumi Tolich

Lecture 29
2

Read chapter 11-7 to 11-8

! Rotational

collisions
! Rotational work
! Rotational power

Rotational collisions
3

When two bodies collide, and if there is no external

torque is applied on the bodies, angular momentum
of the two-body system remains constant.

Li = Lf

Colliding record and turntable

4

A turntable with a moment of

inertia It is rotating freely with an
initial angular speed 0.
! A record, with a moment of inertia
Ir and initially at rest, is dropped
straight down onto the turntable.
! The angular momentum of the
record-turntable system must be
conserved.
!

Colliding record and turntable: 2

5

Li = Lf
Li = I t 0

Lf = ( I t + I r ) f

I t 0 = ( I t + I r ) f
It
f =
0

It + Ir

Clicker question: 1
6

Example: 1
7

A turntable with a moment of inertia I rotates freely

with an angular speed of 0. Riding on the rim of
the turntable with a radius r is a cute mouse of mass
m. Calculate the angular speed of the turntable if
the mouse walks to the center of the turntable.

Example: 2
8

A uniform thin rod of length l=0.50m and mass M=4.0kg

can rotate in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis through
its center. The rod is at rest when a bullet with a mass
m=3.0g traveling in the horizontal plane of the rod is fired
into one end of the rod. As viewed from above, the direction of
the bullets velocity makes an angle of =60.0 with the rod.
If the bullet lodges in the rod, and the angular velocity of the
rod is =10.0 rad/s immediately after the collision, what is
the magnitude of the bullets velocity just before impact?
Axis

= 60.0

Rotational kinetic energy revisited

9

Kinetic energy of the rotating object can be

expressed in terms of angular momentum.
2

1 2 L
K = I =
2
2I

Clicker question: 2
10

Example: 3
11

A block of mass m sliding on a frictionless table is

attached to a string that passes through a narrow
hole through the center of the table. The block is
sliding with speed v0 in a circle of radius r0. Find
a)
b)
c)
d)

the angular momentum of the block,

the kinetic energy of the block, and
the tension in the string.
A student under the table now slowly pulls the string
downward. How much work is required to reduce the
radius of the circle from r0 to r0/2?

Example: 4
12

A puck of mass m is tied with a light string to a vertical post

of radius R and slides on a frictionless horizontal surface. As
the puck travels around the post, the string wraps around
the post, shortening the length. At t = 0 s, its speed is v0
and radius is r0. What is the angular momentum about the
axis through the center of the post of the puck after the
string has wrapped once around the post, perpendicular to
the string?

Demo 1
13

Ball on String
! Demonstration

of conservation of angular momentum

! Change in r and v
! Change in kinetic energy

Work done by torque

14

A torque, , acting through an angular displacement,

, performs work.

W =
!

This is analogous to work done by a force acting

through a distance:

W = Fx
! Work-energy theorem is still valid for work done by
a torque acting through an angle.

Power
15

The time rate at which torque does work (power) is

given by

W
P=
=
t
!

This is analogous to power for a linear motion:

P = Fv

Example: 5
16

A person exerts a tangential force of F=36.1N on

the rim of a disk-shaped merry-go-round of radius
r=2.74m and mass m=167kg. If the merry-goround starts at rest, what is its angular speed after
the person has rotated it through an angle of
=32.5?

Example: 6
17

A popular make of dental drill can operate at a

speed of =42,500 rpm while producing a
torque of =3.68oz"in. What is the power output
of this drill? Give your answer in watts.