A cylinder has inner and outer radii of 5 cm5cm and 8 cm8cm, respectively, and a mass of 3 kg3kg. If the cylinder's frequency of counterclockwise rotation about its center changes from 12 Hz12Hz to 4 Hz4Hz, by how much does its angular momentum change?

1 Answer
Mar 25, 2018

The change in angular momentum is =0.67kgm^2s^-1=0.67kgm2s1

Explanation:

The angular momentum is L=IomegaL=Iω

where II is the moment of inertia

and omegaω is the angular velocity

The mass of the cylinder is m=3kgm=3kg

The radii of the cylinder are r_1=0.05mr1=0.05m and r_2=0.08mr2=0.08m

For the cylinder, the moment of inertia is I=m((r_1^2+r_2^2))/2I=m(r21+r22)2

So, I=3*((0.05^2+0.08^2))/2=0.01335kgm^2I=3(0.052+0.082)2=0.01335kgm2

The change in angular velocity is

Delta omega=Deltaf*2pi=(12-4) xx2pi=16pirads^-1

The change in angular momentum is

DeltaL=IDelta omega=0.01335xx16pi=0.67kgm^2s^-1