Question

A cylinder has inner and outer radii of `5 cm` and `6 cm`, respectively, and a mass of `8 kg`. If the cylinder's frequency of counterclockwise rotation about its center changes from `12 Hz` to `4 Hz`, by how much does its angular momentum change?

Answer 1

The change in angular momentum is `=1.23kgm^2s^-1`

Explanation:

The angular momentum is `L=Iomega`

where `I` is the moment of inertia

and `omega` is the angular velocity

The mass of the cylinder is `m=8kg`

The radii of the cylinder are `r_1=0.05m` and `r_2=0.06m`

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

So, `I=8*(0.05^2+0.06^2)/2=0.0244kgm^2`

The change in angular velocity is

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

The change in angular momentum is

`DeltaL=I Delta omega=0.0244*16pi=1.23kgm^2s^-1`