A cylinder has inner and outer radii of #4 cm# and #18 cm#, respectively, and a mass of #1 kg#. If the cylinder's frequency of counterclockwise rotation about its center changes from #15 Hz# to #16 Hz#, by how much does its angular momentum change?

1 Answer
Nov 14, 2017

The change in angular momentum is #=0.11kgm^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=1kg#

The radii of the cylinder are #r_1=0.04m# and #r_2=0.18m#

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

So, #I=1*((0.04^2+0.18^2))/2=0.017kgm^2#

The change in angular velocity is

#Delta omega=Deltaf*2pi=(16-15) xx2pi=2pirads^-1#

The change in angular momentum is

#DeltaL=IDelta omega=0.017 xx2pi=0.11kgm^2s^-1#