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 #17 Hz#, by how much does its angular momentum change?

1 Answer
Jan 15, 2018

The change in angular momentum is #=0.767kgm^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=(17-12) xx2pi=10pirads^-1#

The change in angular momentum is

#DeltaL=IDelta omega=0.0244xx10pi=0.767kgm^2s^-1#