Two discs of moments of inertia I1 and I2 about their respective axes and rotating with angular speed ω1 and ω2 are brought into contact face to face with their axes of rotation coincident.
A. does the law of conservation of angular momentum apply to the situation? why?
B. find the angular speed of the two-disc system
C. calculate the loss in kinetic energy of the system in the process
D. account for this loss
Answer:A
Two discs of moments of inertia I1 and I2 about their respective axes and rotating with angular speed ω1 and ω2 are brought into contact face to face with their axes of rotation coincident.
A. does the law of conservation of angular momentum apply to the situation? why? B. find the angular speed of the two-disc system C. calculate the loss in kinetic energy of the system in the process D. account for this loss