Saturday, September 13, 2014

vectors - Direction of angular velocity


Angular velocity is the rate of angular displacement about an axis. Its direction is determined by right hand rule.


According to right hand rule, if you hold the axis with your right hand and rotate the fingers in the direction of motion of the rotating body then thumb will point the direction of the angular velocity.


The direction of angular velocity is above or below the plane. But what does it mean? I mean in linear velocity the direction of velocity is in the direction of motion of body but what does it mean that body is moving in one direction while the direction of its angular velocity is in another direction?





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