Sunday, November 30, 2014

Conservation of angular momentum exercise



Exercise:



A disk of radius R and moment of inertia I1 rotates with angular velocity ω0. The axis of a second disk, of radius r and moment of inertia I2 is at rest. The axes of the two disks are parallel. The disks are moved together so that they touch. After some initial slipping the two disks rotate together. Find the final rate of rotation of the smaller disk.



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Attempt:


L10=L1+L2I1ω0=I1ω1+I2ω2


ω=vrv=ωr


ω1R=ω2rω1=rRω2


I1ω0=I1rRω2+I2ω2ω2=I1ω0rRI1+I2


ω2=I1ω0rRI1+I2





Request:


Is my solution correct? If not, where and why?





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