Welcome to AZForumla.com - Website dedicated to provide you the formulae which you might need in your computations. Browse Formulas

What is the formula for Angular momentum?

Posted in Rotational Motion | Email This Post Email This Post |

The moment of linear momentum is known as angular momentum. In other words the rotational analog of linear momentum is known as angular momentum
Consider a particle of mass m at a distance r from the axis of rotation. When a particle is in rotational motion about an axis, it has both linear velocity ‘v’ and angular velocity ‘ω’.

Angular momentum of the particle = linear momentum x perpendicular distance between
the particle and the axis of rotation or radius (r)

We know that momentum = mass × velocity
Substituting the value of momentum in the above equation we get,
Angular momentum = m v × r
we know that relation between Linear velocity and Angular velocity is defined as
Linear velocity (v) = Radius (r) x Angular velocity (ω)

Substituting the values we get
Angular momentum = m × (r. ω) × r
Therefore, the formula for Angular momentum is given as,
Angular momentum = mr2ω
The S.I. unit for angular momentum is kgm2s-1

Advertisements :
Comments
  • Shreya November 9, 2017 at 11:12 am

    Super theory