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PH-125 Applied Physics

Lecture – 9
Dynamics of a
Rigid Body

Work, Energy, and Power in Rotational

Motion; Torque
 The work done by force is the product of the force F, the
displacement ds, and the cosine of the angle between them
 The cosine of this angle is equal to the sine of the angle θ
between the force and the radial line

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Work, Energy, and Power in Rotational

Motion; Torque
 The product FR sinθ is called the torque of the force F

 Work done by the torque:

 SI unit of torque is N.m

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Torque
Instantaneous
power delivered
by the torque is:

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Rotational Motion
 Perpendicular distance between
the line of action of the force
and the axis of rotation is called
the moment arm of the force
 Thus, torque equals the
magnitude of the force
multiplied by the moment arm

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Rotational Motion
 The power delivered by a torque
acting on a body is
From
lecture 8

 dW equals the change of kinetic

energy in the small time interval dt

Analogous to
ma = F

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Angular Momentum
 The product of the moment of inertia and the angular
velocity

 The SI unit of angular momentum is kg.m2/s OR J.s

 The rate of change of angular momentum equals the
torque

 If there is no torque acting on the rotating body

Law of conservation of
angular momentum
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Torque and Angular Momentum

Vectors

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