Newton’s Law

Angular acceleration Angular acceleration is the rate of change of angular Velocity with respect to time. In many cases angular velocity of a rotating particle…

Torque or Moment of a Force A rigid body can rotate about a point. For example, a photograph can rotate about the point of contact…

Angular displacement Suppose, on any plane surface like the page of this book, a particle is rotating in circular orbit around a fixed point O.…

Angular velocity Angular velocity, also called rotational velocity, is a quantitative expression of the amount of rotation that a spinning object undergoes per unit time.…

Moment of Inertia is a measure of the resistance of a body to angular acceleration about a given axis that is equal to the sum…

The radius of gyration is used to compare how various structural shapes will behave under compression along an axis. It is used to predict buckling…

Vector form of angular momentum: Angular momentum is a vector quantity. The direction of the vector is along the axis of rotation. If a right-hand…

Angular Momentum Definition: Vector product of radius vector of a rotating particle and the linear momentum is called the angular momentum. The angular momentum of…

Verification of Conservation Law Experimental procedure: Exercise the following experiments to verify the conservation principle of momentum. Experiment- 1: Take two toy cars A and…

Newton’s Third Law of Motion and Conservation of Momentum Newton’s third law is nothing but action and reaction. When a body exerts a force on…