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Angular momentum conservation while internal frictional torque is present
So this appears in a problem which looks simple enough in its context; It's something like this:
Two discs, A and B, are mounted coaxially on a vertical axle. The discs have moments of inertia $I$ ...
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Angular momentum after elastic collision
If two balls collide (elastically) and there is no friction between them, will their angular momentum change after the collision?
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How to control heavy ball in x and y direction? [closed]
I'm trying to build a device that holds a rather heavy ball and I want to be able to control it's "movement" in the X and Y directions (they are horizontal as well as orthogonal).
My current ...
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Conservation of angular momentum in helicopter
I have a small RC-controlled toy helicopter with removable tail rotor.
Suppose I remove the tail rotor, hold the tail with my hand, start the rotor until it moves with constant angular velocity and ...
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Does ABS cause a force that resists turning a car into a corner?
ABS systems work by allowing a tire to continue to rotate rather than "locking-up" (stop turning) due to loss of traction with the road surface. A rotating tire can influence the direction of the ...
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Why does a curling rock curl?
In the game of curling, players "curl" a granite "rock" (of precise size and roughly a flattened cylinder) down a "sheet" of ice towards a target; the "rock" will curve in its path in the direction of ...
