An object with a mass of 2kg is traveling in a circular path of a radius of 2m. If the object's angular velocity changes from 3Hz to 5Hz in 1s, what torque was applied to the object?

1 Answer
Feb 16, 2017

The torque was =100.5Nm

Explanation:

The torque is the rate of change of angular momentum

τ=dLdt=d(Iω)dt=Idωdt

The moment of inertia of the object is I=mr2

=222=8kgm2

The rate of change of angular velocity is

dωdt=5312π

=(4π)rads2

So the torque is τ=8(4π)Nm=32πNm=100.5Nm