91Ó°ÊÓ

Angular momentum, property characterizing the rotary inertia of an object or system of objects in motion about an axis that may or may not pass through the object or system.

Moment of inertia is defined as the quantity expressed by the body resisting angular acceleration which is the sum of the product of the mass of every particle with its square of a distance from the axis of rotation.

The torque can be defined as a tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis. Torque acting at a point on the object is the cross product of position vector of the point and the force vector.

Here,is the position vector andis the force vector.

The following sketch shows the directions of the forces acting on the irregular shaped object.

Let the unit vector \(\widehat i,\widehat j,\widehat k\)along the \[x,y,z - \]axis.

\(\begin{array}{l}\widehat i \times \widehat j = \widehat k,{\rm{ }}\widehat i \times \widehat i = 0,\\\widehat j \times \widehat k = \widehat i,{\rm{ }}\widehat j \times \widehat j = 0,\\\widehat k \times \widehat i = \widehat j,{\rm{ }}\widehat k \times \widehat k = 0,\\\widehat i \times \widehat j = \widehat k,{\rm{ }}\widehat j \times \widehat i = - \widehat k\end{array}\)

Take the reference point at A, the position vector of the force acting at point 1 is,

\(\begin{array}{c}

\overrightarrow r = - w\widehat i \times h\widehat j\\

= - \left( {9{\rm{ m}}} \right)\widehat i + \left( {14{\rm{ m}}} \right)\widehat j

\end{array}\)

Force acting on the object is,

\(\overrightarrow F = \left( {25{\rm{ N}}} \right)\widehat i\)

The torque experience by the force at point 1 is,

\(\begin{array}{c}

\tau = \overrightarrow r \times \overrightarrow F \\

= \left[ { - \left( {9{\rm{ m}}} \right)\widehat i + \left( {14{\rm{ m}}} \right)\widehat j} \right] \times \left( {25{\rm{ N}}} \right)\widehat i\\

= - \left( {25 \times 9{\rm{ N}} \cdot {\rm{m}}} \right)\left( {\widehat i \times \widehat i} \right) + \left( {25 \times 14{\rm{ N}} \cdot {\rm{m}}} \right)\left( {\widehat j \times \widehat i} \right)\\

= \left( { - 350{\rm{ N}} \cdot {\rm{m}}} \right)\left( {\widehat k} \right)

\end{array}\)

The position vector of the force acting at point 2 with respect to the reference point A is, \begin{aligned}\overrightarrow r = - 0\widehat i + h\widehat j\\ = - \left( {0{\rm{ m}}}\right)\widehat i + \left( {14{\rm{ m}}} \right)\widehat j\end{array}\]

Force acting on the object is,

\[\overrightarrow F = \left( {25{\rm{ N}}} \right)\widehat i\]

The torque experienced by the force at point 2 is,

\begin{aligned}\tau = \overrightarrow r \times \overrightarrow F \\

= \left[ { - 0\widehat i + \left( {14{\rm{ m}}} \right)\widehat j} \right] \times \left[ {25{\rm{ N}}} \right]\widehat i\\ = \left( {25 \times 14} \right){\rm{ N}} \cdot {\rm{m}}\left( {\widehat j \times \widehat i} \right)\\= \left( { - 350{\rm{ N}} \cdot {\rm{m}}} \right)\left( {\widehat k} \right)\end{aligned}