At the instant of the figure, a 8.90 kg particle P has a position vector of magnitude 6.60 m and angle 01 = 42.0° and a velocity vector of magnitude 7.90 m/s and angle 02 = 31.0°. Force F, of magnitude 8.70 N and angle 03 = 31.0° acts on P. All three vectors lie in the xy plane. About the origin, what are the magnitude of (a) the angular momentum of the particle and (b) the torque acting on the particle? (a) Number i (b) Number i 0 09 Units Units ←
Rigid Body
A rigid body is an object which does not change its shape or undergo any significant deformation due to an external force or movement. Mathematically speaking, the distance between any two points inside the body doesn't change in any situation.
Rigid Body Dynamics
Rigid bodies are defined as inelastic shapes with negligible deformation, giving them an unchanging center of mass. It is also generally assumed that the mass of a rigid body is uniformly distributed. This property of rigid bodies comes in handy when we deal with concepts like momentum, angular momentum, force and torque. The study of these properties – viz., force, torque, momentum, and angular momentum – of a rigid body, is collectively known as rigid body dynamics (RBD).
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