To conclude this section, let me return to the angular momentum vector, and ask the question of whether, in general, the angular momentum of a rotating system, defined as the sum of the angular moment...To conclude this section, let me return to the angular momentum vector, and ask the question of whether, in general, the angular momentum of a rotating system, defined as the sum of the angular momentum over all the particles that make up the system, will or not satisfy the vector equation →L=I→ω.
To conclude this section, let me return to the angular momentum vector, and ask the question of whether, in general, the angular momentum of a rotating system, defined as the sum of Equation 6.1.4 ove...To conclude this section, let me return to the angular momentum vector, and ask the question of whether, in general, the angular momentum of a rotating system, defined as the sum of Equation 6.1.4 over all the particles that make up the system, will or not satisfy the vector equation →L=Iω.
As for the direction, it is always perpendicular to the plane containing →r and →v (the plane of the paper, in Figure 9.2.1), and if you imagine moving →v to point O, keeping i...As for the direction, it is always perpendicular to the plane containing →r and →v (the plane of the paper, in Figure 9.2.1), and if you imagine moving →v to point O, keeping it parallel to itself, and apply the right-hand rule, you will see that →L in Figure 9.2.1, should point into the plane of the paper at all times.
