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Two discs or rings joined on a common axis: final angular speed or energy

This type of question, asked 6 times: 4 May 2023 S2, 12 May 2024 S1, 21 Apr 2025 S2, 25 Apr 2025 S1, 11 Apr 2026 S2, 14 May 2026 S1. All 6 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    4 May 2023 S2

    14
    A thin uniform circular disc of mass 'M' and radius 'R' is rotating with angular velocity 'ω\omega' in a horizontal plane about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane. Another disc of same radius but of mass M3\frac{M}{3} is placed gently on the first disc co-axially. The new angular velocity will be

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  2. Question 2

    12 May 2024 S1

    34
    A thin uniform circular disc of mass MM and radius RR is rotating with angular velocity ω\omega in a horizontal plane about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane. Another disc of same radius but of mass M2\frac{M}{2} is placed gently on the first disc co-axially. The new angular velocity will be

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  3. Question 3

    21 Apr 2025 S2

    4
    The moment of inertia of a ring about an axis passing through its center and perpendicular to its plane is I. It is rotating with angular velocity ω\omega. Another identical ring is gently placed on it so that their centers coincide. If both the rings are rotating about the same axis then loss in kinetic energy is

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  4. Question 4

    25 Apr 2025 S1

    5
    Two discs of moment of inertia ' I1I_{1} ' and ' I2I_{2} ' and angular speeds ' ω1\omega_{1} ' and ' ω2\omega_{2} ' are rotating along the collinear axes passing through their centre of mass and perpendicular to their plane. If the two discs are made to rotate together along the same axis. The rotational kinetic energy of the system will be

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  5. Question 5

    11 Apr 2026 S2

    106
    The moment of inertia of a ring about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane is I. It is rotating with angular velocity ω\omega. Another identical ring is gently placed on it so that their centres coincide. If both rings are rotating about the same axis then loss in kinetic energy is

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  6. Question 6

    14 May 2026 S1

    105
    A disc of moment of inertia I1I_1 is rotating in horizontal plane about an axis passing through centre and perpendicular to its plane with constant angular speed ω1\omega_1. Another disc of moment of inertia I2I_2 having zero angular speed is placed co-axially on a rotating disc. Now, both the discs are rotating with constant angular speed ω2\omega_2. The energy lost by the entire system is xω122\dfrac{x\omega_1^2}{2} where the value of xx is

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