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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Question 1
4 May 2023 S2
14A thin uniform circular disc of mass 'M' and radius 'R' is rotating with angular velocity '' in a horizontal plane about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane. Another disc of same radius but of mass is placed gently on the first disc co-axially. The new angular velocity will beTap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
12 May 2024 S1
34A thin uniform circular disc of mass and radius is rotating with angular velocity in a horizontal plane about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane. Another disc of same radius but of mass is placed gently on the first disc co-axially. The new angular velocity will beTap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
21 Apr 2025 S2
4The 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 . 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 isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 4
25 Apr 2025 S1
5Two discs of moment of inertia ' ' and ' ' and angular speeds ' ' and ' ' 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 beTap an option to check your answer.
Question 5
11 Apr 2026 S2
106The 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 . 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 isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 6
14 May 2026 S1
105A disc of moment of inertia is rotating in horizontal plane about an axis passing through centre and perpendicular to its plane with constant angular speed . Another disc of moment of inertia having zero angular speed is placed co-axially on a rotating disc. Now, both the discs are rotating with constant angular speed . The energy lost by the entire system is where the value of isTap an option to check your answer.