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Double pendulum angular momentum, m1 = 3, m2 = 4 kg
Short answer
Using r1, r2, v1, v2 derived from lengths (0.4 m, 0.5 m), angles (30°, 60°) and angular speeds 4 and 5 rad/s, angular momentum is H_O = Σ m(r×v). Result: H_O ≈ 15.72 k̂ kg·m²/s CCW.
A double pendulum as shown in figure below oscillates in X-Y plane. At the instant shown, rad/sec CCW and rad/sec CCW. What will be the angular momentum about 'O' at this instant, if kg and kg? Note that the lower pendulum is connected to mass by a pin joint and is free to rotate about this point. [Figure: upper arm of length 0.4 m from O at to the vertical (Y down, X to the right), carrying ; lower arm 0.5 m carrying at to the vertical.]
Take the origin at the fixed pivot , vertically downward, to the right and out of the plane ( = counter-clockwise). Assume both arms lie on the same (right-hand) side of the vertical, and that is the absolute angular velocity of the lower arm (as is usual in this problem). Angular momentum of the system about :
Position vectors
Upper arm ( m at to the -axis), lower arm ( m at to the vertical):
Velocities
Angular momentum
Answer: kg m²/s (counter-clockwise, about the axis perpendicular to the plane).
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