Angular Momentum

The angular momentum of a mass rotating in a circle of radius with angular velocity (rad/s), is defined by

where denotes the mass moment of inertia of the rigid body (§B.4.4).

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• Relation of Angular to Linear Momentum

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About the Author: Julius Orion Smith III
Julius Smith's background is in electrical engineering (BS Rice 1975, PhD Stanford 1983). He is presently Professor of Music and Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), teaching courses and pursuing research related to signal processing applied to music and audio systems. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/ for details.