Two discs of moments of inertia I1 and I2 about their respective axes, rotating with angular frequencies and respectively, are brought into contact face to face with their axes of rotation coincident. The angular frequency of the composite disc will be
The initial angular momentum of the two discs
The moment of inertia IC. of the composite system will be
If to" be the angular frequency of the composite system, then the final angular momentum L2, is given by
Applying the law of conservation of angular momentum, we have
or