Two discs of same moment of inertia rotating about their regular axis passing through centre and perpendicular to the plane of disc with angular velocities ω$$1$$ and ω$$2$$. They are brought into contact face to face coinciding the axis of rotation. The expression for loss of energy during this process is

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Two discs of same moment of inertia rotating about their regular axis passing through centre and perpendicular to the plane of disc with angular velocities ω$$1$$ and ω$$2$$. They are brought into contact face to face coinciding the axis of rotation. The expression for loss of energy during this process is

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Initial angular momentum  Iω$$1+I$$ω$$2$$ Let ω be angular speed of the combined system. Final angular momentum $$2I$$ω∴ According to conservation of angular momentum Iω$$1+I$$ω$$2=2I$$ω   or   ω$$=$$ω$$1+$$ω$$22$$ initial rotational kinetic energy $$Ei=12I$$ω$$12+$$ω$$22Final$$ rotational kinetic energy $$Ef=12(2I)$$ω$$2=12(2I)$$ω$$1+$$ω$$222=14I$$ω$$1+$$ω$$22$$∴ Loss of energy Δ$$E=Ei-Ef=I2$$ω$$12+$$ω$$22-I4$$ω$$12+$$ω$$22+2$$ω$$1$$ω$$2=I2$$ω$$12+$$ω$$22-$$ω$$12+$$ω$$22+2$$ω$$1$$ω$$22=I22$$ω$$12+2$$ω$$22-$$ω$$12-$$ω$$22-2$$ω$$1$$ω$$22=I4$$ω$$12+$$ω$$22-2$$ω$$1$$ω$$2=I4$$ω$$1-$$ω$$22$$

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