I want to know that what is the physical and geometrical meaning of Angular Momentum?
Asked by otekina
| 20th Oct, 2014,
08:35: PM
Expert Answer:
Angular momentum of a body about a given axis is the product of linear momentum and the perpendicular distance of line of action of linear momentum vector from the axis of rotataion. This is the physical meaning of angular momentum.
i.e 
Angular momentum is a vector quantity.
Geometrical meaning of angular momentum.
Angular momentum of a body about a given axis is the product of linear momentum and the perpendicular distance of line of action of linear momentum vector from the axis of rotataion. This is the physical meaning of angular momentum.
i.e
Angular momentum is a vector quantity.
Geometrical meaning of angular momentum.
Answered by Jyothi Nair
| 21st Oct, 2014,
08:54: AM
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