Angular frequency

Angular frequency
In physics, angular frequency (also referred to by the terms angular speed, radial frequency, circular frequency, orbital frequency, and radian frequency) is a scalar measure of rotation rate. Angular frequency (or angular speed) is the magnitude of the vector quantity angular velocity. The term angular frequency vector is sometimes used as a synonym for the vector quantity angular velocity.[1] One revolution is equal to 2 radians, hence[1][2]

where is the angular frequency or angular speed (measured in radians per second), T is the period (measured in seconds), f is the ordinary frequency (measured in hertz) (sometimes symbolised with ), v is the tangential velocity of a point about the axis of rotation (measured in meters per second), r is the radius of rotation (measured in meters).
Angular frequency (in radians per second), is larger than frequency (in cycles per second, also called Hz), by a factor of 2.

Units
In SI units, angular frequency is normally presented in radians per second, even when it does not express a rotational value. From the perspective of dimensional analysis, the unit Hertz (Hz) is also correct, but in practice it is only used for ordinary frequency f, and almost never for . This convention helps avoid confusion.[3] In digital signal processing, the angular frequency may be normalized by the sampling rate, yielding the normalized frequency. For example

where x is displacement from an equilibrium position. Using 'ordinary' revolutions-per-second frequency, this equation would be

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Oscillations of a spring
Another often encountered expression when dealing with small oscillations or where damping is negligible is:[4]

where k is the spring constant m is the mass of the object. This is referred to as the natural frequency (which can sometimes be denoted as 0).

LC Circuits
The resonant angular frequency in an LC circuit equals the square root of the inverse of capacitance (C measured in farads), times the inductance of the circuit (L in henrys).[5]

References and notes

[1] Cummings, Karen; Halliday, David (Second Reprint: 2007). Understanding physics (http:/ / books. google. com/ ?id=rAfF_X9cE0EC& printsec=copyright). New Delhi: John Wiley & Sons Inc., authorized reprint to Wiley - India. pp.449, 484, 485, 487. ISBN9788126508822. .(UP1) [2] Holzner, Steven (2006). Physics for Dummies (http:/ / books. google. com/ ?id=FrRNO6t51DMC& pg=PA200& dq=angular+ frequency). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley Publishing Inc. pp.201. ISBN978-0-7645-5433-9. . [3] Lerner, Lawrence S. (1996-01-01). Physics for scientists and engineers (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=eJhkD0LKtJEC& pg=PA145). p.145. ISBN9780867204797. . [4] Serway,, Raymond A.; Jewett, John W. (2006). Principles of physics - 4th Edition (http:/ / books. google. com/ ?id=1DZz341Pp50C& pg=PA376& dq=angular+ frequency). Belmont, CA.: Brooks / Cole - Thomson Learning. pp.375, 376, 385, 397. ISBN9780534464790. . [5] Nahvi, Mahmood; Edminister, Joseph (2003). Schaum's outline of theory and problems of electric circuits (http:/ / books. google. com/ ?id=nrxT9Qjguk8C& pg=PA103& dq=angular+ frequency). McGraw - Hill Companies (McGraw - Hill Professional). pp.214, 216. ISBN0071393072. .(LC1)

Related Reading: Olenick ,, Richard P.; Apostol, Tom M.; Goodstein, David L. (2007). The Mechanical Universe (http://books. google.com/?id=xMWwTpn53KsC&pg=RA1-PA383&dq=angular+frequency). New York City: Cambridge University Press. pp.383385, 391395. ISBN9780521175928.

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