Two coaxial discs, having moments of inertia
I1 and I1/2, are rotating with respective angular
velocities $\omega 1 and
\omega $1/2
, about their common axis.
They are brought in contact with each other and
thereafter they rotate with a common angular
velocity. If Ef and Ei are the final and initial total
energies, then (Ef - Ei) is: