Torque

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Important Questions on Torque

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An automobile engine develops 100 kW power when rotating with an angular speed of 250 rad s-1. The torque developed by it will be about, 

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A wheel of the moment of inertia 103 kg m2 is rotating with an angular speed of 5 rad s-1 The torque required to stop it in 2 s is, 

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A force F=2i^+3j^-5k^ N acts at a point r1=(2i^+4j^+7k^) m. The torque of the force about the point r2=(i^+2j^+3k^) m is

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A wheel having moment of inertia 4 kg m2 about its symmetrical axis, rotates at rate of 240 rpm about it. The torque which can stop the rotation of the wheel in one minute is

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Moment of a force of magnitude 10 N acting along positive y-direction at point 2 m,0,0 about the point 0,1 m,0 in N-m is

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A cube of side a is placed on an inclined plane of inclination θ. What is the maximum value of θ for which the cube will not topple?

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The instantaneous angular position of a point on the rotating wheel is given by the equation, θ(t)=2t3-6t2. The torque on the wheel becomes zero at

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A rod of weight W is supported by two parallel knife edges A and B and is in equilibrium in a horizontal position. The knives are at a distance d from each other. The centre of mass of the rod is at distance x from A. The normal reaction on A is

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A force F=4i^-5j^+3k^ is acting at a point r1=i^+2j^+3k^. The torque acting about a point r2=3i^-2j^-3k^ is, 

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A flywheel of the moment of inertia 3×102 kg m2 is rotating with a uniform angular speed of 4.6 rad s-1. If a torque of 6.9×102 N m retards the wheel, then the time in which the wheel comes to rest is

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A force F =4i^-10j^ acts on a body at a point having position vector -5i^-3j^ relative to origin of co-ordinates on the axis of rotation. The torque acting on the body about the origin is

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A rigid body is rotating about an axis. To stop the rotation, we have to apply

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The moment of inertia of a disc of radius 0.5 m about its geometric axis is 2kg-m2. If a string is tied to its circumference and a force of 10 Newton is applied, if the disc executes rotatory motion, the value of its angular velocity after 2 seconds will be :-

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A uniform rod OB of length 1 m, cross-sectional area 0.012 m2 and relative density 2.0 is free to rotate about O in vertical plane. The rod is held with a horizontal string AB which can withstand a maximum tension of 45 N. The rod and string system is kept in water as shown in figure. The maximum value of angle α which the rod can make with vertical without breaking the string is

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A disk having a thread tightly wound on it, is being pulled upwards by the thread such that the disk starts moving upwards with an acceleration g. If angular acceleration is α and radius R, then the value of Rα is

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What is the torque about the origin of the force 7i^+3j^-5k^ N acting on a particle whose position vector is i^-j^+k^ m?

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Let F be the force acting on a particle having position vectorr  and τ be the torque of this force about the origin. Then