
A cord is wrapped around the rim of a solid cylinder of radius and a constant force of is exerted on the cord. The cylinder is mounted on frictionless bearings and its moment of inertia is The angular velocity of the cylinder after of cord has been unwound, is . If the force is replaced by a weight and released from rest at the top, the angular velocity of the cylinder after of cord has been unwounded is (Given, ). Then


Important Questions on Rotational Motion
A uniform rod of length and mass is free to rotate in a vertical plane about . The rod initially in horizontal position is released. The initial angular acceleration of the rod is (Moment of inertia of rod about is )








Persons and are standing on the opposite sides of a wide water stream that they wish to cross. Each one of them has a rigid wooden plank whose mass can be neglected. However, each plank is only slightly longer than, So, they decide to arrange them together as shown in the figure schematically. With (the mass ) standing, the maximum mass of , who can walk over the plank is close to,



A rod of length is pivoted at one end. It is raised such that it makes an angle of from the horizontal as shown and released from rest. Its angular speed when it passes through the horizontal (in ) will be








Point masses and are placed at the opposite ends of rigid rod of length , and negligible mass. The rod is to be set rotating about an axis perpendicular to it. The position of point on this rod through which the axis should pass so that the work required to set the rod rotating with angular velocity is minimum, is given by:

